Fidelity International vs Fineco Bank compared

Fidelity International
Fineco Bank
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.
  • Markets and products score
    1.9
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    3.8
    /5
  • Fees score
    2.8
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    4.0
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    4.6
    /5
  • Fees score
    3.5
    /5
Recommended for
  • Beginners
    3.4
    /5
  • Equity
    4.6
    /5
You can't open an account in United States
You can't open an account in United States
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Basic data of broker

Overall score
4.1

Recommended for Beginners and long-term investors focusing on the UK market

Overall score
4.7

Recommended for Traders and investors looking for a great trading platform and a broker with a solid background

Country of origin
Broker's country of establishment

UK

Country of origin
Broker's country of establishment

Italy

Fees

Fees score
2.8
Fees score
3.5
Fees summary
BrokerChooser's qualitative summary on the broker's prices

Low trading and non-trading fees

Fees summary
BrokerChooser's qualitative summary on the broker's prices

Low stock, ETF, bond fees and low non-trading fees, while high forex and options 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

Deposit and withdrawal score
3.8
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.6
Number of base currencies
How many account currencies you can choose from

1

Number of base currencies
How many account currencies you can choose from

21

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
3.5
Account opening score
4.2
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
The minimum amount you have to deposit for using the account
£1,000 minimum deposit for Investment Account, ISA and SIPP accounts, or £25 per month with regular savings plan.
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$1360

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Minimum deposit
The minimum amount you have to deposit for using the account
There is no minimum deposit
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$0

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Time to open account
BrokerChooser estimation on time needed to access account after all documents are provided by customer

1 day

Time to open account
BrokerChooser estimation on time needed to access account after all documents are provided by customer

1-3 days

Required documents
Documents required for opening an account
They carry out an electronic check to verify your identity for UK residents. If it is successful, there is no need to provide any documents. EEA residents will need to send documents by post.
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Proof of identity: passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill

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Required documents
Documents required for opening an account

Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.7
Web platform score
4.0
Mobile platform score
4.2
Mobile platform score
4.4
Desktop platform score
-
Desktop platform score
2.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
1.9
Markets and products score
4.0
Stocks
Stocks are available
Stocks
Stocks are available
Fractional shares
Fractional shares are available
Fractional shares
Fractional shares are available
ETFs
ETFs are available
ETFs
ETFs are available
Forex
Forex is available
Forex
Forex is available
Provided as a Forex CFD
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*
Funds
Funds are available
Funds
Funds are available
Bonds
Bonds are available
Bonds
Bonds are available
Options
Options are available
Options
Options are available
Futures
Futures are available
Futures
Futures are available
Crypto
Crypto is available in any form (e.g. as a CFD or ETF)
Crypto
Crypto is available in any form (e.g. as a CFD or ETF)
CFDs
Any CFD is available, e.g. stock CFD or commodity CFD
CFDs
Any CFD is available, e.g. stock CFD or commodity CFD
CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 68.03% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Research, education

Research score
4.0
Research score
3.8
Charting quality

Mid-range

Charting quality

Poor

Education score
2.5
Education score
3.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
3.9
Customer service score
4.5
Phone
You can reach the broker by phone
Phone
You can reach the broker by phone
Live chat
Live chat is available
Live chat
Live chat is available
Email
Email support is available
Email
Email support is available
24/7 availability
At least one customer support channel, i.e. live chat, phone or email, is available even on the weekend
24/7 availability
At least one customer support channel, i.e. live chat, phone or email, is available even on the weekend

Security

Investor protection amount
The protection amount depends on the country where you opened your account. In the US, forex trading and commodity-related contract (e.g. futures or options) are generally not covered.

£85k

Investor protection amount
The protection amount depends on the country where you opened your account. In the US, forex trading and commodity-related contract (e.g. futures or options) are generally not covered.

€100k for cash and €20k for securities

Investor protection
Amount of the investor protection provided by the broker

£85k

Investor protection
Amount of the investor protection provided by the broker

€100k for cash and €20k for securities

Banking background
Whether the broker has a banking background
Banking background
Whether the broker has a banking background
Listed on stock exchange
The broker is listed on a stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
The broker is listed on a stock exchange
Foundation date

1980

Foundation date

1999

Country of regulation
Which countries' regulators oversee the broker

UK

Country of regulation
Which countries' regulators oversee the broker

Italy, UK

Fidelity International

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Fineco Bank

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

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.

Fidelity International's service is slightly weaker than Fineco Bank's and a comparison of their fees shows that Fidelity International's fees are slightly higher than Fineco Bank's.

Account opening takes somewhat more effort at Fidelity International compared to Fineco Bank, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at Fidelity International, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than Fineco Bank's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Fidelity International as being of the same quality as the platform of Fineco Bank, found that clients have access to less markets and products with Fidelity International, while Fineco Bank provides just about the same quality of research and education.

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