Anyone here has experience with Ibkr for long term holding etfs stocks
Do they support third party transfers from owner company
bank account?
How safe is ibkr for
investing?
Did anyone face issue with compliance?
Do they offer
debit card?
How is the account opening process? Uae based clients accepted?
Is there minimum account opening deposit?
Can attest that no problem with IBKR. Onboarding was easy (but that was a few yrs ago, not sure if
KYC has gotten more strict).
Have owned and held on to various EU-based ETFs for awhile now, never sold anything (so I can't speak for commissions/fees etc). They seem to be as safe as any online brokerage firms (like
Robinhood LOL). Granted, I don't have my entire life savings there.
No debit card here, I believe my account is hosted in Ireland?
As far as I could recall, no video calls, just uploading a passport scan, proof of address, just the basics really. Again, this was a few years ago (and I was a refugee from DeGiro, another brokerage where they told me 'we don't serve your kind'
)
No minimum deposit as far as I can recall (but if anything, please deposit at least 500eur or something to show that you're serious).
Depositing money is also easy, they issue an IBAN for you to transfer money to, and if you tell them in advance (on the app) that you are expecting to transfer XYZ amount, as well as referencing your name & IBKR member ID in the reference section of your sending bank account transfer, you get the funds posted in a couple of hours.
Every year they send a reminder to update your data for compliance purpose, that's to be expected.
Hope this helps!