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Interactive Brokers (IBKR)

Recommended

35 markets, all online — incl. Brazil, Mexico, Saudi, UAE, Israel, Romania, the Baltics, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore. The JSE shows in its list but isn't reachable by US or EU retail; India isn't available to foreign retail at all. The default broad broker.

Avanza

Swedish-residents-only broker (personnummer + BankID). 15 markets trade electronically — the Nordics, US, Canada and major Western Europe (via Xetra/Cboe/Equiduct); 18 more are phone-desk only — the Baltics, Poland/Czechia/Hungary, Austria, Greece, Turkey, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, NZ and South Africa.

EXANTE

Global multi-market broker (Cyprus-based, CySEC) — ~32 country markets including real EM access: Borsa Istanbul, Johannesburg (JSE), Saudi (Tadawul), UAE (ADX/DFM), plus CEE and developed markets. EUR 10,000 minimum.

Charles Schwab International

Two brokers in one brand: non-US residents get a US-market account (ADRs/OTC for EM exposure); US residents get 30 foreign markets — 12 online, the other 18 by phone, incl. Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa. The de facto US further-markets specialist — at steep fees.

Fidelity (International Trading)

The US-resident answer: 25 international markets online — including the JSE, Athens, Mexico and Warsaw — in USD or 16 local currencies. The mirror image of the FATCA-refusal brokers.

OCBC Securities

Singapore bank-broker reaching ~26 country markets — some online, the rest via a Trading Representative. Broadest current official list among the Singapore bank brokers, but costs are old-school.

Saxo Bank

Developed markets plus some EM online (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, China Connect, Warsaw/Prague/Athens). No frontier phone desk; JSE reader-confirmed via the Zurich branch.

DEGIRO

EU/EEA residents only (SEPA bank, no US persons). Online access to 24 mostly-developed markets — incl. Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and LSE/AIM. No Turkey, no local African/South-Asian exchanges, no phone desk.

Erste (George Invest)

The pan-CEE bank-broker: Erste's George Invest (and local broker arms) across Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia and Serbia. A route for RESIDENTS of those countries — home exchange + Vienna/Frankfurt + US/Western Europe — gated on residence not citizenship, and not a remote option for foreign non-residents. Reaches each home market plus international, not all of CEE.

Online access to the Gulf + Egypt (EGX) + Levant + Turkey + Sri Lanka + India; Morocco/Tunisia/Libya phone-only. UNVERIFIED — production site was down.

Phillip Securities (POEMS)

Online + dealer desk for all major Asian markets incl. Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand — the broadest Asian EM coverage here. No US clients.

Swissquote

Non-Swiss residents: ~19 developed markets only. The frontier/EM markets (JSE, Istanbul, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Mexico, Colombo, Nasdaq Dubai) are phone/manual and Swiss-resident only (Bank SA).

Boom Securities

Online access to 18 markets — Hong Kong, China (Stock Connect), Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, US, Australia, UK, Canada, plus Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. Indonesia and the Philippines are available online (not phone-only).

Nordnet

Pan-Nordic broker with a great interface and ~18 developed markets — 17 online (the Nordics, North America, British Isles, continental Europe) plus the Warsaw Stock Exchange, which Nordnet trades by phone only. Nothing EM, nothing frontier; and beyond Warsaw, no Avanza-style catch-all desk.

KGI Securities Singapore

Singapore broker with strong pan-Asian desk access. Online for SG/HK/US/China B-shares/Thailand; dealer-assisted for Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and more.

Lightyear

Estonian app open to all EU/UK residents with 17 markets — and the list has personality: the Baltic exchanges, Budapest and Warsaw sit next to the developed core. The app route into the Baltics.

mystocks.africa

Recommended Use with caution

Online access to 14 African exchanges — JSE, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the BRVM, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Egypt, Morocco and Mauritius. Aggregator (layered counterparty risk).

Webull

A family of ~14 separately-licensed brokers sharing one app — US, Canada, UK, the EU, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Brazil, South Africa and more — each with its own market list. US residents get US-listed; the EU entity offers European + US equities; Singapore gets SGX/HK/China-A/US; most others are local-market-plus-US. Check your entity before assuming anything.

XTB

Big EU retail broker with real stocks in ~13 developed markets incl. its home Poland — and nothing unusual: no Asia, no EM, no frontier. Cheap for what it covers; for anything in this registry you need another broker alongside.

Maybank Securities / Maybank Kim Eng

Maybank's Singapore broker platform markets 28+ exchanges and research across 11 Asian/US markets. Good ASEAN desk candidate, especially for Vietnam, but exact tradeable markets need confirmation.

eToro

Global social-investing app; visible stock-exchange list shows 12 exchanges across 11 (mostly developed) countries. Curated universe — weak for exact frontier tickers.

Trading 212

Cheap UK/EU app broker for real stocks/ETFs across the US, UK (incl. LSE AIM), Canada and developed Europe — a proxy broker, not frontier access. Its AIM coverage even beat IBKR on one stock.

CGS International / CGS-CIMB

ASEAN-focused broker with direct access to 10 exchanges: SGX, Bursa, IDX, SET, HKEX, Shanghai/Shenzhen and US. Philippines/UK appear as Trading Representative routes.

Standard Chartered (SC Online Trading)

SC Online Trading reaches 14 exchanges across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia (stocks, ETFs, REITs, warrants) at ~0.18–0.25%, $0 custody. Open to non-EEA/UK and non-AU/NZ residents; the international-banking onboarding is Priority/wealth-gated. Developed markets, not frontier.

Freedom24 (Freedom Finance Europe)

Warning

Freedom Holding's EU retail broker (Cyprus, CySEC) — 20+ exchanges incl. the US, UK, major European venues, Hong Kong, and Kazakhstan's KASE/AIX, plus high-interest cash. Carries this registry's Kazakhstan-access warning (a documented withdrawal-obstruction case on this exact entity), and the parent is under an unresolved SEC Wells process.

UOB Kay Hian (UTRADE)

Open to non-resident foreigners — but you must apply in person at a Singapore branch (no online onboarding for foreigners), with ID, proof of address, a bank/customer reference and a CDP account. Markets: Singapore, Hong Kong, China, plus ASEAN EM (Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia).

DBS Vickers

Open to non-resident foreigners (21–75) — but needs a DBS digibank account + CDP and possibly a security deposit, and excludes US/EEA/Japan/Nigeria/South Africa/Russia/Belarus persons. Markets: Singapore, Hong Kong + Mainland China (HK arm), US, Canada, UK, Australia, Japan.

Futu / moomoo

Online: US, Hong Kong, Singapore, China (A-shares/Stock Connect), Malaysia, Canada, Australia and Japan — Asian-developed + North America/Australia, no deep frontier.

Trade Republic

Europe's biggest neo-broker (~8M users, ECB banking licence) — cheap (€1/trade, free savings plans, high cash interest). ~9,000 mostly US/European stocks + 3,000 ETPs, but everything executes on a single German venue (Lang & Schwarz). Developed-market names only; nothing EM or frontier.

Tiger Brokers (Tiger Securities)

Online: Hong Kong, Singapore and China A-shares (Stock Connect) — Asian-developed only, no deep frontier.

International Securities

A UAE (SCA) broker that reaches three markets foreign retail normally struggles to access — Bahrain, Oman and Kazakhstan's Astana International Exchange (AIX) — through the GCC 'Tabadul' hub, on top of the home UAE exchanges (DFM, ADX, NASDAQ Dubai). I hold an account.

Longbridge

The third of the Chinese-fintech app-broker trio (with Tiger and Futu/moomoo): Hong Kong, US, Singapore and China A-shares via Connect from one app. Same May 2026 CSRC penalty as its peers — mainland business winding down; the MAS/SFC entities continue. For SG/HK residents, not a frontier route.

EFG Hermes

The dominant MENA + frontier broker — but two products: retail is per-market accounts (Egypt, UAE, Saudi + global lines via its OLT/Saxo affiliate; the FAQ also names Oman/Kuwait, uncorroborated); the famous frontier breadth (Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Vietnam…) is its institutional desk, not retail.

FSMOne (iFAST)

iFAST's Singapore platform — and one of the few that lets non-residents open online from abroad, no minimum. Stocks on SGX, Hong Kong and the US; ETFs across more markets; plus a deep bonds and unit-trust selection and a multi-currency account. Developed/Asian-developed, not frontier.

Robinhood

One brand, three jurisdictions, one underlying market: US residents trade US-listed directly; UK residents get US stocks via an FCA entity; EU residents get tokenized US stocks — 24/5, fractional, and a preview of where market access may be heading.

Bamboo

Nigeria's big retail investing app (500k+ users): NGX and US stocks in one account from ₦5,000 or $10. The clean digital route into Nigerian shares — but only for holders of a Nigerian BVN or NIN.

Derayah Financial

A local Saudi digital broker that says yes to foreigners: Derayah's own FAQ confirms non-residents can open, via a dedicated Foreign Investors track — the first practical test of the CMA's February 2026 opening. Tadawul (stocks, sukuk, funds) plus a US/international offering. Practically untested by the registry; IBKR remains the proven route.

HSBC Expat (Jersey)

Offshore expat banking from Jersey — multi-currency accounts and global funds (the International Investment Centre). Direct share dealing (InvestDirect International) is UK and US equities plus ETFs only — not a wide stock-market broker. Wealth-gated (£75k, or HSBC Premier + £10k).