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House file

Fineco Bank

On the desk for one reason: multi-entity structure. 3 register lines are on this file, spread across 2 legal entities in 2 jurisdictions, 3 of them with a top-tier regulator.


On the wire

3 items · 2 notices

Every figure below was read off a regulator register or the firm's own filing.

Notices and actions

  • 01
    event

    FinecoBank has been listed on Borsa Italiana (FTSE MIB constituent since 2016) since its 2014 IPO. Source: FinecoBank investor relations (finecobank.com) and Borsa Italiana listings.

    Source: not recorded on this line.

  • 02
    event

    Fineco launched its Fineco Online brokerage service in 1999.

    Source: not recorded on this line.

Register entries as filed

Entity by entity

3 lines
Register lines on file for Fineco Bank. A blank number is a number the desk could not read on a source; it is not a zero.
RegulatorJurisdictionEntity as registeredNumberTierSource
Bank of ItalyItalyFinecoBank Banca Fineco S.p.A.not verifiedT1images.finecobank.com
FCAUnited KingdomFinecoBank Banca Fineco S.p.A.735612T1register.fca.org.uk
PRAUnited KingdomFinecoBank S.p.A. (UK branch)not verifiedT1images.finecobank.com

Tier is the desk's shorthand for the supervising regime, not a quality score: T1 a top-tier statutory regulator, T2 a mid-tier one, T3 an offshore registration.

Commercial detail on the record

Minimum to opennot verified
EUR/USD spread as publishednot verified
Leverage as advertisednot verified
PlatformsFineco Web/App platform · PowerDesk
Account booksBanking account · Trading account · FX account

What the record says

FinecoBank S.p.A. is an Italian bank enrolled in the Register of Banking Groups at No. 020081, part of the UniCredit group at incorporation and independent from UniCredit since 2019 (Wikipedia/company materials).

The bank's own UK application form states it is authorised and regulated by the Bank of Italy and Consob, deemed authorised by the UK PRA, and subject to FCA regulation with limited PRA regulation.

FinecoBank has been listed on Borsa Italiana (FTSE MIB constituent since 2016) since its 2014 IPO. Source: FinecoBank investor relations (finecobank.com) and Borsa Italiana listings.

The FCA register lists FinecoBank SPA under FRN 735612; a UK branch operates under Companies House establishment number BR021431.

Fineco launched its Fineco Online brokerage service in 1999.

Not verified

6 fields

The desk left these blank rather than fill them from secondary sources. They stay on the file as open questions and will be filled the day a primary source carries them.

  • minDeposit not stated on crawled UK pages
  • maxLeverage not verified on an own spec page
  • spreadEurusd not verified
  • segregatedFunds not verified (banking-client protections differ from broker segregation)
  • negativeBalanceProtection not verified in crawled legal text
  • Italian banking licence/ABI register number not verified on a primary register page

Other open files

The whole desk
  1. head office n/v1 lines

    ATFX

    not examined entities in 1 jurisdiction · filed under multi-entity structure

  2. head office n/v7 lines

    Deriv

    7 entities in 7 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  3. head office n/v4 lines

    Eightcap

    not examined entities in 4 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  4. head office n/v3 lines

    HF Markets (SV) Ltd

    not examined entities in 3 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  5. London, UK7 lines

    IG Group

    7 entities in 6 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  6. head office n/v3 lines

    Pepperstone Markets Limited

    not examined entities in 3 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

This file reports what regulators and the firm have published. It is not a review, not a rating and not advice to open or close an account anywhere.