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A Demat account works like a bank account where you can store your shares and bonds electronically. If you want to open a free Demat account, you will need some details that confirm your personal, address and financial details. This article looks at the type of documents required and the …

A Demat account, also known as a “Dematerialized account,” facilitates the electronic storage of financial instruments such as bonds and shares. The Demat account functions similarly to a traditional bank account. The only significant distinction between a savings bank account and a Demat account is that a bank account maintains …

Before the demat account was introduced in India, investors were bothered with handling the paperwork involved in trading. The share certificates,held in physical certificates, were at risk of being lost or forged. The process of trading in shares was highlytedious and involved a lot of paperwork. There were delays in …

The word Demat here stands for dematerialisation. The physical entities of the stock market like stocks, commodities, mutual funds etc. can be kept in a dematerialised or non-physical format via a Demat account. With the help of this account, people can hold securities in electronic form. In the past few …