Fidelity
Hargreaves Lansdown
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Basic data of broker
Recommended for Investors and traders looking for solid research and great trading platforms
Recommended for Beginners and buy-and-hold investors looking for great customer service and easy-to-use trading platforms
USA
UK
Fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, high fund fees
Average trading fees, low non-trading fees, low fund 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
Proof of identity: passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill
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
1981
USA
UK
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Fidelity's service is on par with Hargreaves Lansdown's and a comparison of their fees shows that Fidelity's fees are slightly lower than Hargreaves Lansdown's.
Account opening takes about the same effort at Fidelity compared to Hargreaves Lansdown, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at Fidelity, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than Hargreaves Lansdown's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Fidelity as somewhat better than the platform of Hargreaves Lansdown, found that clients have access to slightly more markets and products with Fidelity, while Hargreaves Lansdown provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.
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