We would like to update you about an important change regarding your DEGIRO account.
As an investment firm, DEGIRO is unable to hold clients’ money. Therefore, we currently make use of Money Market Funds (MMFs) as a solution for you to invest your unused money and as a way to make sure it is sufficiently safeguarded.
We are happy to inform you that we will soon replace the MMFs with a bank account solution from flatex Bank. This change means that we can then answer the frequent question “Does my unused money at DEGIRO fall under the €100,000 Deposit Guarantee Scheme?”, with a ‘’yes’’.
In a few weeks, we will begin to migrate clients to this new solution. We will inform you in due time to make sure you are aware of all conditions, changes and actions that are required. However, with this e-mail we would already like to communicate in short what you can expect and update you on related changes in the Client Agreement.
Your money will be kept with a bank
Although DEGIRO is not a bank, this does not mean we cannot team up with one. In flatex Bank, a regulated German bank, we have found the perfect partner. flatex Bank has €14 billion in assets under administration.
Your money will be held in a segregated personal Cash Account with your own new IBAN, guaranteed up to €100,000. Your new IBAN will be directly connected to your existing DEGIRO account. All you need to do is complete the online form that will be made available in the platform when you log in. It will not take more than a few minutes of your time. After you have completed this, you will receive your unique IBAN and additional instructions as to how deposits will work in the future.
Please note that our compensation policy for negative returns remains unchanged. The flatex Bank accounts will not give positive returns.
Changes in the Client Agreement
We have made some amendments in our
Client Agreement regarding the above:
- We have made amendments to two documents of the Client Agreement: the Investment Services Conditions and the ISI – Investment Services.
- In the Investment Services Conditions, we have amended Articles 6.5 and 6.6 (the latter is now renumbered as Article 6.6.1), as well as introduced a new Article 6.6.2, which governs the operation of the Cash Account in relation to the investment services of DEGIRO. Basically, we have introduced the possibility of using the Cash Account with a third-party bank instead of the MMFs for selected clients. The option that is available to you as a client is visible via the WebTrader. Upon deciding to open a Cash Account, you enter into a direct legal relationship with flatex Bank. You also provide a power of attorney to DEGIRO to debit the Cash Account as needed for your DEGIRO transactions. Any money received from the sales of your transactions or otherwise will be transferred back to the Cash Account. This way, you will not hold any money with DEGIRO as it will always be deposited in your Cash Account with the relevant bank of your choice. There are also amendments to other Articles in the Investment Services Conditions, including an introduction and definition of the Cash Account, to allow the correct operation of the Cash Account.
- In the ISI – Investment Services the changes are under Paragraph 3 “Holding money”, whereby you will see an explanation regarding the operations involved in choosing the Cash Account option. Please note that your operation of the Cash Account will essentially go via DEGIRO’s WebTrader, given that the Cash Account will be used exclusively as a clearing account for securities transactions, custody and administration for your DEGIRO account, in light of the power of attorney that DEGIRO has in respect of debiting the Cash Account.
As soon as you can create your Cash Account and receive an IBAN, we will communicate this to you by e-mail. We will then also inform you further about this change and required actions.
Kind regards,
DEGIRO