Alpaca’s 2024 Year in Review

Alpaca reported a major expansion in 2024, highlighted by its transition to a self-clearing broker-dealer at DTCC, which it says increases control over clearing and settlement while supporting lower costs, security, and product development. The company broadened its brokerage infrastructure with US options trading, a High-Yield Cash API, IRA accounts, a FIX API for institutional traders, expanded local-currency and fractional-share order capabilities, instant funding, streamlined business onboarding, Alpaca Elite services, and additional paper-trading tools, while renewing SOC 2 Type 2 compliance. Its Broker API partners, including Sarwa, Thndr, eccuity, and tyba, used the platform to expand access to investing across the Middle East, North Africa, New Zealand, and Latin America. Alpaca also advanced international partnerships with Derayah Financial, Citadel Securities, GITEX GLOBAL, and QuantConnect, and received Benzinga’s award for sophisticated brokerage services for advanced traders and Postman’s Best API award. Looking to 2025, the company plans to expand asset offerings, demonstrate financial strength, and build more global partnerships in support of its stated mission to make financial services more accessible, while emphasizing the substantial risks and regulatory considerations associated with investing, options, fractional shares, cash-sweep programs, and extended-hours trading.

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