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DFSA licence F001898

Holder
HDFC Bank
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Licence type
Financial Service

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by Dubai Financial Services Authority. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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RecordModified Aug 3, 2026

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Dubai Financial Services Authority F001898

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Issuing authority
Dubai Financial Services Authority
Holder
HDFC Bank Ltd
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Licence type
Financial Service

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Open HDFC BankAbout DFSA
Our check

What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
F001898
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
The authority

About DFSA

Dubai Financial Services Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United Arab Emirates.

Full name
Dubai Financial Services Authority
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
2004
Firms we track under it
9 firms
Regulates
Stocks, Options, Derivatives, Futures
Licences it issues
Cat 3A/3B Brokerage Licence
Typical cost of a licence
USD 50000-100000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

DFSA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeDFSA Complaints
  • Maximum leverage1:150
This describes the authority's regime, not how HDFC Bank applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against HDFC Bank. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

Broker
HDFC Bank Ltd
Based in
India
Wikilix score
37.2the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • HDFC BANK LIMITEDIndia · Reg. L65920MH1994PLC080618 · Apr 23, 2019
Provenance

Where this record came from

Every date below has already happened. We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.

Last checked by Wikilix
Never — nobody has looked this entry up yet
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions
Yes, HDFC Bank does not provide services to clients in the USA, North Korea, Iran, and other sanctioned countries. Its geographical coverage primarily includes the UAE, GCC countries, and parts of Asia with limited global client access.
HDFC Bank provides customer support via live chat during business hours and a phone number at +917573919585. Support is available in English, and the bank maintains social media presence on Facebook and Twitter. The physical contact address is No 209/214 & 26, Kailash Building, KG Marg Connaught Place New Delhi - 110001.
HDFC Bank offers a maximum leverage of 1000 according to the provided trading conditions. However, specific details about available trading platforms or instruments are not specified in the provided context.
Customers can deposit cash at HDFC Bank branches with free deposits up to ₹2,00,000 per month or 25 transactions, after which a fee of ₹3 per ₹1,000 applies. Deposits at non-home branches are limited to ₹10,000 per day with no fees. Cash deposits via Cash Deposit Machines have no specified limits but are subject to average quarterly balance requirements.
HDFC Bank Ltd is regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) in the United Arab Emirates. The DFSA is an onshore regulator with a high transparency level and supports strict fund segregation, although there is no mandatory client fund insurance. According to WIKILIX, HDFC Bank holds a Financial Service license and operates under regulatory standards applicable in the UAE and GCC countries.
Licence F001898 was issued by Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the financial authority for United Arab Emirates.
HDFC Bank holds this DFSA licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
Nobody at Wikilix has looked this entry up on the DFSA register yet, so treat it as claimed rather than confirmed. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding against the licence.
Wikilix rates DFSA tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
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