I tried WorldFirst after Oanda stopped participating in this business and referred their customers to WF.
The two turned out to be nothing alike. Oanda used to let little people convert currency on the same platform as proper FX traders (speculators). This meant you could pay a tiny fee and get some of the most competitive rates in the world because you were trading directly in their two-sided market.
WorldFirst is different. They make you declare the amount you want to exchange and then they synthesize a rate that expires soon after. There is no way to put in an order at a specific price and they do not show you a two-sided quote which would make it plain how much they're taking.
From what I saw, WorldFirst aims to take about 1.5% of each side of each trade at the when they are large, and even more on small trades.
If you're exchanging $500 you may as well use a bank. If you're exchanging $50000 you may as well use a true trading platform.
When exchanging currency at any online or physical marketplace, look at their two-sided quote to see the spread they charge. If they try to show you only one side (buy or sell but not both), go elsewhere.
The two turned out to be nothing alike. Oanda used to let little people convert currency on the same platform as proper FX traders (speculators). This meant you could pay a tiny fee and get some of the most competitive rates in the world because you were trading directly in their two-sided market.
WorldFirst is different. They make you declare the amount you want to exchange and then they synthesize a rate that expires soon after. There is no way to put in an order at a specific price and they do not show you a two-sided quote which would make it plain how much they're taking.
From what I saw, WorldFirst aims to take about 1.5% of each side of each trade at the when they are large, and even more on small trades.
If you're exchanging $500 you may as well use a bank. If you're exchanging $50000 you may as well use a true trading platform.
When exchanging currency at any online or physical marketplace, look at their two-sided quote to see the spread they charge. If they try to show you only one side (buy or sell but not both), go elsewhere.