Husein wanted to know more as he had never invested before. Driven by curiosity, he searched for apps on his smartphone, but most apps he came across were those of brokerages, meant for adults.
When he came across ZuPay, which calls itself “India’s premier investing and learning app for teenagers” on its app page, Husein got interested. He downloaded the app.
“Initially, I was still worried as I had never heard of this app and thought this might be some kind of scam. When their team called me, I realized it was not a scam, but a genuine platform,” he recalls.
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Husein has already put his first ₹100 in the stock markets (investing in Yes Bank and Welspun Corp), but he is still trying to understand the basics of investing on ZuPay, and hopes to be better-informed by the time he draws his first income.
ZuPay is slowly attracting more teenagers like Husein, who want to know more about investing. “We have a feature that allows teenagers to even invest using their parents’ demat account, after they approve the trade, but we don’t…
