DEGIRO Vs. FBS - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

DEGIRO is a European leading stock broker providing access to more than 50 stock exchanges around the world with low commissions per trade and a simple to use platform.

FBS is a global broker established in 2009 that specialises in currencies trading via MetaTrader 4 & 5 platforms along with their own proprietary mobile app.

• Investors from all experience levels looking to buy real shares, funds or ETFs for the long term
• Active traders that look to access the large variety of exchanges offered

• New traders looking to trade via MT4 with really low starting amounts using their Cent or Micro accounts
• Experienced high volume traders looking for a fixed zero spread account

• BaFin (Germany)
• AFM (Netherlands)

• IFSC (Belize)
• CySec (Cyprus)
• ASIC (Australia)
• FSCA (South Africa)

• No conflicts of interest between DEGIRO and its customers
• Virtually unlimited asset offering from 50 exchanges across the globe
• Low fees when compared to traditional banking alternatives

• Clear account offering that covers all levels of traders according to their net worth
• Proprietary copy trading service
• Access to high leverage (Up to 1:3000)

• Credit card deposits are not available
• Simplistic platforms with not many features
• Fees are expensive when compared to commission free brokers

• Asset offering is extremely limited with over 100+ instruments
• Minimum deposit for ECN account is high $1,000

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• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Bank Transfer
• Paypal

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Maestro
• Neteller
• Sticpay
• Skrill
• Perfect Money
• Bank Transfer (depending on location and entity)
• Bitcoin
• Ethereum
• USDT (Tether)

DEGIRO only provides services to citizens of Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom. The rest of the countries worldwide are not able to use DEGIRO's services.

JP, US, CA, MY, IL, IR.

Yes and varies per asset and exchange, eg: If you were to purchase £2,000 worth of Apple shares at a price of $300 your total commission would have been £0.44.

FBS commissions vary per account type as follows:

• Cent account: none
• Micro account: none
• Standard account: none
• Zero spread account: From $20 per lot
• ECN account: From $6 per lot
• Crypto account: 0.05% for opening or closing positions