Retail platforms: Investment in Oanda platform underlines retail sector’s importance

“From the outset one of our most important goals was to democratize the forex market” Richard Olsen, Oanda

Unlike many of its rivals, Oanda rarely seeks publicity. Despite this, the company has secured a relatively solid reputation and, more important, a loyal client base, since it was founded in 1996. It has now also secured a hefty slice of fresh funding that Michael Stumm, its founder and joint chief executive, says will enable it to expand up and out of its retail client base.