National Securities Depository Limited National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL.BO) operates as India's largest central securities depository, providing electronic holding, dematerialization, and settlement services for securities in the capital markets. Established in August 1996 and headquartered in Mumbai, the company offers core depository services including account maintenance; dematerialization and rematerialization of securities; settlement of trades via market, off-market, and inter-depository transfers; distribution of non-cash corporate actions; nomination and transmission facilities; e-voting; securities lending and borrowing; and hypothecation of securities for credit facilities. It serves investors, stock brokers, custodians, issuer companies, and other market participants through a nationwide network of depository participants, while its subsidiaries NSDL Database Management Limited (NDML) delivers e-governance solutions such as KYC registration agency services, SEZ online systems, payment aggregators, and registrar and transfer agent functions, and NSDL Payments Bank Limited (NPBL) provides digital banking products including prepaid cards, merchant acquisition, cash management, remittances, and third-party distribution of insurance and mutual funds. NSDL holds the majority share of demat assets in India, managing over ₹398 lakh crore in value as of end-2023 across more than 2.80 crore accounts. In a major recent development, the company completed its initial public offering in July 2025 as a ₹4,012 crore offer for sale by promoters including National Stock Exchange, IDBI Bank IDBI Bank Limited, State Bank of India State Bank of India, and HDFC Bank HDFC Bank Limited, with shares listing on the BSE on August 6, 2025.