Opening an account with OANDA Europe Limited

Residents of the UK, Middle East and Africa may apply for an OANDA Europe Limited account. We cannot accept applications from third parties.

To get more information about our specific divisions please visit our website.

For more information about account types, please visit our website.

To ensure your account is processed in a timely manner, please provide current and complete information. Kindly try to avoid abbreviations and pay attention to application details like ‘currency type’, when providing figures etc.

If you are asked to provide supporting documents, please be sure to follow our proof of identity and proof of address guidelines below

You will be asked to provide the following during the application:

• Name

• Address

• Date of birth

• National ID or tax number

• Employment details

• Financial information

• Trading experience.

Residents of the UK: we will do our best to identify you electronically by matching the details you supplied during registration to details in your credit file, this is known as electronic identification or EID (please note we do not check or see your credit score).

Following submission of your application, we may request further supporting information or clarification of the information you provided during registration by email. We recommend monitoring your email (including your junk folder) after you have submitted your application.

Even if you pass EID please monitor your inbox and junk mail, as a member of our Onboarding team may reach out to you to confirm or clarify details on your application.

Uploading your documents does not complete registration. A member of the Onboarding team will review your application and be in touch via email either for further details or to let you know your account has been approved and is ready for funding.

Some applicants may be prompted to upload the following documents:

• Proof of identity

• Proof of address

Please monitor your email (including your junk folder) following submission of your application as we may request further supporting documentation and/or information, such as:

• Alternate /second proof of identity

• Alternate /second proof of address

• Code verification

• Clarification of your profile details.

Proof of Identity

• Passport

• National ID card

• Driving license

• High resolution, clear, colour images of the front and back of your identity document

• A copy of the full document.

We cannot accept:

• Expired documents

• Copies of copies

• Black and white copies

• Partial copies

• Insurance policies

• Altered copies with blocked/blurred information or cropped copies that contain partial information will need to be re-submitted

Below are examples of the kind of identity documents that we may accept:

*Please be aware, these documents are for illustrative purposes only and may be out of date.

Proof of address

We accept:

• Bank or credit card statements

• Utility bills from two different regulated providers. These include gas, water, landline telephone (not mobile), broadband, television etc.

• Government issued photo identification (provided you also supply a separate piece of photo identification as proof of identity)

• Documents issued within the last three months unless issued less frequently

• Documents that show your name, address, issuer and issue date. A copy of the full document should be sent.

• Screen grabs/screen shots of online accounts must contain the URL.

OANDA cannot accept:

• Your identity document as both proof of identity and address. We require separate documents for each

• Mobile phone bills are not accepted

• Documents that contain partial information, cropped/blurred or blocked copies will need to be re-submitted.