The Company, a Subsidiary of Canara Bank was incorporated and accredited as a Primary Dealer PD in 1996 in the name of 'Gilt Securities Trading Corporation Limited. GSTCL' with a paid-up capital of Rs.100 Crores.
The Primary Dealer activity of the Company was taken over by the parent Bank in February, 2007 and the Company is focusing on capital market related activities mainly into equity broking and distribution of Financial Products.
The name of the Company has been changed as 'Canara Bank Securities Ltd. CBSL' in 2009.
The On Line Trading OLT in Equity and FNO is a product added by CBSL to Financial Super Market of Canara Bank. This facilitates seamless trading in stock market by investor clients of the Bank at their comfort and convenience.