- CEO
- Yuko Seimei
- Full Time Employees
- 1,052
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Capital Markets
- Address
- ARK Mori Building Tokyo Japan 107-6025
- IPO Date
- Apr 17, 2013
- Business
- Monex Group, Inc. operates as a holding company providing online financial services, including retail brokerage, cryptocurrency exchange, foreign exchange trading, and investment management through subsidiaries across Japan, the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions. Founded in 1999 with the establishment of Monex, Inc. and reorganized as a holding company in 2004, the company is headquartered at ARK Mori Building in Tokyo's Minato-ku and trades under ticker MNXBF on OTC markets; core offerings encompass online securities trading via Monex, Inc. and Docomo Monex Holdings, Inc., which provide Japanese and U.S. equities, margin trading, mutual funds, over-the-counter U.S. stocks, and periodic investment plans; cryptocurrency services through Coincheck, Inc. and Coincheck Group N.V., including trading of Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, Dogecoin, and others alongside staking, NFTs, and initial exchange offerings (IEOs); forex trading under Monex FX brands; M&A advisory; investor education; asset management via Monex Asset Management, Inc.; and venture investments by Monex Ventures, Inc. targeting fintech, web3, and sustainability sectors. Key subsidiaries include TradeStation Group, Inc. for U.S. brokerage and crypto trading, 3iQ Digital Holdings Inc. for digital asset ETFs and staking products, Monex Crypto Bank, Inc., Monex SP Trust, Inc., Japan Catalyst, Inc., Genex, Inc., Viling, Inc., and Crafter, Inc., serving retail investors, institutions, and corporate clients with innovative tools like Monex Web3 ID, d Payment app integration, and discretionary services such as ON COMPASS. Recent developments feature a January 2024 capital and business alliance with NTT DOCOMO, Inc., resulting in Docomo Monex Holdings, Inc. as an affiliate; April 2025 acquisition of a 20% stake in Boston-based Westfield Capital Management, managing over $24 billion in assets under equity-method affiliation; September 2025 additional share acquisition in 3iQ Digital Holdings Inc.; August 2025 launch of a ¥3 billion ($20.4 million) Uncovered Fund Monex Africa Investment Partnership for African tech startups in finance, mobility, distribution, and sustainability; October 2025 Coincheck Group N.V. completion of Aplo SAS acquisition, a crypto prime brokerage; June 2025 3iQ launches of XRP ETF and Solana Staking ETF; April 2025 acquisition completion of Next Finance Tech Co., Ltd.; and ongoing plans for a yen-pegged stablecoin alongside web3 expansions like Monex Web3 branding and Nissan Motor web3 community support.