Korea Investment & Securities publishes market-specific stock commissions, taxes, minimums and quote subscriptions. Its 0.25% US online rate is only one part of the comparison: Vietnam minima apply by order channel, some markets are sell-only or assisted-only, and paid US consolidated quotes differ from the free Nasdaq feed.[1]
Broker essentials01
Korea Investment & Securities — essential scope
| Measure | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., South Korea | Source 1 |
| US shares | Online 0.25%; assisted 0.50% | Source 1 |
| Japan shares | Online 0.23%; assisted 0.53% | Source 1 |
| Vietnam minimum | VND800,000, separately by HTS/MTS/phone channel; odd-lot sale exception | Source 1 |
| Mainland B shares | Telephone sells only; purchases unavailable | Source 1 |
| Review date | 27 October 2026 | Source 1 |
Accounts and onboarding
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Remote-opening prerequisites in the official guide
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Identity evidence | Korean resident-registration card or driving licence under the advertised smartphone workflow.Source 1 |
| Telephone | A mobile phone in the applicant’s own name.Source 1 |
| Existing account | A bank or securities account for the stated process.Source 1 |
| Alternatives | Branch and partner-bank opening routes are listed.Source 1 |
| Eligibility limit | These prerequisites are not evidence that every overseas resident or foreign applicant is accepted remotely.Source 1 |
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Account access and authentication
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Online ID | Register an ID and link the relevant account.Source 1 |
| Browser certificate | The guide describes a six-digit PIN and three-year certificate validity.Source 1 |
| Smartphone authentication | Own-name smartphone, Korea Investment app and authentication-service registration.Source 1 |
| Market data | Real-time overseas feeds require a separate application where specified.Source 1 |
Products and market access
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Online and assisted stock markets
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| United States | Both routes.Source 1 |
| China A / Hong Kong | Both routes with separate market-cost schedules.Source 1 |
| Japan / Vietnam | Both routes; Vietnam has the channel-specific minimum.Source 1 |
| United Kingdom | GBP/GBX/USD routes in the online/assisted table.Source 1 |
| UK EUR and Irish securities | Assisted-only under the footnote.Source 1 |
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Restricted and separate services
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Shanghai / Shenzhen B shares | Purchases unavailable; telephone sells only.Source 1 |
| Offline-only countries | Separate market table includes Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.Source 1 |
| Ministock | US small-investment service with its own charge calculation and no assisted orders.Source 1 |
| Other derivatives | The site lists a separate overseas-futures/FX-margin contact; this stock profile does not establish those contract terms.Source 1 |
Fees and ongoing costs
Sections ↑The source distinguishes online-capable markets, whose taxes are listed separately, from the assisted-only country table, whose quoted commissions already include the listed local tax costs. Adding the same tax twice would misstate the comparison.[1]
At a glance06
Online versus assisted stock commission
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China A-share and ETF market costs
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| A-share purchase | 0.00841% under the combined local-cost line.Source 1 |
| A-share sale | 0.05841%.Source 1 |
| ETF purchase or sale | 0.006%.Source 1 |
| Brokerage | Add the applicable 0.30% online or 0.56% assisted commission.Source 1 |
| Instrument distinction | The share stamp-duty component is not applied indiscriminately to ETFs.Source 1 |
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Other online-market levies
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong shares | 0.1085% each side under the combined local-cost line.Source 1 |
| Hong Kong ETFs | 0.0085% each side.Source 1 |
| US sells | SEC fee 0.00206%.Source 1 |
| Vietnam sells | 0.10%.Source 1 |
| UK purchases | 0.50% stamp duty for the applicable securities; ETFs exempt under the stated rule.Source 1 |
| Security-specific costs | Other local taxes can depend on the security and jurisdiction.Source 1 |
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Vietnam minimum and B-share liquidation
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Vietnam minimum | VND800,000.Source 1 |
| Assessment | HTS, MTS and telephone order channels are assessed separately.Source 1 |
| Vietnam odd lots | The minimum is waived for the specified odd-lot sells.Source 1 |
| Shanghai B sell | 0.48%; minimum USD50; telephone only.Source 1 |
| Shenzhen B sell | 0.48%; minimum HKD400; telephone only.Source 1 |
| B-share buying | Unavailable under the published guide.Source 1 |
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Assisted-only euro-market rates
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Germany / Netherlands / Austria / Italy / Belgium / Spain / Finland | 0.50%; minimum EUR30.Source 1 |
| France purchase | 0.70%; minimum EUR30.Source 1 |
| France sale | 0.50%; minimum EUR30.Source 1 |
| Greece / Luxembourg / Portugal | 0.70%; minimum EUR30.Source 1 |
| Tax basis | These assisted-only table rates include the listed local taxes.Source 1 |
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Irish and euro-denominated UK dealing
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Ireland purchase | 1.70%; minimum EUR30.Source 1 |
| Ireland sale | 0.70%; minimum EUR30.Source 1 |
| UK EUR purchase | 1.20%; minimum EUR30.Source 1 |
| UK EUR sale | 0.70%; minimum EUR30.Source 1 |
| Channel | Assisted-only; do not substitute the ordinary online GBP/GBX/USD UK rate.Source 1 |
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Nordic and Swiss assisted dealing
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Asia-Pacific, Canada and South Africa assisted dealing
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Canada / Australia / New Zealand | 0.70%; minimum CAD50 / AUD50 / NZD50 respectively.Source 1 |
| Singapore | 0.70%; minimum SGD50.Source 1 |
| Indonesia | 0.70%; minimum IDR400,000.Source 1 |
| Thailand | 0.70%; minimum THB2,000.Source 1 |
| South Africa | 0.70%; minimum ZAR400.Source 1 |
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Ministock calculation
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| US ordinary rate | 0.25%.Source 1 |
| Minimum | None.Source 1 |
| Assisted order | Unavailable.Source 1 |
| Calculation base | Executed KRW amount for each order; sub-won amount is truncated.Source 1 |
| Included costs | The service line includes the specified overseas trading/institutional costs.Source 1 |
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Real-time market-data subscription prices
Trading, orders and platforms
Sections ↑At a glance16
Trading software by purpose
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| eFriend Plus | Domestic/overseas shares and domestic derivatives; overseas quote application screen 7781.Source 1 |
| eFriend Force | Global-share and derivatives platform listed in the guide.Source 1 |
| Korea Investment app | Account opening, securities trading and overseas real-time quote applications.Source 1 |
| eFriend Smart overseas futures | Dedicated overseas futures/options application.Source 1 |
| Ministock | Separate small-value overseas-share service.Source 1 |
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Free versus paid US quotes
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Free | Nasdaq TotalView, ten bid and ten ask levels for the Nasdaq market-centre information specified.Source 1 |
| Paid | Consolidated US exchange executions and one level of best bid/ask.Source 1 |
| Subscription effect | The paid subscription replaces the free service under the guide.Source 1 |
| Interpretation | More depth from one market centre is not the same thing as a consolidated US best-price feed.Source 1 |
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Other markets: live and delayed quotes
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| China A | Individuals who request the real-time service receive it free.Source 1 |
| China without application | 15-minute delayed quotes.Source 1 |
| Hong Kong / Japan / Vietnam | 15-minute delayed quotes without the paid real-time subscription.Source 1 |
| Operational limit | The guide warns that systems or the data provider can interrupt the feed; a subscription is not a guaranteed uptime commitment.Source 1 |
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Market-data billing and cancellation
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Application by the 25th | The source examples show service ending at that month-end.Source 1 |
| Application from the 26th | The examples show service ending at the following month-end.Source 1 |
| Example boundary | 25 June ends 30 June; 26 June ends 31 July.Source 1 |
| Term choice | One to twelve months, paid together through HTS/MTS.Source 1 |
| Cancellation | Service continues through the cancellation month-end; remaining periods are refunded under the stated rule.Source 1 |
Funding, settlement and withdrawals
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Brokerage-account major-currency conversion
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Account scope | Brokerage 01 / financial 21 categories in the FX guide.Source 3 |
| Currencies | USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, HKD, CNY, SGD, AUD, CHF, CAD and NZD.Source 3 |
| Windows | 00:10–06:00 and 09:00–23:30 Korean time.Source 3 |
| 06:00–09:00 | Normally unavailable; the guide gives an exception for enrolled extended US after-market service.Source 3 |
| Other currencies | Standard weekday 09:00–16:00 window.Source 3 |
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Foreign-futures and local-custody currency routes
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Foreign-futures 08 account, major currencies | Weekday 09:00–23:30.Source 3 |
| Other futures-account currencies | 09:00–16:00.Source 3 |
| Local-custody currency request | The relevant currencies, including VND, use USD and an assisted branch/telephone process.Source 3 |
| Assisted request window | 09:00–17:00 under the guide.Source 3 |
| VND before 11:00 | Following-business-day availability under the stated sequence; later requests move to the second business day.Source 3 |
At a glance22
Market settlement versus Korean booking
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Separate columns | The guide distinguishes destination-market settlement from the Korean customer-book date.Source 4 |
| Mainland A shares | Local securities/cash timing differs; Korean booking is shown separately.Source 4 |
| US Korean-book entry | The table’s T+2 Korean booking must not be rewritten as a claim that the US market’s standard cycle is T+2.Source 4 |
| Holidays | Local, Korean and relevant bank holidays can shift availability.Source 4 |
| Withdrawal implication | An execution confirmation is not identical to a withdrawable bank balance.Source 4 |
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Sale proceeds and cash availability
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Typical posting | The guide describes proceeds becoming available after approximately 15:00 Korean time on the relevant booking day.Source 4 |
| Delay risk | Custodian, depository or bank processing can defer credit.Source 4 |
| FX / withdrawal | A delay can push conversion or withdrawal to the next business day.Source 4 |
| Planning effect | Allow for both the market cycle and the broker’s Korean cash-processing sequence.Source 4 |
Regulation, custody and protection
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Korean broker versus US affiliate
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Korean customer firm | Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.Source 1Source 2 |
| US affiliate | Korea Investment & Securities America Inc. describes its own US registration and memberships.Source 1Source 2 |
| US business scope | The affiliate describes institutional activity and a Rule 15a-6 arrangement for Korean securities.Source 1Source 2 |
| Protection boundary | An affiliate’s SIPC/FINRA description does not automatically attach to a Korean retail account.Source 1Source 2 |
| Evidence label | The affiliate’s own description is not substituted for an independent US or Korean regulator lookup.Source 1Source 2 |
Support, records and complaints
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Published customer-service contacts
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Account and record access
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Market-data application | HTS eFriend Plus screen 7781 or the app’s overseas real-time quote menu.Source 1Source 3Source 4 |
| Account linking | The guide separates new ID registration from linking another account to an existing ID.Source 1Source 3Source 4 |
| Fee review | Retain order channel, market, trade value and the applied minimum.Source 1Source 3Source 4 |
| Cash review | Retain conversion request time and local/Korean settlement dates when investigating delayed proceeds.Source 1Source 3Source 4 |
Additional services
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Data, automation and support boundaries
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Quote service | Explicit price, coverage, subscription and refund rules are published.Source 1 |
| Chatbot | The website advertises navigation and general enquiry support; that does not establish trading or withdrawal authority.Source 1 |
| API navigation | An Open API menu/search label alone does not establish API scopes, rate limits or account permission.Source 1 |
| Ministock | Separate execution/fee workflow; it should not inherit every full-service stock-platform feature.Source 1 |
Company and legal identity
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Corporate identity evidence
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Korean legal name | Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., shown in the official site footer.Source 1Source 2 |
| US chain | KIS America describes ownership through KIS US and the Korean securities parent.Source 1Source 2 |
| Public identity source | Official tariff/operations pages and the affiliate’s own About page.Source 1Source 2 |
- Headquarters
- Seoul, South Korea
Legal entities & licences
These are source-dated records, not a blanket assessment of the broker. Read each issuer, identifier, status and scope together.
Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.
South KoreaSource 1
No separate licence entry is recorded in this panel.
Worked examples and practical implications
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Commission and minimum examples
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| USD2,000 US online order | USD5 broker commission before applicable separate costs.Source 1 |
| VND100 million online order | 0.40% is VND400,000; VND800,000 minimum applies.Source 1 |
| Vietnam online breakpoint | VND200 million at 0.40%.Source 1 |
| EUR1,000 assisted German order | 0.50% is EUR5; EUR30 minimum applies under the assisted-only schedule.Source 1 |
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Data and channel implications
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Small US portfolio | The USD5 paid feed is a separate subscription choice; the free Nasdaq service has different coverage.Source 1 |
| Vietnam split channels | Splitting activity between HTS and MTS can invoke separate minimum assessments.Source 1 |
| Irish purchase | Use the specific 1.70% assisted line rather than adding Irish taxes again to it.Source 1 |
| Quote timing | A subscription near month-end follows calendar cutoffs, not an assumed rolling 30-day period.Source 1 |
Sources & further reading
- Korea Investment overseas equity commission, venue levies, data subscriptions Korea Investment & Securities · Accessed 27 Oct 2026
- KIS America organisational and registered-dealer description KIS America · Accessed 27 Oct 2026
- Overseas-stock currency conversion windows and local-custody currencies Korea Investment & Securities · Accessed 27 Oct 2026
- Overseas stock local and Korean-book settlement dates Korea Investment & Securities · Accessed 27 Oct 2026
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