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Company & product updates

We smashed our crowdfunding round!

Margin accounts - what are they, and why we won’t be offering them

Update on the European expansion

What happens when you tap ‘buy’

Our next crowdfunding round is coming

Freetrade just dropped in the App Store

Meet Mathias, our new Backend Developer

Behind our new brand

We’re launching our new brand design

February 14, 2018

Pre-launch testing with CREST

January 11, 2018

Meet the Freetrader in charge of protecting our users’ money and shares

December 15, 2017

A quick end-of-year update

November 26, 2017

Meet the ex-Googler who leads our growth

November 6, 2017

We are approved to provide ISAs

October 30, 2017

CFDs are NOT stocks. CFD trading is NOT stock trading.

September 4, 2017

5 Things I Learned Building a Challenger Stockbroker in London

August 14, 2017

You are an investor already, and we are building Freetrade for you

How a zero-fee stockbroker makes money

Freetrade’s Launch Date and How to Get Early Access

Why We Are Becoming a Directly Authorised Stockbroker

Word of the day

Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.

Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.

Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.

Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

A statement that summarises firm's expenses, costs, and revenues incurred during a time period. AKA income statement.

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