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- Indbank Merchant Banking Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Bank, provides merchant banking, stock broking, depository participant services, advisory services, and distribution of mutual funds and other investment products in India. Incorporated in 1989 and headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the company operates as a SEBI-registered Category 1 merchant banker; it serves retail and institutional investors through membership in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) for cash, derivatives, and wholesale debt segments, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) for cash segments, and as a depository participant with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL). Core offerings include issue management as lead manager, co-manager, advisor, or arranger for public issues, rights issues, and private placements; services for share acquisitions, takeovers, buybacks, delistings, and employee stock option schemes; online trading via the IndbankOnline platform and IndFortune mobile app; mutual fund distribution registered with the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI); and e-services such as IDeAS for demat account statements and SPEEDE-e for electronic delivery instructions. The company maintains an extensive branch network across major Indian cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Puducherry, targeting individual and corporate clients in equity, financial derivatives, and capital market activities. Recent developments feature the launch of IndFortune, a next-generation mobile trading app, and IndWealth, an online mutual fund investment platform, alongside continued expansion of online trading capabilities and regular publication of quarterly financial results, with unaudited results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, approved in October 2025.