Best stock brokers & investing apps in Cyprus

• 9 stock brokers & investing apps with a verified licence serve residents of Cyprus: 6 hold a local licence (CySEC) and 3 serve under an EU passport.
• Top pick by Coinish Score: Interactive Brokers (71/100, Editor Rating 4.1/5).
• $0 commission on US stocks: XTB, Trading 212 and NAGA.
• Lowest minimum deposit: $50 (NAGA).

Ranked by Coinish Score: half the Editor Rating for the entity that serves residents of Cyprus, half Market Signal. Brokers without enough verified data for a rating are placed by Market Signal and labelled; brokers with neither are listed last. How we rate

Of the 9 stock brokers & investing apps on this list, 6 hold a licence from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) (eToro, XTB, Trading 212 and 3 more), 1 serves Cyprus from a CBI licence in Ireland (Interactive Brokers), 1 serves Cyprus from a Finantsinspektsioon licence in Estonia (Lightyear) and 1 serves Cyprus from a BaFin licence in Germany (DEGIRO).

Currency conversion, which you pay on every US share bought from a non-dollar account, costs from 0.25% (DEGIRO) to 0.5% (XTB). DEGIRO charges €2 per order for US stocks.

• Search the company name on the CySEC register (cysec.gov.cy); for a firm licensed elsewhere, on its home regulator's register too (CBI, Finantsinspektsioon and BaFin for most of this list).
• Check which company your contract is with. Interactive Brokers, for example, onboards residents of Cyprus through Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited (CBI licence C423427), and the name on the account-opening documents should match the list.

Yes, with a licensed provider. Brokers need MiFID II authorisation from an EEA regulator; firms authorised elsewhere in the EEA may serve residents under the European passport.

Source: bafin.de

By Coinish Score, Interactive Brokers (71/100, Editor Rating 4.1/5), through Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited (CBI licence C423427). eToro (71) and XTB (69) follow. The score rates the company that would serve you in Cyprus, so the same brand can rank differently in another country.

No. The Ministry of Finance lists profit from selling securities as wholly exempt income. Tax comes in on dividends, through the Special Defence Contribution, and only if you're domiciled in Cyprus. Broadly, that means domiciled under Cypriot succession law, or tax-resident in Cyprus for at least 17 of the 20 years before the tax year.

Of the 9 brokers here, 6 are CySEC-licensed Cyprus Investment Firms (eToro, XTB, Trading 212 and 3 more). The others hold licences from CBI, Finantsinspektsioon and BaFin.

Source: gov.cy

Yes. A firm authorised under MiFID II in one EEA country can serve residents of the others once its home regulator has notified them. 3 of the 9 on this list reach Cyprus that way, most from Ireland (1), Estonia (1) and Germany (1).

The home regulator supervises the firm and its compensation scheme applies, while CySEC can still set conduct rules for clients in Cyprus.

Source: bafin.de

If a broker fails, the compensation scheme of the regulator that licenses it applies, not one chosen by where you live. For this list: Investor Compensation Fund (Cyprus): 90% of covered claims, up to €20,000 for clients of CySEC-licensed investment firms (6 on this list); Investor Compensation Company (ICCL): 90% of the loss, up to €20,000 per investor for clients of CBI-licensed investment firms (1 on this list); Entschädigungseinrichtung der Wertpapierhandelsunternehmen (EdW): 90% of the claim, up to €20,000 per investor for clients of BaFin-licensed investment firms (1 on this list). Compensation covers missing client money and assets after a firm's failure, never trading losses.

Sources: cysec.gov.cy, investorcompensation.ie, e-d-w.de

Cyprus charges Special Defence Contribution on dividends paid to individuals, at 5% on dividends from profits earned after 1 January 2026. Interest income remains subject to it at 17%.

Coinish isn't a tax adviser: check your own situation with the tax authority or an accountant.

Source: gov.cy