Fidelity
Halifax
Basic data of broker
Recommended for Investors and traders looking for solid research and great trading platforms
Recommended for Beginners and long-term investors
USA
UK
Fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, high fund 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
16
1
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$0
$0
1-3 days
1 day
Proof of identity: SSN / passport / national ID card / driver's license
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
Great
Mid-range
Customer service
Security
$500,000 (securities up to $500,000, cash up to $250,000)
£85,000
1946
1996
USA
UK
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Fidelity's service is on par with Halifax's and a comparison of their fees shows that Fidelity's fees are similar to Halifax's.
Account opening takes about the same effort at Fidelity compared to Halifax, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at Fidelity, while customer service quality is much better than Halifax's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Fidelity as much better than the platform of Halifax, found that clients have access to slightly more markets and products with Fidelity, while Halifax provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.