Groww, India’s largest brokerage firm, recorded the steepest decline, with its active client base falling to 1.29 crore in the March 2025 quarter from 1.32 crore in December 2024 quarter, marking a drop of 2.37 lakh investors
In terms of active users, the platform maintained fourth position with 2.89 million active users (as on December 2024) and a 5.83% market share, behind Groww, Zerodha and Angel One.
'We are in touch with CDSL to have the issue resolved at the earliest. In the meantime, you can sell your holdings without the need for CDSL authorisation,' Zerodha tells customers
Upstox said it concluded a buyback of 5% of Ratan Tata’s holdings in Upstox, returning 10x on his original investment as realised capital, while he continues to hold 95% of his stake in the company
There are fake social media accounts and groups pretending to be Upstox, offering educational courses, stock tips, and promising guaranteed returns. Upstox has asked investors not to divulge sensitive information without verifying if the callers are genuine.
The platform is offering term life insurance options for now and it will later expand into health, motor and travel policies
In the ongoing FY24, Upstox said it generated over Rs 200 crore in operating cash during the last two quarters ending in December 2023.
Leading online stock brokers are increasingly focussing on education and content creation through videos especially in vernacular languages to reach younger users as well as users across tier III and IV cities in India.
The largest retail broking firm in the country has an active client base of around 64 lakh as of August this year. However, the figures have stagnated over the last 18 months and there is an apprehension that its topline and profit could be flat in FY24
The mandatory upstreaming of clients’ funds before the cutoff time of 6:30 pm every trading day, as well as reporting the details daily, has increased manpower and capital requirement at the brokers’ end, as per the associations
PhonePe will find it hard to crack the equity investment market with its Share.Market. Distribution mettle alone cannot guarantee success. Equity investing requires more than just payments to attract customers.
The company, which also counts Tiger Global among its external investors, is aiming for a 10-times jump in its customer base to 10 crores in the next five-six years, its co-founder and chief executive Ravi Kumar said.
The startup is looking to launch a PMS license initially for its High Net Worth Individual (HNI) customers, which will be accessible through its Fisdom Private Wealth platform.
However, the growth in its operating revenue was on a smaller base than Zerodha, which has also reported a net profit of close to Rs 2,100 crore for FY22.
Users flocked to social media sharing their inability to trade using Upstox. Clients of the company also complained of losing their money and a loss of opportunity to trade on a day when the market has shown big moves on the downside.
The additional investments follow Upstox’s Series C round of $108 million in November 2021
The company said in a mail that prices will remain unchanged for existing users at zero for stock delivery and Rs 10 per intraday of F&O order executed.
"Cloudflare network is back to normal and all sites are functional now," Zerodha tweeted.
Upstox’s active user base stands at 5 million, while Zerodha’s is at 6.2 million of its total 9 million users
Investors can bid for a minimum lot size of 15 shares and in multiples thereof. A retail investor can apply for up to 14 lots or 210 shares for an amount of Rs 1,99,290 at the upper price band.
The company appointed Sudeep Ralhan as chief human resources officer, Manoj Agarwal as head of compliance and Sriram Krishnan as vice president of information security portfolio, according to a statement.
Alok Pandey has over 16 years of experience in software development and management specifically in the stockbroking and investment industry.
The company has appointed Harish Narayanan as Chief Growth Officer, Jayant Chauhan as Senior Vice President - Finance and Saurabh Agarwal as Vice President - New Initiatives.
The startup also saw a year-on-year rise in expenses of 2.4 times from Rs 517.7 crore in FY20 to Rs 1,260.2 crore in FY21.
Raise will use this investment to grow Dhan’s product, engineering, operations & customer experience teams, besides launching another product.