SBI, HDFC Bank seek $1.7 billion overseas
Mumbai: Two of India's largest banks, State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC Bank are together raising an aggregate of at least $1.7 billion through loans from foreign banks as they shore up their dollar resources to take advantage of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) special facility to attract dollars into the country.SBI is raising $1 billion through a five-year loan from HSBC and Japanese bank MUFG which will be syndicated to other lenders next month. This is in addition to the $500 million Ind…

