FATF lists and your Zerodha account

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The FATF lists are the two registers of high-risk countries maintained by the Financial Action Task Force, the inter-governmental body that sets the global standards for anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing, and they decide whether a non-resident or foreign national can open or hold a Zerodha account: a resident of a country on the FATF black list cannot open an account, and a resident of a country on the FATF grey list can open one only after Zerodha’s compliance team approves it. India is a FATF member and gives the lists legal force through the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 , the PML Rules 2005, and the SEBI Master Circular on AML/CFT obligations dated 6 June 2024.

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FATF lists and your Zerodha account