Market Overview: Online Retail FX Marketplace

This IDC Financial Insights report examines the developing online retail FX trading market trends analysis of major U.S. trading firms. The report offers large banks and capital markets firms a set of criteria to help evaluate partners as they develop retail FX strategies.

"As banks consider alternative retail asset-class offerings, they must consider FX as a legitimate offering. Retail trading volume had exploded over the past several years and will continue to see strong growth for the foreseeable future. There is considerable competition in the market that banks need to consider and better understand as they consider offering retail FX trading." — Sean O'Dowd, senior analyst, Global Capital Markets group, IDC Financial Insights