Editorial policy

Purpose

This policy describes how pages on this site move from an idea to publication, how they are kept current and how mistakes are fixed. It applies to every market edition.

Independence

Editorial decisions — which platforms to cover, what to say about them and how to order them — are made by the editor, Ned Chang, on the basis of verified facts. Affiliate partners do not review, approve or pay for content, and a partner’s commission rate is never an input to any ranking, tool or wording. Where a platform is paid, the page discloses it next to the link and in the site-wide affiliate disclosure.

Sourcing standard

Factual statements about a platform’s availability, licence status, fees, limits, payment methods, KYC requirements or product range must be supported by an official source: the platform’s own published documentation, the regulator’s public register, or a government publication. Sources are listed on the page with the date of access.

We do not:

• copy or lightly rewrite a platform’s marketing copy and present it as an assessment;
• claim first-hand account experience (deposits, trades, withdrawals, support contact) without primary-research evidence recorded in the sources;
• present estimates, rumours or figures from other comparison sites as facts;
• publish price predictions, token recommendations or “guaranteed” outcomes.

Use of AI

AI tools help research and draft most pages. They follow the same sourcing standard as any writer, plus four rules of their own:

• A model is never a source. Every fee, limit, date, licence detail or rule must come from an official page that the page cites, with the date it was read. When no official page states it, the page says it is unknown.
• No invented experience. AI-drafted text never describes a deposit, trade, withdrawal or support contact as tested unless primary-research evidence is recorded in the sources.
• Checks before release. AI-assisted pages pass the same automated checks as every other page, against the structured data, retracted claims, promotional wording and broken links. The editor decides what is published.
• Illustrations only. Images made with an image model contain no text or data and are never presented as photographs or screenshots of a real product.

A mistake in an AI-assisted page is corrected under the corrections policy below, like any other error.

Editorial statuses

Every page carries an internal status: research, drafting, fact-check, legal review, ready, published or update required. Only pages in the ready or published state are indexable by search engines. Drafts may be reachable for review but are excluded from search engines, listings and the sitemap, and carry a visible draft notice.

Unverified data

Where a fact cannot be verified, the page shows “unknown” or “data under review”. Affiliate links are switched off for a platform whose profile as a whole is marked as under review or out of date. A single figure past its re-check date is marked “Needs re-check” on the page instead, and the link stays.

Updates and re-verification

Each page shows when it was published, last updated and when its data was last verified. Verified data is re-checked on a schedule (see the methodology); pages whose data passes its review date are flagged as needing re-verification until the check is done.

Corrections

Report errors through the contact page with the page URL and a link to the official source. We aim to re-verify and correct material factual errors promptly, update the verification date and note the correction on the page when the change is material. We do not remove or alter published correction notes.

Legal review

Policy pages (privacy, terms, risk warning, affiliate disclosure) are marked as pending until reviewed by qualified counsel for the publisher’s jurisdiction. A notice is shown on those pages until the review is complete.

Scope of advice

Nothing on this site is personal financial, investment, tax or legal advice. Pages describe general information so that readers can make their own enquiries with the provider.