Davy Select vs Halifax compared
- Customer service score4.5/5
- Fees score1.0/5
- Account opening score1.0/5
- Customer service score0.0/5
- Fees score4.0/5
- Account opening score4.0/5
- BeginnersYES
- EquityNO
- ForexNO
- CFDNO
- BeginnersYES
- EquityYES
- ForexNO
- CFDNO
Basic data of broker
Recommended for Investors focusing on Irish and UK markets
Recommended for Beginners and long-term investors
Ireland
UK
Fees
High trading fees
Low non-trading fees, but high trading fees.
Stock and ETF fees
Forex fees
Fund fees
Bond fees
Options fees
Futures fees
Crypto fees
CFD fees
Non-trading fees
Deposit and withdrawal
3
1
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$535
$0
>3 days
1 day
Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill / driver's license / credit card statement
May require proof of residency at a UK address for the last 3 years, for trading of US investments a special W-8BEN form for tax purposes
Trading platform
Markets and products
Research, education
Poor
Mid-range
Customer service
Security
€20k
£85k
€20k
£85k
1926
1996
Ireland
UK
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Davy Select's service is weaker than Halifax's and a comparison of their fees shows that Davy Select's fees are much higher than Halifax's.
Account opening takes considerably more effort at Davy Select compared to Halifax, deposit and withdrawal processes are more complicated at Davy Select, while customer service quality is much better than Halifax's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Davy Select as being of the same quality as the platform of Halifax, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Davy Select, while Halifax provides just about the same quality of research and education.
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