Yes, the ASBA payment for IPO application will go away for retail investor from March 31st 2019 or 5 mainboard IPO whichever is later.
Stock brokers are in discussion with SEBI to relax the rule of multiple application from same bank account but it is unlikely that SEBI will change the rule.
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Phase I: From January 01, 2019, the UPI mechanism for retail individual investors through intermediaries will be made effective along with the existing process and existing timeline of T+6 days. The same will continue, for a period of 3 months or floating of 5 main board public issues, whichever is later.
Phase II: Thereafter, for applications by retail individual investors through intermediaries, the existing process of physical movement of forms from intermediaries to Self-Certified Syndicate Banks (SCSBs) for blocking of funds will be discontinued and only the UPI mechanism with existing timeline of T+6 days will continue, for a period of 3 months or floating of 5 main board public issues, whichever is later.
Phase III: Subsequently, final reduced timeline will be made effective using the UPI mechanism.
@Admin Thank you very much. So once UPI comes into play, retail will not be able to apply online for any IPO. Only physical forms will be the way to apply right?
The IPO applications will remain 100% online even after UPI. The while idea is UPI is to reduce the listing time.
1. The banks will change their software to support UPI as payment method. The banks like SBI or Kotak will not be able to offer upto 5 IPO applications per bank account.
2. Now any broker (including discount stock brokers like Zerodha) can build their own online IPO application.Soon every broker in India will offer online IPO using UPI api. They will simply request UPI to block the amount and send the confirmation detail to exchange (BSE, NSE) along with IPO application.
Very nice article. Understood the entire bidding process through UPI at a glimpse.
However, in my view the online bidding channel i.e. Bidding through net banking based online ASBA will not be stopped in any phase and will be available for bidding. As pursuant to the SEBI circular SEBI/HO/CFD/DIL2/CIR/P/2018/138, channel bidding wherein Bidding of bid cum application form is being done by any Intermediary and then the forms are being forwarded to SCSBs for blocking of fund are to be stopped from phase II onward.
Thank you very much for the response. Can you suggest which broker can help me with this. I already have bank account and pan card. Prostocks said they don't open in this scenario.