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OFX, also known as OzForex, is an Australian online foreign exchange and payments company with a headquarter in Sydney operating under a number of different territory specific brands that include UKForex, CanadianForex, NZForex, USForex as well as ClearFX and Tranzfers. The company provides money transfer services to Travelex, MoneyGram, ING Direct and Macquarie International Money Transfers as well as individuals such as migrants and expatriates. OzForex was started by Matthew Gilmour in 1998 while working as the head of foreign exchange at Bankers Trust.〔Derkley, Karin. "Client trust the key." The Weekend Australian Financial Review, 25–28 January 2007. (View article (subscription only) )〕 Controlling interest in the company was sold to Australian investment bank Macquarie Group in 2007 and partial interest to other investors in 2010. ==Company history== Matthew Gilmour launched the company in 1998 in Sydney, Australia.〔Switzer, Peter. "Innovative firm Ozforex forges forex online". The Australian, 27 February 2009. (View article )〕 In 2001 the company launched its first online dealing facility.〔 In 2003, the company launched a New Zealand specific brand called NZForex and a general brand called Tranzfers.com.〔NZForex website (Visit website ) Tranzfers website (Visit website )〕 That year it also obtained an Australian Financial Services Licence, AFSL.〔Australian Securities & Investments Commission Search (Visit page )〕 In 2005, the company launched the subsidiary UKForex in London.〔(UKForex website )〕 In 2007, Macquarie Bank purchased 51% of OzForex and new CEO Neil Helm joined from Macquarie〔Ooi, Teresa. "Mac Financial grabs control of OzForex". The Australian, 19 June 2007. (View article )〕〔Swift, Brendan. "OzForex takes on world with MacBank". The Australian Financial Review, 19 June 2007. (View article )〕〔Hextall, Bruce. "Australia’s Macquarie Bank unit acquires 51 pct of OzForex". AFX News Limited on Forbes.com, 17 June 2007. (View article )〕 That same year it also launched a Canadian brand called CanadianForex in Toronto, Canada.〔CanadianForex website (Visit website )〕 In 2009, OzForex began offering a platform for international money transfers through ING Direct.〔AAP. "ING to offer overseas money transfers". The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 2009. (View article )〕 In 2010, it launched the brand ClearFX 〔ClearFX website (Visit ClearFX website )〕 The same year the group received minority growth investment from Accel Partners and The Carlyle Group. Representatives from both Accel Partners and Carlyle serve on the OzForex Board of Directors. The company's founders and Macquarie Private Wealth, which is part of Macquarie Group, are together retained significant ownership of OzForex, with Neil Helm continuing as CEO.〔Curran, Enda. "Carlyle, Accel Buy Stakes in OzForex". The Wallstreet Journal, 23 November 2010 (View article )〕 In 2012, the company launched a Travel Card and opened an office in San Francisco office using the USForex brand. It established an international payment solution with Travelex in the UK.〔(OzForex Signs Exclusive Global Partnership with Travelex )〕 In 2013, OzForex signed a partnership with global money transfer service MoneyGram in the UK, providing an account-to-account service through a white label arrangement.〔http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/06/10/ozforex-moneygram-ink-deal-on-cash-transfers/〕 On 11 October 2013 the OzForex Group Limited publicly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the code "OFX".〔http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20131011/pdf/42jyv7syc05cff.pdf〕 In 2015, former ANZ Banking Group executive Richard Kimber was appointed as chief executive of OzForex, replacing Neil Helm who led the company to its $480 million initial public offering in 2013. On 5th August 2015, the Company announced a global rebranding, commencing in Australia.〔Sydney start up to global brand (ASX Press release, 5 August 2015. View article )〕 The other regional brands (USForex, UKForex, CanadianForex, NZForex, ClearFX, Tranzfers) will follow suit. The consolidation to one global brand will be under (OFX )〔ofx.com (View website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「OFX (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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