While it is extremely important to know about the technical and fundamental know-how of trading, it is equally important to know about the procedural know-how. Such type of information might not make you profits, but they can certainly quench your curiosity, helping you be more intuitive to the procedures, and often help you time your moves right, taking into both markets and procedural aspects into account. Let’s get into it.

What is UCC ID? Meaning, Full Form

UCC stands for Unique Client Code, which is basically a serial number attached to your demat account or trading account number. Just to be clear, if you haven’t already figured out, ID stands for Identification number. UCC ID is basically a alphanumeric/numeric representation of your account in the broker’s database.

Note, that while some brokers use the term Beneficial Owner Identification Number (BOID), both basically mean the same thing. Not long ago, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) which regulates all such transactions, has mandated to brokers to map UCC with demat accounts.

UCC ID is an extremely popular term however, when it comes to Usptox, for reasons mentioned below.

What is UCC ID in Upstox?

As mentioned earlier, UCC is a unique identification code assigned to each client that a broker has, and Upstox is not an exception. For a brokerage as big as upstox, however, it kind of becomes necessary to have the clients sorted out in this manner.

This is mainly because Upstox has a client base of lakhs of users. It becomes necessary not only to facilitate and monitor all such accounts, but also helps brokers in estimating needs and helping with privacy concerns.

Thus such a tool, which is unique for every client becomes necessary. In case of Upstox, however, this is also the ID they recognise you with, which means you have to use this ID when logging in your Upstox account for trading and investing. It is usually a six digit number, so it is easier to memorise it, in case you are currently/planning to be an Upstox client.

How do you obtain UCC ID in Upstox?

The first and foremost pre-requisite is to have an Upstox account, simply because this is the serial number associated with your account and cannot exist if you do not have an account with Upstox. When you apply for the account, only then you get the UCC ID.

After the application is successfully completed, which is to say you submitted all documents that needed to be submitted and paid all the fees that needed to paid, it usually takes upto 48 hours of processing before you’re given the possession of your account.

Once the procedure is over, the UCC ID created for your account and the associated password get mailed to you on your registered e-mail ID and mobile number. It might be a good idea to store it somewhere only accessible to you (and you don’t forget where you stored it!).

If you don’t receive it within the stipulated time period, you can always contact Upstox support. Although, you might want to check the Spam section of your e-mail first.

UCC ID: Importance

Such IDs are used by brokers all over, and it would still be the case even though it was not mandated by SEBI, simply because it is much easier to sort clients like this. All brokers, like Zerodha use this as a login mechanism, so it is always a good idea to know about such stuff.