This is Robinhood's legal disclosure library — a central hub linking to all the terms, agreements, and regulatory notices that apply when you use Robinhood to invest in stocks, options, ETFs, or crypto, or to use its cash card and spending features. The most important thing to know is that your crypto holdings are held by a separate entity (Robinhood Crypto LLC) and are not covered by SIPC insurance the way your stock investments are. Before trading options or using margin, read those specific agreements carefully as they involve risks beyond standard stock investing.
Technical Summary
This document is Robinhood's Disclosure Library page, a web-based index of legal and regulatory disclosures governing use of Robinhood's brokerage, crypto, spending, and related financial services platforms, with contractual force derived from user acceptance of linked agreements. The most significant obligations include user compliance with terms governing securities trading, crypto transactions, margin lending, and cash management products offered by Robinhood Financial LLC, Robinhood Securities LLC, and Robinhood Crypto LLC as distinct regulated entities. Notable deviations include the fragmented multi-entity structure, which distributes regulatory obligations and liability across separate broker-dealer, crypto, and banking subsidiaries in a manner that may obscure the consumer's counterparty and applicable regulatory protections at any given time. The document engages SEC and FINRA regulatory frameworks for the broker-dealer entities, FinCEN and state money transmission regulations for crypto operations, and FDIC pass-through insurance disclosures for cash sweep programs. Material compliance considerations include the applicability of Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) to investment recommendations, SIPC coverage limits for brokerage accounts, and the absence of FDIC direct coverage for brokerage assets.
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(1) REGULATORY EXPOSURE: This document and the underlying agreements engage: SEC Regulation Best Interest (17 CFR 240.15l-1) enforced by the SEC; FINRA Rules 2111 and 4512 governing suitability and c…
(1) REGULATORY EXPOSURE: This document and the underlying agreements engage: SEC Regulation Best Interest (17 CFR 240.15l-1) enforced by the SEC; FINRA Rules 2111 and 4512 governing suitability and customer account information for broker-dealer operations; FinCEN Bank Secrecy Act obligations (31 CF…
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Robinhood operates through multiple separate legal entities — Robinhood Financial LLC, Robinhood Securities LLC, and Robinhood Crypto LLC — each governed by different regulatory frameworks and offering different consumer protections.
Robinhood's customer agreements require users to resolve disputes through binding individual arbitration rather than in court, and prohibit users from joining class action lawsuits against Robinhood.
Securities held in your Robinhood brokerage account are protected by SIPC insurance up to $500,000 in the event of broker insolvency, but cryptocurrency holdings in your Robinhood Crypto account are not covered by SIPC or FDIC insurance.
As a registered broker-dealer, Robinhood Financial LLC is required under SEC Regulation Best Interest to act in your best interest when making securities recommendations, and must disclose conflicts of interest including how it earns revenue from your trading activity.
Uninvested cash in your Robinhood brokerage account may be swept into FDIC-insured bank accounts through a program that offers up to $2.25 million in FDIC coverage through partner banks, but this coverage is not direct FDIC coverage on the Robinhood account itself.
Robinhood reserves the right to restrict or suspend trading in specific securities or your entire account under certain conditions, including market volatility events, regulatory requirements, or risk management decisions.
Robinhood Gold subscribers can borrow money from Robinhood to purchase securities on margin, which means they can lose more money than they originally invested, and Robinhood can liquidate their holdings without notice to cover margin shortfalls.
Robinhood collects extensive personal and financial data about users — including trading behavior, device data, and location — and may share this information with affiliates, service providers, and in some cases third parties for marketing and business purposes.