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Decision summary | ||
| Overall score | 87 | 91 |
| Trust score | 93 | 100 |
| Cost score | 82 | 92 |
| Platform score | 94 | 92 |
| Withdrawal score | 77 | 89 |
| Best for | Best suited for Swiss and international clients wanting a regulated bank-backed multi-asset platform with strong securities, forex/CFD and crypto coverage; high-risk leveraged pro… | 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 | FINMA (Swiss banking licence) plus FCA, DFSA, SFC, MFSA, MAS, CSSF/ECB, CySEC and FSCA for group entities. Source | Primarily supervised by BaFin and Bundesbank in Germany; Dutch branch registered with DNB and supervised by AFM and DNB. Source |
| License numbers | Some entity licence numbers are disclosed (FSCA 43908, CySEC 422/22); FINMA/SFC/DFSA authorisations are described by type rather than numeric licence on the checked pages. 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 | Group structure lists Swiss FINMA bank plus regulated UK, Dubai, Hong Kong, Malta, Singapore, Luxembourg, Cyprus and South Africa entities. 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 | For Swissquote Bank Ltd Swiss/ROW forex/CFD disclosure, losses can exceed initial investment and clients may need to deposit more funds; no negative balance protection found for this entity. 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 | Deposit protection up to CHF 100,000; investor compensation for securities needs manual confirmation by entity/product. 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 | Products/services on the Swiss website are in particular not intended for U.S. residents; other availability is jurisdiction/entity dependent. 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 | Forex/CFD accounts: Standard min deposit USD 1,000; Premium USD 10,000; Prime USD 50,000; Professional volume based. 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 | Forex spreads from 1.1 pips on EUR/USD (Prime); Standard from 1.7 pips; CFDs from 0.03 point on OIL/USD. 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 | Forex no commission; stocks/ETFs from CHF 3; funds and bonds from CHF 9; options/futures from CHF/EUR 1.50; crypto from 0.08%; stock CFD commissions apply by account tier. 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 | Swissquote advertises leverage up to 1:100 for forex and up to 1:50 for CFDs on the Swiss site. 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 | Incoming wire transfers free; supported crypto wallet deposits free for equivalent USD 500+ and USD 10 under that amount. Source | No deposit fee disclosed on UK fee page and homepage; deposits listed as FEE €0 / no deposit-withdrawal fees. Source |
| Withdrawal fee | Crypto withdrawals show USD 10 or USD 15 depending on asset; cash outgoing payment fees require account/payment-fee table review. Source | No withdrawal fee disclosed on UK fee page and homepage; withdrawals listed as FEE €0 / no deposit-withdrawal fees. Source |
| Inactivity fee | Forex/CFD inactivity fee: 10 account currency units/month after 6 months inactivity. Source | No inactivity fee; UK fee page lists inactivity fee as €0. Source |
Markets, platforms & payments | ||
| Tradable assets | Broad multi-asset product set spanning securities, derivatives, forex/CFDs, crypto, money markets and banking FX. Source | Shares, ETFs, bonds and derivatives such as options and futures; DEGIRO product pages also describe investment funds availability. Source |
| Trading platforms | Swissquote app for securities/crypto; CFXD, MT4, MT5, TradingView and Autochartist for forex/CFDs. Source | DEGIRO provides a web/desktop trading platform (Webtrader) and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Source |
| Account types | Forex account types are Standard, Premium, Prime and Professional. 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 | Account funding is via cash transfers/bank details, securities transfers and supported crypto wallet deposits; card/e-wallet funding was not verified from official pages checked. Source | Manual bank transfer from a verified linked/reference bank account; deposits must use the account base currency. Source |
| Withdrawal methods | Withdrawals are supported through outgoing cash transfers, securities transfers out and supported cryptocurrency wallet withdrawals. 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 processing time was not disclosed on checked official public pages; payment section inside logged-in account may contain details. 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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