FX solutions from
start-up to corporate
What you need from an FX partner changes as you grow. A start-up wants accounts and payments that just work. An established SME wants fair, consistent pricing and someone who understands its exposure. A larger business wants structure, credit and reporting. Here's how we help at each stage.
Start-ups and Scale-ups
Your first international accounts and overseas payments should be simple to set up and cost-effective to run. We get you onboarded quickly and give you a named point of contact from day one, not a ticket number.
As volumes grow, a bank account soon stops being enough. We'll help you put sensible currency management in place before exposure gets big enough to hurt.
- — International payments
- — Multi-currency accounts
- — Forward Contracts
- — Dedicated Support
- — Online Platform
- — Safety and security
- — Accounting integrations
- — Business funding via Oku Financial
- — Safeguarded funds
Established SMEs
If you trade internationally regularly, you want consistent pricing and service that's better than your bank's. Many businesses come to us once they've worked out what their bank was really charging or once they've outgrown an app-based solution.
We take the time to understand your exposure and objectives, not just your transactions. That means forward contracts to lock in rates on known payments, limit orders to catch moves in the market, and a dealer who knows your business.
- — International payments
- — Local collection accounts
- — FX strategy design
- — FX policy support
- — FX risk management: Forwards and Options
- — Accounting integrations
- — Custom reporting
- — Credit facilities for hedging
- — Business funding via Oku Financial
- — Safeguarded funds
- — Return on held cash
Mid-Market and Large Corporates
Larger businesses tend to have complex, multi-currency needs across several markets, and often a treasury function already in place. We bring structure, reporting and proactive risk management to that, backed by the liquidity and full range of FX products significant exposure needs.
Credit matters at this size. We can arrange credit facilities for hedging, subject to a credit assessment, so you're not tying up cash as initial margin on every forward. We'll talk you through how lines and margin work before you commit.
Onboarding is straightforward, and we'll be clear early on about what we need from you and what we can support. Behind it all is a team with 100+ years' combined experience.
- — FX risk management: Forwards and Options
- — Currency accounts
- — International payments
- — Mass payments
- — Credit facilities for hedging
- — User approval models
- — Access to multiple providers
- — Accounting integrations
- — FX performance reporting
- — Safeguarded funds
- — Return on held cash
Not sure which stage fits? Tell us what you're trading and where, and we'll tell you honestly what makes sense.
Talk to usFAQs
Do I need to be a certain size to work with Oku Markets?
No. We work with start-ups through to large corporates. What we offer depends on your volumes and exposure, not a turnover threshold.
Can I switch from my bank without disrupting payments?
Yes. Many clients run both side by side while they move over, so nothing gets missed.
Do I have to put up cash as margin to hedge?
Not always. Subject to a credit assessment, we can arrange a credit facility so you may not need to post initial margin.
Can you help with funding as well as FX?
Yes, through our sister business Oku Financial, which helps businesses find working capital and trade funding.