Opening an entity (corporate) account with OANDA Corporation

Directors and beneficial owners (shareholders with 10% or more beneficial interest) of an entity are capable of applying to register for an entity account.

Corporations, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and trusts registered in the United States and its territories are capable of applying to open an OANDA U.S entity account.

Entities of the United States may qualify to open the following accounts: standard, premium and ECP accounts. 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 (please try to avoid abbreviations).

Entity certification

You can download our entity certification here . It must be signed by either a beneficial owner or a director from your entity. Please provide a personalized email address (i.e. jdoe@company.com) as a contact as we cannot accept general inbox (i.e info@company.com).

Proof of business registration

OANDA accepts the following:

For Companies and other corporate entities (INC., LLC):

• Certificate of Incorporation

• Certified Articles of Incorporation

• Certificate of Formation

• Articles of Organization

For Partnerships (LLP or GP):

• Partnership Agreement

For Trusts:

• Trust Instrument

The document must state the company/entity name in full, including the registration date and have a stamp or seal from the issuer.

If your company is operating under a different name than the one it was originally registered as, please also provide the DBA document (Doing Business as) or official name change documentation in addition to the original registration document.

Proof of address for the business

You will need to provide proof of the company’s physical address. A statement must be issued in the company/entity name. PO box addresses are accepted only if a document confirming the physical address can also be provided. All documents must be issued within the past three months.

Acceptable documents include:

• Bank statements

• Utility bills

• Credit card statements

Please see our address confirmation guide

Beneficial owners/directors’ identification

You will need to provide each of the following documents for all individuals listed on the entity certification, including beneficial owners (shareholders with 25% or more beneficial interest), or individuals with significant authority to control, manage, or direct who can exert significant control over the company) and two directors (if applicable).

• Valid photo identification

• Valid address confirmation

• If the photo ID (e.g. DL) contains your residential/physical address then it can double as your address confirmation document

• Social Security Number.

Entity questionnaire

It is also required that you download and complete our entity questionnaire. The questionnaire is available here .

The application is available here.

For location please select the country in which your entity is physically located, unless one of the beneficial owners or directors is a U.S. resident or citizen. In that case please select United States as your location and the country will corrected when your application is reviewed and processed by the OANDA team

Photo identification

This document must be government issued photo identification that clearly displays your photo and includes your name, date of birth, signature, and identification number. The document must be valid for 3 months from the date of the application.

Address confirmation (beneficial owners and directors)

Personal bill/statement issued in the beneficial owner/director's name. Must be a residential address (we cannot accept P.O. boxes or business addresses). The document must also be recently issued (dated or mailed within three months of the current date).

Our regulators the National Futures Association (NFA) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), require OANDA to follow extensive anti-money laundering and due diligence guidelines. To comply with these guidelines, our Know Your Customer (KYC) policy is to gather sufficient documentation to identify our clients and information to understand all our customer’s source of funds and wealth. This information is kept strictly confidential.

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