Guides

Practical checks you can run yourself before you open an account.

  1. Guides

    How to check a broker’s regulatory claim

    A licence number on a website proves nothing until you have matched it on the regulator’s own register. Six checks, in order, that you can run before you send any money.

  2. Guides

    Where to take a complaint about a broker

    Start with the firm, then go to the independent body that can decide your dispute. Regulators rarely settle individual complaints, and neither can we, but we do want to hear from you.