Brokerages · Brokerage · No confirmed finding (unverified, not clean)
Public.com
Headline
Nothing confirmed
Public.com deserves credit for publicly walking away from payment-for-order-flow entirely — a genuine, verifiable stance.
Not independently verified. Verification status: Unverified - heuristic first draft. Publish state: draft unverified.
What this pass recorded. Public.com deserves credit for publicly walking away from payment-for-order-flow entirely — a genuine, verifiable stance. But its actual arbitration clause was NOT independently confirmed in this review, meaning a customer attracted by the ethical PFOF stance still doesn't necessarily know what happens to their right to sue if something else goes wrong.
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- Evidence tierUnassigned
- Claims confirmed
- Last verified2026-08-04
Primary source. None recorded — Unverified - heuristic first draft.
Terms
Arbitration
Not independently confirmed this pass — standard FINRA arbitration disclosure expected.
Data sharing
Public.com publicly markets itself as having ABANDONED payment for order flow (PFOF) entirely, instead using 'Safety Labels' on certain stocks and other revenue models — a genuine, verifiable point of differentiation similar to Fidelity/Vanguard/Merrill's no-PFOF stance, but achieved via a different business-model choice (per Wikipedia's PFOF entry) rather than simply charging commissions like Interactive Brokers.
Fees and billing
Not itemized this pass.
Contacts
Privacy contact. Not recorded.
Legal notice. Not verified this pass. If publicly traded: SEC Form 10-K cover page gives the official corporate address; the Secretary of State business-entity search in the state of incorporation gives the registered agent, which must accept service. If private: the state registered agent is usually the only reliable route.
Mailing address. Not recorded.
Evidence
No claims have been itemized for this row yet.
No sources are on file for this row yet.
Source vault
Link status: Candidate - not yet fetched
| Document | Last fetch | |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy policy public.com privacy policy (not individually located this pass) | Not fetched yet | NOT CONFIRMED |
| Terms of service public.com (Customer Agreement — direct URL not individually captured this pass) | Not fetched yet | NOT CONFIRMED |
| Website No URL recorded | Not fetched yet | — |
| Primary source No URL recorded Verification: Unverified - heuristic first draft | Not fetched yet | — |
Enforcement
No enforcement actions are linked to this row.
State statute
No HQ state on file, so no state statute applies by headquarters.