Modernizing a Trading System: 70% Cost Savings Through AWS Cloud Migration
FX/ETF Service Provider

70% Cost Reduction
65% Incident Reduction
50% Faster Delivery
A Tokyo-based FinTech company running a real-time trading application partnered with Aokumo to migrate their infrastructure to the AWS Cloud. The goal: improve performance, scalability, and compliance while dramatically reducing operational costs and risks.
Aokumo successfully re-architected and migrated their trading systems, enabling the company to benefit from cloud-native agility, high availability, and performance.
These changes empowered the client to scale securely, release faster, and deliver a better trading experience for tens of thousands of active users.
The client’s legacy infrastructure was struggling to meet the demands of its growing user base and real-time trading workload. Key issues included:
Aokumo conducted a cloud migration and modernization initiative using AWS best practices and managed services.
The AWS migration and re-platforming led to substantial improvements across key metrics:
The AWS migration and re-platforming led to substantial improvements across key metrics:
Aokumo’s AWS migration strategy transformed the client’s legacy infrastructure into a cloud-native, secure, and high-performing platform optimized for financial services.
With 70% cost savings, 15X faster recovery, and a modernized deployment pipeline, the client now operates with increased agility, security, and compliance, positioning it for long-term growth in the competitive FinTech space.
This case study illustrates how strategic cloud migration can unlock cost-efficiency, performance, and innovation. Aokumo continues to help FinTech companies scale with confidence using cloud-native best practices.
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