Uniform KYC format
A single KYC form and set of supporting documents across the market.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- In-person verificationThe mandatory step in which an authorised official physically confirms that the person opening the account is the person in the KYC documents, and records who did it, when, and in what capacity.
- KYC Registration AgencyA SEBI-created agency that holds an investor's verified KYC record centrally, so that one KYC completed with any securities market intermediary works with all the others.
- Video In-Person VerificationIPV conducted over a live, recorded video interaction through the intermediary's own app — with informed consent, random questions, a liveliness check and a tamper-proof time-stamped recording.
Where this is taught
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