Updated

How we verify offers

This page explains how every promo code, interest rate, and sign-up reward on BrokeRewards gets on the site — who checks it, how often, and what we do when a deal stops working.

Who we are

BrokeRewards is run by the BR Editorial Team. We have been publishing independent broker comparisons and retail-trading coverage in CZ/SK/EN markets since 2013 — over a decade of tracking FCA-, CySEC- and BaFin-regulated brokers, promo mechanics, and the ways offers go stale. BrokeRewards is the EU-wide extension of that work.

Each promo code, referral link and bonus on the site is verified by the team before it goes live — we check that the promo is still running, that the terms are fair, and that the broker behind it is properly regulated. Our goal is to publish the kind of honest, no-marketing-fluff guides we would want to read ourselves before opening an account.

How we verify promo codes

Every promo code on the site is checked manually before publication and re-checked when a reader reports it broken. We don't trust affiliate feeds or press-release copy — a code is only listed after a human has:

  1. Opened the broker's official sign-up flow through a fresh browser session (no cookies, no cached accounts).
  2. Entered the code at the exact step the broker asks for it — usually the "referral code" or "promo code" field during registration.
  3. Confirmed that the promised reward (free share, cashback, bonus, rate boost) is shown on the broker's own confirmation screen — not just our affiliate dashboard.
  4. Cross-referenced the reward terms against the broker's published T&Cs and flagged any gap (minimum deposit, region eligibility, time window).

Codes that silently expire, tighten their terms, or get restricted to a region we don't cover get marked inactive and removed from listings — not left up to farm clicks.

How we verify interest rates and Cash ISA terms

Cash-interest products (XTB's 4% AER on uninvested GBP, eToro's tiered USD balance interest, XTB Cash ISA) are more volatile than promo codes — brokers revise rates without much notice. We handle them differently:

  • Source of truth: the broker's own rate table on their official site — not a press release, review blog, or affiliate sheet.
  • Evidence: every rate we publish is backed by a dated screenshot of the broker's rate page, kept in our records so we can trace when a rate changed.
  • Re-check cadence: a scheduled job (cron) pulls the current rate tables and surfaces any diff against our published figures. Mismatches go to the editorial queue the same day.
  • Effective-date stamping: each rate shows the date it was last verified. If you see a rate dated more than a month ago, it means the broker hasn't changed it — not that we forgot.

Scope of brokers we cover

We list offers only from brokers regulated by top-tier authorities: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus), BaFin (Germany), KNF (Poland), ASIC (Australia), or equivalent. Unregulated brokers, offshore "too-good-to-be-true" bonus shops, and anyone with pending regulatory action are off the site entirely — no exceptions for affiliate rates.

Affiliate relationships and why they don't change what we write

Some links on BrokeRewards are affiliate links — if you sign up through them, the broker pays us a commission at no cost to you. This is how the site pays for itself.

  • Affiliate status does not affect whether a broker appears on the site — we list regulated brokers with real, currently-running offers, period.
  • Affiliate status does not change how we describe the offer — if a broker's T&Cs have a catch, we write the catch.
  • We don't accept payment for favorable reviews or sponsored rankings. Any page with sponsor involvement would be labelled "sponsored" — there are none today.
  • Where a broker has multiple landing pages (e.g. UK vs. DE promo), we route readers to the one that matches their region, because a mis-targeted signup just gets rejected.

Corrections

Found a code that no longer works, a rate that's out of date, or a factual error? Contact us and we'll fix it. Corrections get an updated timestamp on the affected page.

What this page is not

This is our editorial methodology — not a risk disclaimer. Trading CFDs and other leveraged products is risky, and between 65% and 82% of retail accounts lose money. Read the full risk disclaimer before opening any broker account.