The launch strengthens Kotak\u2019s commitment to simplifying and accelerating India market access through a digital\u2011first, future\u2011ready custody and onboarding ecosystem. Eliminating wet signatures reduces operational risk and delivers a seamless, modern client experience. The move enhances ease of doing business for global investors and supports India\u2019s aspirations of becoming a digitised, investment\u2011friendly market.<\/p>\n
Sachin Samant, President, Banking & Financial Institutions Group, Kotak Mahindra Bank said, \u201cThis milestone reflects our commitment to building a digital, frictionless experience for global investors. By becoming the first custodian to operationalise FPI registration and client onboarding through Digital Signatures, Kotak is accelerating India\u2019s transition to a modern, paperless capital market ecosystem in line with SEBI\u2019s progressive reforms.\u201d<\/p>\n
In January 2026, SEBI operationalised a unified workflow that allows Digital Signature Certificates and Electronic Signatures to be issued within the Common Application Form (CAF) portal for Foreign Portfolio Investors. SEBI\u2019s press release (PR No. 03\/2026) highlights that DSCs must be issued by Indian certifying authorities compliant with the Information Technology Act, 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The launch strengthens Kotak\u2019s commitment to simplifying and accelerating India market access through a digital\u2011first, future\u2011ready custody and onboarding ecosystem. Eliminating wet signatures reduces operational risk and delivers a seamless, modern client experience. The move enhances ease of doing business for global investors and supports India\u2019s aspirations of becoming a digitised, investment\u2011friendly market. Sachin Samant, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23888,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23887\/revisions\/23888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}