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Re:Robinhood’s big gamble by pfisch on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @12:11PM (#27210590)
There have been brokers like that for at least 15 years. Zecco was doing it back in like 2006.
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Re:Robinhood’s big gamble by emteycz on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @12:40PM (#27211070)
Yeah, it is standard in Europe for at least the whole last decade.
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Re:Robinhood’s big gamble by md_ on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @01:44PM (#27211909)
Note that it's illegal in the UK and being scrutinized in the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/3254a7c5-3c9b-468c-9ed4-a324f5e42....
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Re:Robinhood’s big gamble by emteycz on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:05PM (#27212212)
Yeah, another example of the "great" EU "helping" the people...
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Re:Robinhood’s big gamble by md_ on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:06PM (#27212217)
Agreed; it's disappointing that the UK beat them to banning it.
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