1. Go to the EBC official website, www.ebc.com, and click on "Register".
2. Fill in the required information, making sure that your email and phone number are correct as you will be asked to verify them later on.
Click on "Send Verification Code"—you should receive this via email. Enter the code, set your password, and click "Submit".
You will now be redirected to the Home Page of the client portal.
3. On the Home Page, click on "Verify Now".
4. Select the type of document that you would like to upload to verify your identity. Then click "Next Step".
5. Upload a photo of your chosen document, making sure that all the information can be read clearly. For ID documents, you will need to upload a picture of the front and back of the document separately.
Click on "Next Step" and enter all the required information.
6. E-sign each of the compliance documents as shown below. Then, click on "Confirm submission".
7. If you had previously verified your email during registration, you would now also have to verify your phone number. Go to My Account > Security Settings and click on "Unverified".
In the pop-up window, click "Send Verification Code". Then, enter the code sent to your number and click on "Submit" to complete verification.
(If you had previously verified your phone number, follow the steps above to verify your email instead.)
8. You can now return to the Home Page and create a Demo or Live trading account from there.
9. After clicking on "Create an Account", you will be redirected to the account creation page. Here, you may select your Trading Platform, Account Type, Account Currency, Leverage, and Master (trading) and Investor (read-only) Passwords.
Once these have been selected/filled in, click on "Create Now" to create your trading account.