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The Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) IFSC is India's first and only International Financial Services Centre - a single-regulator jurisdiction where the powers of the RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and PFRDA are unified under the IFSCA. Below are the businesses permitted in GIFT City IFSC - search or filter to find yours, then read a plain-English account written for a first-time principal.

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20 permissible business heads.

01 Banking (IBUs) Setting up and running an IFSC Banking Unit - the offshore banking arm… → 02 Global Administrative Office A consolidated administrative and coordination hub through which a glo… → 03 Finance Company / Treasury A flexible vehicle for lending, treasury, and a wide menu of financial… → 04 Global In-House Centre A captive support centre serving only its own financial services group… → 05 Capital Market Intermediaries Brokers, custodians, investment advisers, and other intermediaries reg… → 06 FinTech Entity A dedicated pathway - including a regulatory sandbox and incentive sch… → 07 Fund Management Entity The licence at the centre of the GIFT City funds story - managing AIFs… → 08 Aircraft Leasing & Financing Operating and finance leasing of aircraft, engines and helicopters fro… → 09 Insurance (IIO) Direct insurance, reinsurance, and insurance intermediation conducted … → 10 Bullion Exchange Trading, clearing, depository and vaulting of bullion through India's … → 11 Ship Leasing Operating and finance leasing of ships and ocean vessels from the IFSC… → 12 Ancillary Services Professional and support services - legal, accounting, compliance, con… → 13 Foreign Universities International branch campuses and offshore education centres operating… → 14 Capital Markets & MIIs Stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories - the market i… → 15 Payment Services Authorisation and operation of payment systems and payment service pro… → 16 Factoring & Forfaiting (ITFS) Trade-receivables finance - factoring and forfaiting - and the Interna… → 17 BATF Services A dedicated regime - the IFSCA (BATF) Regulations, 2024 - for offering… → 18 Listing & Capital Raising Raising capital on GIFT City's exchanges - IPOs, direct listings, SPAC… → 19 Credit Rating Agencies Recognition and operation of credit-rating agencies in the IFSC - a fu… → 20 Tax Regime for IFSC Units The fiscal architecture that makes the IFSC competitive - the income-t… →

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