Buy and sell stocks and view market data in real-time.
Robinhood for Android is a free download that allows people to buy and sell stocks for free. View market data in real-time, build a personalized watchlist, and place trades with a few taps. Robinhood for Android Free trading refers to $0 commissions for Robinhood Financial self-directed individual cash or margin brokerage accounts that trade U.S. listed securities via mobile devices. SEC & FINRA regulatory fees may apply. Access market data and quotes in real-time. Build a personalized stock watchlist with historical market data and detailed charts. Place market, limit, stop loss, stop limit, and good till canceled orders.
robinhood runs unauthorized credit check when you apply
karenmackkloss
Pros
easy application process unless they want your credit file
Cons
if they want your credit file they take it whether you agree or not
Summary
Submitted usual info to open a Robinhood account and got an email back REQUIRING I UNFREEZE MY CREDIT. Apparently they ran a credit check without my consent and found they couldn't complete it because I had frozen my credit. They say they had to because they could not verify my identity with the social security # provided. Baloney. If you had a problem with a social security number you would email and say "there was an input error, would you provide your ss number again?" Instead, they ran an unauthorized credit check? I'm not asking for credit. What kind of SCAM IS ROBINHOOD PULLING? Getting info to send you an unasked for credit card? Setting you up for margin trades? Would people open accounts on Robinhood if they knew credit checks were being run on them? Obviously you would never know unless you had frozen your credit.