Mumbai, December 14, 2020– ICICI Securities (I-Sec), one of India’s largest brokerage house with ~5 million customers, today announced the launch of ‘ICICIdirect Neo’ – a path breaking zero brokerage plan. This is one-of-its-kind plan targeted at traders, offering unlimited trading with zero brokerage on all Futures trades and flat ₹ 20 per order for Margin and Options trades.

ICICIdirect Neo customers will get host of additional distinctive features like:

• Instant liquidity, where customers get cash within 30 minutes of selling stocks as per their chosen plan
• Access to ICICIdirect’s award winning research with over 300 companies under fundamental coverage
• Access to One-Click Portfolios - baskets of research curated theme-based (fundamental or technical or a combination of both) stocks or MFs
• Access to proprietary and third party trading tools to get the best out of any market situations
• Margin Trading Funding (MTF) at an interest rate of just 8.9% per annum, as per chosen plan

Mr. Vijay Chandok, MD & CEO, ICICI Securities says, “We remain agile to customer feedback and the launch of ICICIdirect Neo is in response to the feedback we received from our trading customers. This plan, with zero brokerage on all Futures trades, and a flat ₹ 20 per order brokerage on Margin and Options trades, is tailor-made for them and will aid in their quest for maximizing profits. It’s very strong proposition for the trading community who can enjoy the combination of low cost, robust platform, and strong analytics tools.”

For plan details, pl visit www.icicidirect.com.

About ICICI Securities

ICICI Securities Limited (I-Sec) is a subsidiary of ICICI Bank Ltd. The company began its operation in May 1995 and continues to grow its operation through expanding its client base and providing different type of services.

I-Sec operates www.icicidirect.com, a virtual financial supermarket, meeting the three need sets of its clients- investments, protection, and borrowing. Through its three lines of businesses -- broking, distribution of financial products, and investment banking-- I-Sec serves customers ranging from the retail and institutional investors to corporates to high net-worth individuals to government.

I-Sec is listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). For details, visit: www.icicisecurities.com

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Margin Trading is offered as subject to the provisions of SEBI Circular CIR/MRD/DP/54/2017 dated June 13, 2017 and the terms and conditions mentioned in rights and obligations statement issued by I-Sec.

e-ATM which stands for Equity ATM is a facility offered by ICICI direct(ICICI Securities Ltd) wherein customer would receive credit of funds within 30 minutes (as against the current payout cycle of T+2) from the time of execution of sell order in cash segment. Such eATM order shall be permitted upto Rs. 50,000/- per customer per day for eligible securities. Please note that intervals at which payout of funds will be made and the maximum amount per customer that will be paid during the day will be at sole discretion of ICICI Securities Ltd.

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