Computer Age Management Services was incorporated as ‘Computer Age Management Services Private Limited’ on May 25, 1988 at Madras, Tamil Nadu as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956, and was granted the certificate of incorporation by the Registrar of Companies, Tamil Nadu at Chennai (RoC). The company became a deemed public limited company under section 43A of Companies Act, 1956 on April 15, 2000 and the name of the company was changed to ‘Computer Age Management Services Limited’ and the certificate of incorporation of the company was endorsed by the RoC to that effect. The company became a private limited company, pursuant to Section 43A (2A) of Companies Act, 1956 with effect from March 29, 2001 and the name of the company was changed back to ‘Computer Age Management Services Private Limited’. The certificate of incorporation of the company was again endorsed by the RoC to that effect. Subsequently, the company was converted from a private limited company to a public limited company, pursuant to a special resolution passed by the company Shareholders at the EGM held on September 9, 2019 and the name of the company was changed to Computer Age Management Services Limited (CAMS). Consequently, a fresh certificate of incorporation was issued by the RoC on September 27, 2019.

CAMS is a technology driven financial infrastructure and services provider to Mutual Funds and other financial institutions. As the market leading Registrar and Transfer Agency to the Indian Mutual Fund industry, CAMS serves over half a percent of the average assets under management. The company also provides technology enabled service solutions to Alternatives and Insurance Companies. Besides serving as a B2B service partner, CAMS also serves customers through a variety of touch points such as pan-India network of service centres, white label call centre, online, mobile app and chatbot.

CAMS’ competitive technology advantage stems from the capability, functionality, integration and scalability of its proprietary platforms, which deliver breadth and quality of service and cost efficiencies. The company’s Transfer Agency platform is the largest platform serving the Mutual Fund segment in India and has enabled rapid scaling of the industry while managing the complexities of business operations. 

The company runs its own Data Centres on completely virtualized Hyper Converge Infrastructure (HCI) and builds and hosts hundreds of Applications & APIs. The company’s BI platforms power Mutual Fund Industry Analytics. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Bots have been deployed to improve productivity and efficiency. The company has adopted digital and AI & ML (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Language) technologies to solve business problems.

Business area of the company

CAMS is a cornerstone in the Indian financialservices and capital markets industry with a reputation for spearheadinginnovation, technological leadership and process excellence since 1988.Securing market dominance as India’s largest and fastest-growing QualifiedRegistrar and Transfer Agent (QRTA), the company serve ten of the fifteenlargest Mutual Funds (based on AAUM) in the country.

Services for MF Investors

• myCAMS
• GoCorp
• eKYC
• CAMSPay eMandate
• CAS - CAMS + KFintech
• Capital Gain / Loss
• Digital Bank Mandate Change
• NAV & IDCW
• Transmission Helpdesk
• Investor Touchpoints

Services for Distributors

• edge360
• eKYC
• Distributor Mailback Services
• Service Requests
• AMFI Services

Awards, accreditations and recognitions:

• 2015: The company was awarded ‘Best App’ for ‘myCAMS’ app under finance category at the Global Mobile App Summit and Awards.
• 2016: The company was awarded SME Business Excellence Awards in mid-corporate IT and IT-enabled services category by Dun and Bradstreet and RBL Bank.
• 2016: The company was awarded ‘Best App’ for ‘myCAMS’ app under finance category at the Global Mobile App Summit and Awards.
• 2017: The company was awarded ‘Best use of digital media/platform’ in the mutual fund category for ‘myCAMS’ app at the Drivers of Digital Awards.
• 2017: The company was awarded ‘Best App’ for ‘myCAMS’ app under finance category at the Global Mobile App Summit and Awards.
• 2018: The company was awarded ‘Special Mention for Use of Digital Media in the Mutual Fund Category’ for ‘GoCorp’ app at the Drivers of Digital Awards 2018.
• 2018: The company was awarded ‘Best Application of Technology’ for ‘myCAMS’ app at 4th edition of CX Strategy Summit and Awards.
• 2019: The company was awarded ‘Highly Commended - Harnessing the Power of Technology’ at the Adam Smith Awards Asia 2019.
• 2021: Finnoviti Award 2021 - CAMSPay for their Solution & Innovation.
• 2022: CAMS wins NASSCOM Cloud Innovator of the Year-Large Company.
• 2023: FE CFO of the Year Awards.
• 2023: Technoviti Award 2023 - ‘CAMSfinserv’ for Bank Account Validation using Account Aggregator (AA).
• 2023: BW HR Excellence Awards 2023.
• 2023: ET Datacon Awards 2023.
• 2023: New Innovatives IT Infrastructure UBS Forums 16 Edition Datacenter Summit & Awards 2023.
• 2023: CAMSPay 'Best Corporate Technology Adoption' 2023 awarded by HDFC Bank.
• 2024: CAMSfinserv - Technoviti Award 2024 for ‘Pre-approved Loan Against Mutual Fund’.
• 2024: Tatva awards received by CAMSRep & CAMSPay.
• 2024: Young Leader Under 40 - Business World 2024 Award.
• 2024: CAMSfinserv - 'Open Banking Solution of the Year' - Business World 2024 Award.
• 2025: Best Use of Digital Media/Platform in Insurance award at DigiFest 2025.
• 2025: Top Pharma Commercial Analytics Platform, 2025 in the AIM Research’s PeMa Quadrant.

Major events and milestones:

• 1988: The company was incorporated as Computer Age Management Services and received a certificate of incorporation from the RoC on May 25, 1988.
• 1993: The company was issued a certificate of registration as a Registrar to an Issue under category II, dated December 24, 1993 by SEBI.
• 1995: The certificate of registration was issued to the company was upgraded and a fresh certificate of registration as Registrar to an Issue and Share Transfer Agent under category I, dated July 22, 1995, was issued by SEBI to the company.
• 2006: The company was issued a certificate of registration dated June 1, 2006 by SEBI to act as a depository participant for NSDL.
• 2007 The company was issued a certificate of registration dated January 31, 2007 by SEBI to act as a depository participant for CDSL.
• 2011: CIRSL was incorporated on May 12, 2011.
• 2011: CIRSL had received in-principle approval of IRDAI to carry on business as an insurance repository.
• 2012: CISPL was incorporated on February 13, 2012.
• 2012: CISPL was issued a certificate of registration dated June 29, 2012 to carry on the business as a KRA.
• 2013: CIRSL was issued a certificate of registration dated July 31, 2013 by IRDAI to carry on the business as an insurance repository.
• 2013: The company acquired 100% stake in SSPL, which provides technology support to the company.
• 2014: Acquisition of 44.99% stake in CAMS by NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Limited.
• 2016: CFISPL was incorporated on September 26, 2016.
• 2018: Great Terrain acquired 37.50% stake in the company.
• 2019: The company was converted into a public limited Company and received a fresh certificate of incorporation from the RoC on September 27, 2019.
• 2019: Great Terrain acquired 6.03% stake in the company.
• 2020: Appointed as registrar to issue and transfer agent by Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Private Limited.
• 2020: Receipt of account aggregator license by CFISPL.
• 2020: Launch of Recon Dynamix platform.
• 2021: CAMS became the Registrar and Transfer Agent for Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund.
• 2021: CAMS Financial information services - Account Aggregator activities were launched.
• 2022: CAMS signed definitive agreements for acquiring controlling stake in Fintuple.
• 2022: Launch of Central Recordkeeping Agency services for National Pension System.
• 2023: Received in-principal authorisation from RBI to operate as a Payment Aggregator.
• 2023: CAMS acquired majority stake in Think360.ai.
• 2023: Great Terrain exited the Company by selling its stake. Became a 100% publicly owned company.
• 2024: Received final approval from RBI to operate as a Payment Aggregator.
• 2025: CAMS expands its presence in GIFT City, Gujarat, inaugurates a larger facility in the city.
• 2025: Incorporated MFC Technologies Private Limited on March 08, 2025, a joint venture company, with CAMS holding 50% stake.
• 2025: CAMS wins its first international mutual fund mandate.
• 2025: Launched REIT platform CompaREITnow.