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| VS field |  |  |
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Decision summary | ||
| Overall score | 82 | 91 |
| Trust score | 86 | 100 |
| Cost score | 82 | 92 |
| Platform score | 87 | 92 |
| Withdrawal score | 65 | 89 |
| Best for | Indian retail investors opening a low-cost demat/trading account · Active traders needing web/mobile option-chain and charting tools · Investors using SIPs/mutual funds and ETFs a… | European self-directed investors seeking low-cost access to stocks and ETFs · Investors who prefer web/mobile platforms and exchange-traded products |
| Watch out | Needs verification | Needs verification |
Trust & regulation | ||
| Regulators | Regulated/registered with SEBI for stockbroking, depository, research and investment advisory; member/registrant references include CDSL, AMFI, PFRDA and Indian exchanges BSE, NSE, MSEI, MCX and NCDEX. Source | Primarily supervised by BaFin and Bundesbank in Germany; Dutch branch registered with DNB and supervised by AFM and DNB. Source |
| License numbers | SEBI stockbroker INZ000161534; CDSL DP IN-DP-384-2018; PMS INP000001546; Research Analyst INH000000164; Investment Adviser INA000008172; AMFI ARN-77404; PFRDA 19092018. Source | Financial licence number not disclosed in reviewed official sources. Commercial registrations found: flatexDEGIRO Bank SE HRB 141330 on flatexDEGIRO Bank SE imprint; DEGIRO UK footer states HRB 105687; Dutch Branch KvK 82510245. Source |
| Regulated entities | Not disclosed in extracted official sources; needs editor review. Source | DEGIRO is operated by flatexDEGIRO Bank Dutch Branch, a branch of flatexDEGIRO Bank SE; flatexDEGIRO Bank SE is a licensed German bank headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. Source |
| Negative balance protection | No explicit negative balance protection policy found in checked official extracts. Source | No negative balance protection found. Official account-profile page warns losses can exceed deposit and result in a negative Balance for derivatives, margin and short-selling services; margin profiles are legacy-only. Source |
| Investor compensation | US/Vested securities account insurance disclosed; Indian broker investor-compensation specifics not found in checked sources. Source | Cash in flatexDEGIRO Bank SE Cash Account protected up to €100,000 per customer under German Deposit Guarantee Scheme; investor compensation covers up to 90% of non-returned assets, max €20,000 per customer; UK FSCS does not apply. Source |
| Restricted countries | India-focused platform; some NRI/US-stock access via Vested. Full restrictions not disclosed in checked extracts. Source | Available via listed country selector in Europe/UK; US persons are not accepted; UK onboarding for new clients was temporarily unavailable on the reviewed UK page. Source |
Costs & account conditions | ||
| Minimum deposit | No minimum deposit requirement found on checked official account/pricing pages. Source | No fixed minimum deposit identified; DEGIRO homepage says users can add any amount of money to the account for free. Bank-account verification search result states minimum EUR 0.01 for linking a new bank account. Source |
| Spread from | Not applicable or not broker-level for this investment-platform profile; review if leveraged products apply. Source | Not a quoted-spread CFD/FX broker field. DEGIRO discloses that bid-ask spreads are implicit market costs and not direct broker costs. Source |
| Commission | Core post-promo brokerage: lower of ₹20 or 0.1% for equity delivery/intraday, minimum ₹5; flat ₹20/order for futures/options/currency/commodities. Source | Examples from UK fee page: US stocks €1 + €1 handling; LSE £1.75 + £1 handling; selected ETFs €0 + €1 handling; global ETFs €2 + €1 handling; options €0.75 commission. Currency, connectivity, external product and spread costs may apply. Source |
| Maximum leverage | MTF: up to 4X leverage on 1000+ stocks in web-platform marketing copy. Source | DEGIRO currently does not allow new changes to margin-trading profiles; legacy Active/Trader/Day Trader accounts may have Debit Money / derivatives risk but maximum leverage was not disclosed in reviewed sources. Source |
| Deposit fee | Deposit/fund-addition fee not found in checked official extracts. Source | No deposit fee disclosed on UK fee page and homepage; deposits listed as FEE €0 / no deposit-withdrawal fees. Source |
| Withdrawal fee | Withdrawal/payout fee not found in checked official extracts. Source | No withdrawal fee disclosed on UK fee page and homepage; withdrawals listed as FEE €0 / no deposit-withdrawal fees. Source |
| Inactivity fee | Inactivity fee not found in checked official extracts. Source | No inactivity fee; UK fee page lists inactivity fee as €0. Source |
Markets, platforms & payments | ||
| Tradable assets | Stocks, ETFs, mutual funds/SIPs, IPOs, F&O, commodities, currencies, bonds and US stocks/ETFs via Vested. Source | Shares, ETFs, bonds and derivatives such as options and futures; DEGIRO product pages also describe investment funds availability. Source |
| Trading platforms | Mobile app, web platform, desktop SpeedPro, Smart API and TradingView integration. Source | DEGIRO provides a web/desktop trading platform (Webtrader) and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Source |
| Account types | Online demat/trading account; BSDA demat eligibility described; NRI account page linked from official pages. Source | DEGIRO account/profile types include Basic, Active, Trader, Day Trader and Custody. Active, Trader and Day Trader are legacy-only and new margin profiles are no longer available. Source |
| Deposit methods | Fund addition is available digitally, but checked extracts did not enumerate all rails. Source | Manual bank transfer from a verified linked/reference bank account; deposits must use the account base currency. Source |
| Withdrawal methods | Angel One documents fund payout status/process, but methods were not extracted. Source | Withdrawals go back to the primary registered/linked bank account; only uninvested cash in the Cash Account can be withdrawn. Source |
| Withdrawal processing time | Withdrawal/payout processing time not found in checked official extracts. Source | Withdrawals may take up to 2-4 working days; transfers can take up to 2-3 working days to complete. Source |
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