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Broker · United Kingdom

Last checked: 23.09.2026
REGULATIONOfficial record verified

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USER FEEDBACKRecurring topics

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Bamboo

Investment platform · International

About the company

Legal company nameInvest Bamboo (Pty) Ltd
Year founded—
Headquarters / registered countryJohannesburg, South Africa
Websiteinvestbamboo.co.za
Last checked10.10.2026

According to its official website, Bamboo is a licensed and regulated digital investment platform used by more than 1.2 million investors across Africa to invest in global markets. In South Africa, services are provided by Invest Bamboo Proprietary Limited (Johannesburg/Alberton), which the site says is authorised by the FSCA as a Category 1 financial services provider under licence number 47614; users can invest from their phone in more than 4,500 US stocks and ETFs as whole or fractional shares starting from 10 USD. The site states that Bamboo is registered with Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a Digital Sub-Broker, that its affiliate Bamboo Securities LLC is a broker-dealer registered with FINRA, and that it works with partners Tenth Capital and Kestrel Capital in Ghana and Kenya; US securities are provided by DriveWealth LLC. Institutional clients are offered the Bamboo Terminal and an API; there is also an office in San Francisco. According to the fee schedule, the brokerage commission is 0.2% and clearing and admin fees are 0.3%. This information is the company's own statement.

Account Details

ACCOUNT TYPESIndividual investor account · Institutional (Bamboo Terminal, API)
MIN. DEPOSIT10 USD (minimum investment)
PLATFORMSBamboo mobile app (iOS and Android) · Web · Bamboo Terminal · API
PRODUCTSMore than 4,500 US stocks and ETFs (whole and fractional shares)

Licences and regulation

FSCA (South Africa)

Licence no.FSP 47614
Licence holderInvest Bamboo (Pty) Ltd
ScopeListed in the FSCA register as an authorised (Authorized) financial services provider under Invest Bamboo (Pty) Ltd (FSP 47614); authorised since 11 Jul 2017; approved product classes: derivative instruments, shares, bonds, money market instruments and collective investment schemes etc..
StatusVerified

User complaints

User reports found online are classified by topic. The charts show how reports are distributed; the reports are compiled from records on platforms that verify users and screen out fake reviews.

Period reviewed: May 2021 – October 2026

  • Withdrawal / payment: 17
  • Account / trading conditions: 10
  • Customer support: 7
  • Other: 3
  • Identity verification: 1

MEDIUM — COMPLAINT LEVEL

47% of institutions with complaint records received more complaints than this one.

BY TOPIC — Withdrawal / payment: High · Account / trading conditions: Medium · Customer support: High · Other: High · Identity verification: Medium

SOURCES REVIEWED

The complaint distribution is based on the 1-star reviews on Bamboo's Trustpilot page (38) records as of 10 October 2026; one person's reviews count once, and records about fake sites and third parties using the Bamboo name are left out. Across the complaints, delayed withdrawals and deposits not credited to accounts, problems selling shares and unanswered emails to the support team stand out.

Sources and verification history

Official company sourcesinvestbamboo.co.za — homepage, About Us and Institutions pages, SA Rates and Fees document and footer
Regulator recordsFSCA — Invest Bamboo (Pty) Ltd, FSP 47614 (fsca.co.za)
Company registerCIPC (Companies and Intellectual Property Commission) — Invest Bamboo (Pty) Ltd, 2013/147439/07
User feedback sourcesTrustpilot · Şikayetvar · WikiFX
Last verified10.10.2026

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