Oanda Wins Best FX Broker at the First Forex Magnates Awards in London
London: Forex Magnates is pleased to announce that Oanda has been awarded the Best FX Broker at the prestigious Forex

London: Forex Magnates is pleased to announce that Oanda has been awarded the Best FX Broker at the prestigious Forex Magnates Awards which took place in the world’s financial capital on the 14th of November 2012 at the Grange Hotel in St Paul’s.
The awards took place at the inaugural Forex Magnates Summit which was attended by over 500 influential players in the FX and derivatives trading space. The one day event commenced with the New Financial Trends Panel and panellists included CEO’s of the world’s largest financial and technology firms. The event was the first of its kind as senior members of the retail and institutional FX markets were brought together under one roof.
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Courtney Gibson, Vice President of Trading at OANDA received the award from Michael Greenberg Founder and CEO of Forex Magnates.

Oanda’s Vice President of Trading, Courtney Gibson spoke about the awards, he says; “We are thrilled to be recognised by our industry partners for our forex technology leadership and our reputation for excellence in client service. OANDA was an early innovator in the forex space and helped open the market to retail clients with one of the first fully automated online trading platforms”.
He continues “Now we see a growing shift away from the desktop and professional trading terminals, where foreign exchange trading has traditionally been rooted. One of the major drivers in the forex space over the coming years will be keeping pace with consumers’ increasingly sophisticated use of technology, and finding solutions that enable clients to trade when they want, where they want, and how they want.”
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By the way, it seems like Oanda quietly shut down their Dubai/Middle-East presence. The .ae website is gone, so are the links from the main website, and they withdrew their DFSA registration.
i think this one looks much better graphically, but doesn’t show the pip levels like Saxo’s right?
i think this one looks much better graphically, but doesn’t show the pip levels like Saxo’s right?
By the way, it seems like Oanda quietly shut down their Dubai/Middle-East presence. The .ae website is gone, so are the links from the main website, and they withdrew their DFSA registration.
interesting thanks for sharing, we’ll pursue
I’d imagine the biometric data is encrypted, like a password. Even if not encrypted, a hacker has no way of emulating the digitized data into physical form. If the machine can theoretically be hacked by injecting only the digitized data, it should be elementary to disable approval unless the physical route is taken.
I’d imagine the biometric data is encrypted, like a password. Even if not encrypted, a hacker has no way of emulating the digitized data into physical form. If the machine can theoretically be hacked by injecting only the digitized data, it should be elementary to disable approval unless the physical route is taken.
interesting thanks for sharing, we’ll pursue
I very glad Oanda got it! From my feelings its very right choice
congratulations!
I very glad Oanda got it! From my feelings its very right choice
congratulations!
Kahuna you are right. It is clear that Mr Ross knew he would get caught, would do the time, get let out for good behavior and perhaps thats a small price to pay to run off with his ill-gotten gains when he gets out. If he did that in North America he would be looking at 30 years in jail. The thing is that the regulators in NZ and Australia have really made efforts to align themselves recently, and have a framework for prosecuting wrongdoers. An interesting development will be October’s sentencing. Lets see if NZ makes an example, as… Read more »
Kahuna you are right. It is clear that Mr Ross knew he would get caught, would do the time, get let out for good behavior and perhaps thats a small price to pay to run off with his ill-gotten gains when he gets out. If he did that in North America he would be looking at 30 years in jail. The thing is that the regulators in NZ and Australia have really made efforts to align themselves recently, and have a framework for prosecuting wrongdoers. An interesting development will be October’s sentencing. Lets see if NZ makes an example, as… Read more »