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| Trust score | 82 | 100 |
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| Cost score | 84 | 92 |
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| Platform score | 86 | 92 |
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| Withdrawal score | 73 | 89 |
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| Best for | Nordic long-term savers and investors · Swedish AF/ISK/KF/Sparkonto users · Fund, ETF and stock investors seeking broad choice | European self-directed investors seeking low-cost access to stocks and ETFs · Investors who prefer web/mobile platforms and exchange-traded products |
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Trust & regulation | ||
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| Regulators | Nordnet Bank AB is authorized/supervised by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority; FI company register records its Finnish branch. Source | Primarily supervised by BaFin and Bundesbank in Germany; Dutch branch registered with DNB and supervised by AFM and DNB. Source |
| License numbers | Nordnet Bank AB organization number 516406-0021; FI identification number 17630 for the Finnish branch. Source | Financial licence number not disclosed in reviewed official sources. Commercial registrations found: flatexDEGIRO Bank SE HRB 141330 on flatexDEGIRO Bank SE imprint; DEGIRO UK footer states HRB 105687; Dutch Branch KvK 82510245. Source |
| Regulated entities | Nordnet group includes regulated banking, pension-insurance and fund-company entities; FI register lists Nordnet Bank AB, Finnish Branch as a foreign branch of a Swedish chartered bank. Source | DEGIRO is operated by flatexDEGIRO Bank Dutch Branch, a branch of flatexDEGIRO Bank SE; flatexDEGIRO Bank SE is a licensed German bank headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. Source |
| Negative balance protection | For Unlimited Turbos, Nordnet says investors can never lose more than the invested amount. General margin/portfolio-loan and options/futures risk controls need manual review. Source | No negative balance protection found. Official account-profile page warns losses can exceed deposit and result in a negative Balance for derivatives, margin and short-selling services; margin profiles are legacy-only. Source |
| Investor compensation | Cash/deposit guarantee SEK 1,150,000 per customer/institution; investor protection SEK 250,000; KF/pension insurance protected via preferential right with no upper limit disclosed. Source | Cash in flatexDEGIRO Bank SE Cash Account protected up to €100,000 per customer under German Deposit Guarantee Scheme; investor compensation covers up to 90% of non-returned assets, max €20,000 per customer; UK FSCS does not apply. Source |
| Restricted countries | Not disclosed in extracted official sources; needs editor review. Source | Available via listed country selector in Europe/UK; US persons are not accepted; UK onboarding for new clients was temporarily unavailable on the reviewed UK page. Source |
Costs & account conditions | ||
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| Minimum deposit | 0 SEK deposit requirement shown for AF, ISK, KF, Sparkonto, IPS and pension-insurance account types. Source | No fixed minimum deposit identified; DEGIRO homepage says users can add any amount of money to the account for free. Bank-account verification search result states minimum EUR 0.01 for linking a new bank account. Source |
| Spread from | Nordnet Markets explains spread is a customer cost and differs between product types and underlying assets; final/product-specific terms disclose exact spread/financing costs. Source | Not a quoted-spread CFD/FX broker field. DEGIRO discloses that bid-ask spreads are implicit market costs and not direct broker costs. Source |
| Commission | Commission varies by class and market; Nordic stock classes range from 1 SEK minimum/0.25% to 99 SEK flat. New customers may trade Stockholm-listed shares commission-free until 50,000 SEK savings and max 500 trades/year. Source | Examples from UK fee page: US stocks €1 + €1 handling; LSE £1.75 + £1 handling; selected ETFs €0 + €1 handling; global ETFs €2 + €1 handling; options €0.75 commission. Currency, connectivity, external product and spread costs may apply. Source |
| Maximum leverage | Documented leverage up to 20x daily for Bull & Bear; other leveraged ETP terms vary by instrument. Source | DEGIRO currently does not allow new changes to margin-trading profiles; legacy Active/Trader/Day Trader accounts may have Debit Money / derivatives risk but maximum leverage was not disclosed in reviewed sources. Source |
| Deposit fee | Account-fee table lists Insättningsavgift as 0 kronor; deposit FAQ says Nordnet takes deposits only from other Swedish banks and does not accept deposits from abroad. Source | No deposit fee disclosed on UK fee page and homepage; deposits listed as FEE €0 / no deposit-withdrawal fees. Source |
| Withdrawal fee | No general withdrawal fee was found in the extracted official Swedish pages; manual review of full price list recommended for edge/manual/foreign-currency withdrawals. Source | No withdrawal fee disclosed on UK fee page and homepage; withdrawals listed as FEE €0 / no deposit-withdrawal fees. Source |
| Inactivity fee | Nordnet's account-fee FAQ lists 0 SEK annual/percentage/deposit/management fees and no inactivity fee was identified in extracted official fee/account pages. Source | No inactivity fee; UK fee page lists inactivity fee as €0. Source |
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| Tradable assets | Broad multi-asset Nordic brokerage coverage including thousands of stocks, 1,600+ funds, 2,220 ETF results, ETPs, options/futures, bonds/interest products, cash savings, margin lending and pensions. Source | Shares, ETFs, bonds and derivatives such as options and futures; DEGIRO product pages also describe investment funds availability. Source |
| Trading platforms | Nordnet supports web, iPhone/Android apps and advanced trader applications including Infront Active Trader; Nordnet Markets fees also reference WinTrade. Source | DEGIRO provides a web/desktop trading platform (Webtrader) and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Source |
| Account types | Swedish retail site lists AF, ISK, KF, savings account, pension accounts and private-banking tiers. Source | DEGIRO account/profile types include Basic, Active, Trader, Day Trader and Custody. Active, Trader and Day Trader are legacy-only and new margin profiles are no longer available. Source |
| Deposit methods | Deposits can be made by direct deposit via Swish or Trustly, bank transfer from another Swedish bank, or via linked bank account/standing transfers. Source | Manual bank transfer from a verified linked/reference bank account; deposits must use the account base currency. Source |
| Withdrawal methods | Withdrawals are handled to bank accounts; Swish withdrawals are not supported and Swedish pages state no transfers to/from abroad. Source | Withdrawals go back to the primary registered/linked bank account; only uninvested cash in the Cash Account can be withdrawn. Source |
| Withdrawal processing time | The withdrawal-times page did not expose timing details in extraction, so withdrawal processing time requires manual review or logged-in/interactive source verification. Source | Withdrawals may take up to 2-4 working days; transfers can take up to 2-3 working days to complete. Source |
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