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Finvasia India
Founded2009
Founder(s)Tajinder Pal Singh
Sarvjeet Singh
Headquarters,
India
Websitewww.finvasia.com

Finvasia is an Indian fintech company headquartered in Mohali, Punjab.

History

Ex Wall Street banker Tajinder Pal Singh and brother Sarvjeet Singh[1] started Finvasia in Canada in 2009 and ventured into India after registering with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as Foreign Institutional Investor (FII, now FPI).[2]

In 2013, the company entered the retail brokerage market after receiving regulatory approvals from NSE and MCX.[3]

In 2015, Finvasia became trading Member of Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd (BSE) and The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).

In 2016, Finvasia received foreign direct investment (FDI) funding against a valuation of ₹150 crore from Mauritius based Intrinsic Investment Limited.[2][4] In the same year it was named among the 20 Most Promising Banking Solution Companies by Silicon India.[5]

In 2017, the company received the license to operate as a non-banking financial corporation (NBFC) from RBI.[6]

In 2018, the company became member of National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) & received SEBI registration to allow its clients to trade on NSE, BSE, MCX & NCDEX from a single trading account.

Awards

2017: Awarded Best Trading Execution or Brokerage Platform' at the 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards in New York, USA.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Finvasia expects to open 10 million accounts by 2020: MD and co-founder Sarvjeet Singh Virk". Free Press Journal.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 D'souza, Vanita (2017-09-15). "These Brothers are using AI to Kill the Brokerage Model in Capital Market". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Finvasia Approved to Transfer Commodity Membership in Capital Market". Punekar News. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Finvasia gets FDI from Mauritius-based entity". The Tribune (Chandigarh). Retrieved 2020-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "20 Most Promising Banking Solution Companies in India - 2016". siliconindia. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  6. ↑ "Finvasia gets licence to operate as NBFC". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2020-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "Finvasia bags Benzinga Global Fintech Award". The Tribune. Retrieved 2020-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)