Interactive Brokers customer service
When you contact a broker, whether you are a beginner investor or an experienced trader, you’ll be looking for customer service that is fast and truly helpful. These qualities, in turn, will depend on the range of available channels and the relevance of their responses.
To be able to tell at a glance what you should expect from Interactive Brokers’s customer service, we collected the following must-know information.
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Check out our summary on Interactive Brokers’s customer service compared with similar brokers, Saxo Bank and DEGIRO.
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International broker providing all asset classes | Danish investment bank | German-Dutch discount broker |
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How fast was customer support when we tried?
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OK | Fast | OK |
Quality of Customer service answers
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Good | Good | Good |
Live chat available
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Yes | Yes | No |
Phone available
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
Email available
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Yes | Yes | Yes |
24/7 availability
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No | No | Yes |
Let's continue with a more detailed description of Interactive Brokers’s customer service features.
Available customer service channels at Interactive Brokers
One of the most essential components of a well-functioning customer service is the number of channels through which you can reach out for help. Usually, the more communication platforms there are, the more likely it is that somebody will answer your questions in time.
You can get in touch with Interactive Brokers in the following ways.
Please note that Interactive Brokers is not available 24/7, so keep that in mind before reaching out for help with an issue that needs an immediate response.
Interactive Brokers customer service quality
We define the quality of a broker's customer service based on its response speed (e.g. if they answer the phone within a few minutes, it counts as quick, but if they make you wait a lot, that’s considered a poor response speed) and their response relevance (i.e. whether they provide a clear answer to your questions or an ambiguous one that needs further clarification).
Response speed at Interactive Brokers
Live chat
Interactive Brokers’s live chat speed varies from session to session. One day they respond in a minute; at other times, they make you wait for at least a few minutes.
Phone
On the phone, Interactive Brokers’s speed is somewhat mediocre. Sometimes they are fast, but sometimes you'll have to wait for 3-4 minutes, which is not bad but not very good either.
Interactive Brokers is quite unpredictable. Sometimes answers come pretty fast, but getting feedback only after 2 days is also not unheard of.
Response relevance at Interactive Brokers
Live chat
You’ll find what you need. Interactive Brokers’s live chat provides clear and detailed information to any questions you may have.
Phone
On the phone Interactive Brokers provides all the necessary information in an easily comprehensible way, paying attention to your concerns and giving the right answers.
You’re in the right place for further information. Via email, Interactive Brokers provides you with all the necessary answers to your questions, getting back to you with a detailed and clear summary.
Interactive Brokers customer service bottomline
Overall, Interactive Brokers's customer service could be improved in multiple areas. To check out how similar brokers fare compared with Interactive Brokers, use our broker comparison tool here.
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