Fidelity vs Fineco Bank compared

Fidelity
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.
  • Trading platform combined score
    4.7
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    3.8
    /5
  • Research score
    4.5
    /5
  • Trading platform combined score
    3.7
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    4.6
    /5
  • Research score
    3.8
    /5
Recommended for
  • Beginners
    4.1
    /5
  • Equity
    4.6
    /5
  • Equity
    4.6
    /5
You can open an account in United States
You can't open an account in United States

*Data marked with an asterisk contain additional info, expand the relevant sections below to see details.

Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.8

Recommended for Investors and traders looking for solid research and great trading platforms

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

USA

Country of origin

Italy

Fees

Fees score
3.7
Fees score
3.4
Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees, high fund fees

Fees summary

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

16

Number of base currencies

21

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
4.2
Account opening score
4.2
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

1-3 days

Time to open account

1-3 days

Required documents

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

Required documents

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

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.5
Web platform score
4.0
Mobile platform score
5.0
Mobile platform score
4.4
Desktop platform score
4.3
Desktop platform score
2.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
4.0
Markets and products score
4.0
Stocks
Stocks
Fractional shares
*
*
Fractional shares
ETFs
ETFs
Forex
Forex
*
*
Funds
Funds
Bonds
Bonds
Options
Options
Futures
Futures
Crypto
*
*
Crypto
CFDs
CFDs
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
4.5
Research score
3.8
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Poor

Education score
5.0
Education score
3.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
3.9
Customer service score
4.5
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

Up to €100,000 for cash and €20,000 for securities

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

1946

Foundation date

1999

Country of regulation

USA

Country of regulation

Italy, UK

Fidelity

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

Fineco Bank

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

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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.

Fidelity's service is on par with Fineco Bank's and a comparison of their fees shows that Fidelity's fees are similar to Fineco Bank's.

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

Our experts rated the trading platform of Fidelity as somewhat better than the platform of Fineco Bank, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Fidelity, while Fineco Bank provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.

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