Central Depository Services (CDSL)

Overview

Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL), along with its subsidiaries, stands as a cornerstone in the Indian financial services sector, offering comprehensive depository services. Since its inception in 1997, with headquarters in Mumbai, India, the company has played a pivotal role in facilitating the electronic holding and handling of securities, contributing significantly to the streamlining and efficiency of the Indian securities market. With its operations broadly segmented into Depository; Data Entry and Storage; and Repository services, CDSL ensures a wide array of functionalities are covered, from dematerialization to electronic voting, and much more, catering to a vast spectrum of market participants including investors, depository participants (DPs), exchanges, and issuers.

Products and Services

Depository Services: Central to CDSL's offerings, this segment includes essential services like dematerialisation (conversion of physical securities into electronic form), rematerialisation (conversion from electronic back to physical form), electronic holding, transfer, and pledging of securities. Additionally, it facilitates e-voting services for company resolutions, enhancing transparency and ease of participation for investors.

Data Entry and Storage: This service focuses on the centralised record keeping of KYC documents for capital market investors. It plays a critical role in the integrity and efficiency of financial transactions in the capital markets, ensuring compliance and streamlined operations.

Repository Services: Through this segment, CDSL offers facilities for policyholders and warehouse receipt holders to maintain insurance policies and warehouse receipts in electronic form. This not only simplifies management and transfer of these documents but also enables easy amendments and updates.

Additional Services: Beyond the core depository functions, CDSL extends a multitude of services including, but not limited to:

• Account opening, processing of delivery and receipt instructions, pledging, nomination, and transmission of securities.
• Changes in address, bank account details, and provision of SMS services for DPs.
• Electronic access to security information, execution of secured transactions, SMS alerts, electronic consolidated account statements, and hosting of virtual annual general meetings.
• The Myeasi mobile application enhances accessibility and convenience for users.
• Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for DPs, electronic delivery instruction slip (e-DIS), and electronic margin pledge, facilitating seamless digital transactions.
• Electronic foreign investment monitoring, electronic system driven disclosure services, e-notices, and e-locker services, broadening the scope of digital conveniences.
• KYC registration agency and eKYC services streamline the customer verification process.
• Electronic signature service, tax filing services, and a stamp duty calendar further support the comprehensive needs of market participants.
• Electronic negotiable and non-negotiable warehouse receipts, along with electronic insurance account services, are also provided, catering to a wider range of financial activities.