HKT helps China Merchant Securities to build a secure Fintech infrastructure

China Merchants Securities (CMS) is one of the Hong Kong’s leading financial companies, and provides a wide array of services, including brokerage, corporate finance, investment management, asset management, global commodities and futures.

As a clear Fintech strategy is now a must for companies in the financial sector, CMS was looking for new technology solutions to address the evolving customer and regulatory needs, achieve greater efficiency, and build a secure infrastructure that would keep them at the forefront of innovation in the industry. After careful research, they chose HKT to help them build a secure Fintech infrastructure.

Cybersecurity protection is crucial for Fintech development

HKT helped CMS to build a unified online multi-channel platform on their website and mobile app with multiple levels of security. This enables CMS to connect its stock trading platform through the HKT SkyExchange networked facilities management center to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) data center with high-availability, advanced security, and low latency connections to facilitate faster stock trading transactions with high security.

HKT also helped CMS to deploy a 3-tier firewall on the network to safeguard it from cyber attacks. 360-degree protection can be attained from end-user applications to backend systems, and the client-facing web application firewall (WAF) to ensure customers can trade safely over the platform.

Jeff Choi, the Chief Technology Officer at CMS said, “For CMS, safeguarding our customers’ assets and ensuring low latency with a secure and agile infrastructure, is critically important. HKT’s seamless networking facilities are loaded with multiple security layers, and optimized to ensure a smooth and efficient user experience.”

Digital transformation is reshaping Financial Services

Financial companies continue to leverage digital technologies to innovate and improve the customers’ experience. HKT helps enterprises to embrace digital transformation with emerging technologies and end-to-end solutions from strategy and innovation to solve every business challenge.