Nasdaq and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced an expansion of their strategic technology collaboration, enabling financial institutions to deploy Nasdaq Calypso on AWS as a fully managed service. Under this model, Nasdaq manages the underlying technology while AWS powers the infrastructure, supporting the modernization of capital markets and treasury management systems.
Nasdaq Calypso is a comprehensive capital markets and treasury management platform that helps financial institutions streamline front-to-back-office workflows, manage risk, and meet regulatory obligations. Delivered as a managed service, the platform removes the need for institutions to maintain their own infrastructure, allowing faster deployment, seamless upgrades, and consistent access to the latest innovations. Clients benefit from resilient, secure, and mission-critical technology while connecting to advanced capabilities developed jointly by Nasdaq and AWS.
“Market participants face an urgent need to embrace innovation, regulatory change and industry-wide connectivity at scale but are increasingly constrained by complex and fragmented legacy architecture,” said Magnus Haglind, Head of Capital Markets Technology at Nasdaq. “This is a strategic inflection point for infrastructure across the capital markets ecosystem. As cloud and managed services increasingly become the preferred model for mission-critical platforms, our expanded collaboration with AWS positions Nasdaq to lead this industry-wide transformation.”
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“Today, financial institutions are faced with a technological paradox – needing to innovate their technology stack rapidly while maintaining legacy infrastructure to support mission-critical operations,” said John Kain, Director of Financial Services Market Development at AWS. “Our expanded collaboration enhances Nasdaq Calypso’s solution with high-performing, scalable and secure infrastructure. This is another perfect example of how Nasdaq is leveraging AWS to deliver more agile, resilient financial infrastructure that’s more future-ready for the industry.”
This partnership represents another key milestone in the broader Nasdaq-AWS collaboration across Nasdaq’s capital markets and regulatory technology platforms. By adopting managed services, institutions can integrate mission-critical solutions into a single, agile environment. This consolidation reduces friction in real-time data flows, simplifies data architecture, and enables advanced AI-driven analytics, ultimately boosting operational efficiency and unlocking new growth opportunities.
Key Benefits of Nasdaq Calypso on AWS
Financial institutions are navigating evolving market reforms, regulatory requirements, and geopolitical factors, all of which demand modern, flexible infrastructure. Nasdaq Calypso on AWS delivers a unified platform for trading, risk, margin, collateral management, and data analytics. Institutions gain:
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Accelerated modernization: Access to innovative capabilities across digital assets and AI, supported by AWS’s elastic data grid for optimized risk calculations.
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Regulatory compliance: Standardized deployment with regular updates, enabling institutions to adapt quickly to evolving regulations and new business requirements.
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Operational efficiency: Simplified testing environments and flexible integration options that tailor the platform to specific workflows and data needs.
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Data-driven insights: AI-powered analytics leveraging Nasdaq’s intelligence and data management capabilities, available to both new and existing cloud clients.
Globally, Nasdaq technology powers 97% of systematically important banks (G-SIBs), half of the world’s top 25 stock exchanges, 35 central banks and regulatory authorities, and more than 3,800 financial services clients. Leveraging its scale, expertise, and cloud-managed services experience, Nasdaq helps financial institutions tackle complex operational challenges while driving industry-wide modernization.