Charles Schwab vs KBC Equitas compared

Charles Schwab
KBC Equitas
Key differences
We took 8 criteria of our comparison (fee, account opening, customer service, markets&product, research, trading platform, deposit&withdrawal) and listed the angles with the greatest difference here below.
  • Account opening score
    4.6
    /5
  • Customer service score
    5.0
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    2.2
    /5
  • Account opening score
    1.5
    /5
  • Customer service score
    3.4
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    3.3
    /5
Recommended for
  • Beginners
    4.2
    /5
  • Equity
    4.4
    /5
  • Beginners
You can open an account in United States
You can't open an account in United States

Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.8

Recommended for Investors and traders looking for solid research, low fees and great customer service

Overall Score
4.1

Recommended for Long-term investors from Hungary who want access to a variety of markets

Country of origin

USA

Country of origin

Belgium

Fees

Fees score
4.2
Fees score
3.5
Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees, high fund fees

Fees summary

Stock and ETF fees

Forex fees

Fund fees

Bond fees

Options fees

Futures fees

Crypto fees

CFD fees

Non-trading fees

Deposit and withdrawal

Deposit and withdrawal score
2.2
Deposit and withdrawal score
3.3
Number of base currencies

1

Number of base currencies

11

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
4.6
Account opening score
1.5
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

>3 days

Required documents

Proof of identity: SSN and national ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill

Required documents

National ID Address Card Social Security Card (TAJ)

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.3
Web platform score
4.4
Mobile platform score
4.2
Mobile platform score
4.1
Desktop platform score
4.0
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
3.1
Markets and products score
3.4
Stocks
Stocks
Fractional shares
*
*
Fractional shares
ETFs
ETFs
Forex
Forex
Funds
Funds
Bonds
Bonds
Options
Options
Futures
Futures
Crypto
*
*
Crypto
*
*
CFDs
CFDs

Research, education

Research score
4.3
Research score
4.3
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Mid-range

Education score
4.5
Education score
3.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
5.0
Customer service score
3.4
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

$500,000 (securities up to $500,000, cash up to $250,000)

Investor protection amount

€100,000 for cash, €20,000 for securities

Banking background
Banking background
Listed on stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
Foundation date

1971

Foundation date

1994

Country of regulation

USA, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore

Country of regulation

Hungary, Belgium

Charles Schwab

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KBC Equitas

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Everything you find on BrokerChooser is based on reliable data and unbiased information. We combine our 10+ years finance experience with readers feedback. Read more about our methodology.

Charles Schwab's service is slightly better than KBC Equitas's and a comparison of their fees shows that Charles Schwab's fees are slightly lower than KBC Equitas's.

Account opening takes much less effort at Charles Schwab compared to KBC Equitas, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at Charles Schwab, while customer service quality is better than KBC Equitas's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Charles Schwab as being of the same quality as the platform of KBC Equitas, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Charles Schwab, while KBC Equitas provides just about the same quality of research and education.

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