If you see our “Good Money Guide Recommended” badge on a provider website, it means a provider has received a significant amount of positive customer reviews on their review page, or we have thoroughly reviewed and tested them and would be comfortable recommending them to others.
Our methodology for recommending providers:
Before we feature or recommend a provider on Good Money Guide, we conduct a series of due diligence, including:
- Expert testing – so that we can produce written and video reviews we test all the accounts we feature thoroughly. We always open live accounts with real money and test in live environments, and we also directly talk to the product developers who can highlight features most people are unaware of. Find out more about how we test providers.
- CEO interviews – we interview the CEO’s from the companies we feature. This gives some great insight into why a company was founded, how it is run and sometimes, most importantly, the culture and ethos.
- Data analysis – we compare pricing, market access and combine this with the scores from our awards survey to give search provide a unique score
- Regulation – we always ensure they are regulated by the appropriate financial services regulator (in the UK this is the FCA).
- Customer reviews – all providers featured ask their customers to tell us what they think of a provider for our annual awards.
The minimum requirements to become recommended are:
- Expert Rating of at least 4
- At least 10 customer reviews within the past 12 months above 4
Being Good Money Guide Recommended is at our absolute discretion and can be granted or withdrawn at any time.
Richard is the founder of the Good Money Guide (formerly Good Broker Guide), one of the original investment comparison sites established in 2015. With a career spanning two decades as a broker, he brings extensive expertise and knowledge to the financial landscape.
Having worked as a broker at Investors Intelligence and a multi-asset derivatives broker at MF Global (Man Financial), Richard has acquired substantial experience in the industry. His career began as a private client stockbroker at Walker Crips and Phillip Securities (now King and Shaxson), following internships on the NYMEX oil trading floor in New York and London IPE in 2001 and 2000.
Richard’s contributions and expertise have been recognized by respected publications such as The Sunday Times, BusinessInsider, Yahoo Finance, BusinessNews.org.uk, Master Investor, Wealth Briefing, iNews, and The FT, among many others.
Under Richard’s leadership, the Good Money Guide has evolved into a valuable destination for comprehensive information and expert guidance, specialising in trading, investment, and currency exchange. His commitment to delivering high-quality insights has solidified the Good Money Guide’s standing as a well-respected resource for both customers and industry colleagues.
