Avanza

Avanza Bank Holding AB (publ.)

Type	Public (Nasdaq Stockholm: AZA)
Industry	Financial Services
Founded	1999
Headquarters	, Sweden
Key people	Sven Hagströmer, Chairman Johan Prom, CEO
Products	see www.avanza.se
Revenue	SEK 597 million (2013)
Number of employees	269 (2013)
Website	www.avanza.se

Avanza Bank Holding AB (publ.) is the largest online stock broker in Sweden with more than 500 000 customers and the largest number of deals on the . Avanza is one of the options open to private investors who want to play an active part in their investments and savings programmes.

Avanza is listed on the Nordic List's Mid Cap (ticker symbol AZA.ST).

Avanza was founded in 1999 as HQ.se. In 2001 HQ.se bought the online stock broker Avanza and kept the name. This merger made Avanza the largest online broker in Sweden with more than 150 000 active customers and a 50% market share among the online brokers.

In May 2006, Avanza acquired Börsveckan AB - the company behind the stock magazine with the same name.

In September 2006, Avanza launched the online magazine Placera Nu.