IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the global financial markets, announced a strategic partnership with OpenFin, the operating system for the financial community. Through IPC’s “App Store” environment, traders and other regulated users will be able to:
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- Leverage IPC-developed applications seamlessly and efficiently alongside proprietary, client-developed applications without the need for native integration.
- Access market data and trade lifecycle services available in IPC’s Connexus Cloud platform through any OpenFin-enabled desktop, any of IPC’s terminals or any IPC ‘soft’ trading communications solution.
- Integrate third-party applications available within the OpenFin ecosystem directly into IPC-powered trading communications workflows.
“A shared and open tech stack is critical in helping financial institutions in their digitalization journeys,” stated Jefferies Financial Group. “This partnership between IPC and OpenFin is a constructive step toward ensuring the interoperability of our applications that are revolutionizing how trading desks share data and communicate with each other.”
The partnership will be rolled out in multiple phases. The initial phase will allow all users to consume Blotter, a pioneering data visualization solution that structures and digitizes voice communications sent over IPC’s innovative IQ/MAX Touch terminal, through OpenFin. When running within the OpenFin environment, Blotter can organically share data across multiple applications and vendor platforms to enable automation of complex trading workflows.
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“Our strategic partnership with OpenFin embraces an open platform approach and is a game-changing proposition that transforms how financial institutions consume applications, share data and optimize workflows,” said Bob Santella, Chief Executive Officer, IPC. “Our global community of 110,000+ users and 6,600+ market participants can rapidly exchange information across platforms and devices by leveraging the interoperability and technological flexibility that OpenFin brings.”
