CFDs are complex financial products and come with a high risk of losing money.

73.8% of retail client accounts lose money trading CFDs with this provider.

You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

From the 18th of December, 2024 to the 2nd of January, 2025, financing rates will remain the same. By freezing the financing rates we are aiming to protect our clients from potentially aggressive market movements over the holiday period.

If you have any questions please contact our customer services team.

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DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Internal dispute resolution

As an AFS licensee, we are required to have a dispute resolution system in place. The dispute resolution system must comply with the standards and requirements made or approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

The policy has been developed with reference to the Essential Elements of Australian Standard AS/NZS 10002:2014 Guidelines for complaint management in organisations, and the requirements as set down in ASIC’s Regulatory Guide 271.

What is a complaint?

A complaint can be defined as an expression of dissatisfaction made to or about an organisation, related to its products, services, staff or the handling of a complaint, where a response or resolution is explicitly or implicitly expected or legally required.

There is no charge payable by a complainant for making a complaint to OANDA.

How to make a complaint

You can make a complaint against our products and services using one of the methods below:

Telephone: (Country Code 61) 2 8243 7100
Email: idr@oanda.com

Writing

OANDA Australia Pty Ltd
Level 1
60 Martin Place
SYDNEY NSW 2000

When making a complaint, please tell us:

  • Your name
  • Your account username
  • By which mode you would prefer OANDA to communicate with you
  • The details of your complaint; and
  • How you are seeking to resolve your complaint.

Escalating your complaint

If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you can escalate your complaint to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA).

AFCA

We are required to be a member of an external dispute resolution scheme. Accordingly, we are a member of AFCA and our membership number is 28370.

You can contact AFCA using the following details:

Frequently asked questions

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Do you need help with making your complaint?

If you need help to make or manage your complaint, you can appoint someone (for example, a relative or friend) to represent you. Please note that we will need your authority to speak to any representative that you appoint.

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How will we deal with your complaint?

We will acknowledge receipt of your complaint within 1 business day of receiving it and endeavour to resolve the complaint within 30 days of receiving it.

Depending upon the complexity of your complaint, we may need you to provide more further information to assist with our investigations.

If we are not able to provide our IDR Response to you on time because your complaint is complex or because of circumstances beyond our control, we will write to you to explain the reasons for the delay, and inform you of your right to complain to AFCA and provide you with AFCA’s contact details.

We will respond to you with the outcome of our investigations about your compliant via the mode of communication selected by you: Email, letter, telephone, SMS message.