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Open a Nomura Trading Account With Your BDO Savings Account

Everyone is starting to like the stock market. In fact, anyone can easily invest in stocks even with little or minimal knowledge of the market. What can you do with your spare money? Better invest it rather than let it sit in your bank account especially if you are not earning high interests.

We all know that savings account typically pay interests on your money, but interest rates are relatively low on those bank accounts. Where can you earn the best interest on your money right now. Investing in stock market offers the most potential growth for your money.

Did you know you can easily open a stock trading account when you open a savings account with BDO. You can open a stock trading account with zero capital. When you open a new savings account with BDO, you can also open a BDO Nomura account online. You will get approved fast without having to provide IDs in the application process.

For some who don’t know, BDO has partnered with Nomura Holdings of Japan. BDO now offers online trading after launching BDO Nomura Securities Inc., accredited by the Philippine Stock Exchange. This means anyone who has a savings account with BDO has the power to invest through stock trading.


Here’s the step-by-step process of opening a BDO Nomura Trading Account online. Of course, you must have an active BDO savings account and it should be registered on the bank’s online banking platform. You must also have your phone number for One Time Password (OTP) sent via sms.

1. Go to https://www.bdo.com.ph/personal and select Subsidiaries. You can also input https://www.bdo.com.ph/subsidiaries to get into the page right away. Select Go next to BDO Nomura.


2.  You will be presented the BDO Nomura homepage. Click on Open an Account from the blue menu seen on the left side of the screen. Click on Enroll Now on the next page and input your BDO Online Banking username and password.





You will receive an OTP on your mobile phone and you will enter it on the next page. Just check the “I Agree” box in the Letter of Instruction and Consent. From the drop down menu, nominate a Beneficiary Account, which will be used for the withdrawal process. The Beneficiary Account will be your Bank Savings Account. Click Next. Don’t forget to “agree” on the Terms and Conditions.

Note: You might be required to enter the BDO Bank Branch Code during the process.

3. Then, you will be presented the screen where you have to input your personal information. This will be your Investor Profile.

4. Fill out and answer the Suitability Assessment Form. Click Next.


5. Enter the Captcha code. Click Submit.

6. Review the information you entered on Investor Profile and Suitability Assessment Form. Make sure that everything is true and correct. If you entered incorrect information, edit it and click on the Confirm button to submit your application.

7. All you have to do is wait for confirmation email that will be sent to the email address that you used to registered your online banking account. In the email, you will receive three attachments: Instruction Consent, Terms and Conditions, and Online Trading Application. The email also has your Customer Code.

8. You will need to set a password also known as Trading Pin to control access of your Online Trading Account.

9. Next step would be to fund your BDO Nomura Trading Account. You may do so through BDO Online Banking and other Bills Payment facilities such as Over The Counter, Mobile Banking, and ATM Machines. Simply indicate the details as follows:

Company Name: BDO Nomura Securities Inc.
Institution Code: 0491
Subscriber’s Account: BDO Nomura Customer Code
Subscriber’s Name: Client Name

There is a cut-off time of 10:00 p.m. for funding your BDO Nomura Online Trading Account so that the money can be credited for your buying power for the next trading day.


10. To sign in to your BDO Nomura Online Trading Account, go to https://www.bdo.com.ph/bdonomura/home. Click on Online Trading Login.



If you do not have an account with BDO, you can open a new one. You just need to fill out an application form and submit the requirements, which include 2 valid IDs, proof of billing, picture (taken at the bank via webcam), and initial deposit amount.





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