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Euromoney, July 2008.
Euromoney shortlists OANDA in its 2008 Award for Excellence for Best Global Foreign Exchange House. OANDA deserves special mention because it "has democratized FX in a way the banks simply have not." (Full Story)

www.alleyinsider.com, April 29th, 2008.
Online business site Silicon Alley Insider (SAI) ranks OANDA among the world's top ten most valuable private digital startups. At number ten, OANDA joins the ranks of industry giants like Facebook, Wikipedia, and Mozilla Corp. (Full Story)

Futures, February 1st, 2008.
OANDA's FXTrade trading platform is more than just a business, and has been from the day Richard Olsen and Michael Stumm launched it in 2001. "For Michael, it was a chance to prove that all the technical innovations he teaches are real and doable, and that you can build a trading platform of institutional quality on a retail budget." Olsen says. Stumm says: "For Richard, it's about saving the world." (Full Story)

Euromoney, August 10th, 2007.
OANDA's Richard Olsen and Michael Stumm point to the reasons for the remarkably rapid rise of the retail foreign exchange market in their guest column, "Retail FX: the triumph of hope over experience." (Subscription required to read the Full Story.)

Euromoney, March 19th, 2007.
"Oanda has actually come up with something that looks genuinely innovative by adding five new currency pairs to its FXTrade platfrom. These are USD/CNY, USD/TWD, USD/UNR and EUR/TRY and EUR/TRY. Few banks offer these on a streaming basis and OANDA certainly looks to be the first in retail." ( Subscription required to read the Full Story.)

Euromoney, March 12th, 2007.
"Richard Olsen, Oanda's joint chief executive, agrees that growth rates will remain high. "The idea of internet trading has not reached the man on the street. The potential for further client growth is huge." ( Subscription required to read the Full Story.)

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Press Releases

July 11, 2008 OANDA Corporation, widely recognized as an innovator of efficient online currency services, has introduced FXGlobalTransfer, a wire service that sets new standards for low cost, transparency, and effective cash management in cross-border funds transfer.

January 8, 2008 OANDA Corporation, well known for pioneering Internet-based forex trading and a global leader in currency information services, announces today that it has broken the sound barrier in foreign exchange and lowered its standard spread on EUR/USD to an astonishing 0.9 pips.

September 17, 2007 OANDA Corporation, well known for pioneering Internet-based forex trading and a global leader in currency information services, announces today that a consortium of investors has invested $100 million in the company's Series B round of venture capital funding.

New York, July 23, 2007 - OANDA Corporation, trendsetter in Internet-based forex trading and global leader in currency information services, introduces FXManager, an interface for forex investment managers to support multi-client trade execution and reporting. FXManager continues the OANDA tradition of full automation, efficiency and ease of use.

New York, March 14, 2007 - OANDA, a pioneering foreign exchange trading and information company, today announced it has added five new currency pairs to its trading platform FXTrade.

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