Online Brokerage Tiger Brokers Adopts Alibaba Cloud Technologies to Provide Superior Trading Experience to Its Online Investors
SINGAPORE, Jun 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Xiaomi-backed online brokerage Tiger Brokers today announced their technology collaboration with Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group. Alibaba Cloud provides Tiger Brokers with end-to-end technology support to its trading platform, Tiger Trade, to meet the secure and low latency trading demands of its investors on the platform.
Tiger Brokers has been seeing a consistent increase in the number of investors onboarding the trading platform. Alibaba Cloud solution will help to ensure the speed of data flow on the app is not compromised. Its Big Data analytics will also provide relevant insights into Tiger Brokers’ investors trading behaviour, allowing them the chance to offer better service offerings and trading opportunities to meet the demands of their investors.
Kelvin Liu, Vice President, Engineering of UP Fintech Holding Limited, known as “Tiger Brokers” in Asia, shared, “At Tiger Brokers, we are all about bringing superior user experience to our investors, from customer service, trading experience to up-to-date market insights. With Alibaba Cloud’s service, we will be able to provide high performance and low latency trading experience on the platform, as well as foresight into our business planning and expansion within the region.”
“With Alibaba Cloud’s robust presence across the Asia Pacific region, Tiger Brokers will be able to scale up our online platform across markets with ease when the opportunity arises,” added Kelvin.
UP Fintech’s first quarter earnings showed positive momentum with total revenues at US$81.3 million, a 255.5% increase from the first quarter of 2020. Total trading volume also surged past US$123.8 billion dollars, nearly triple the same period in 2020. Total number of customers with deposits increased by 180.4% year-over-year to 376.0K. Tiger Brokers will continue to enhance the functionality of its platform, augmenting their comprehensive capability to serve corporate clients, as well as the execution of their global expansion strategy.
“Alibaba Cloud is committed to bringing the best technology solutions to the financial industry and support Tiger Brokers’ digitalisation journey,” said Dr Derek Wang, Singapore General Manager, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence. “We are confident that together with Tiger Brokers, we can bring better user experiences to the platform’s investors, helping them to gain a stronger foothold in the competitive trading industry.”
The technology collaboration with Alibaba Cloud is Tiger Brokers’ latest effort when it comes to strengthening their online platform, allowing investors to gain better access to best-in-class and up-to-date financial information for seamless trading experience.
Eng Thiam Choon, CEO of Tiger Brokers Singapore also commented, “Singapore is known as the fintech hub of Asia and a mobile-savvy nation. Today, online trading has become part of the lifestyle of many people as we see 30% of Singapore investors being Gen Zs, also known as the internet generation. We hope to be the go-to trading platform for our investors to make the best, objective trading decisions when it comes to online investing – be it whether they are seasoned or new investors.”
Tiger Trade officially launched in Singapore in February 2020, offering retail investors trading opportunities such as Equities, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Futures, Stock Options, Warrants, Callable Bull/Bear Contracts (CBBCs), Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs), US-listed over the counter (OTC) equities and Fund Mall. Investors also have the opportunity to trade on six different exchanges – New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ, Shanghai/Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
The Tiger Trade mobile application is available for download on Apple App store and Google Play store.
– Apple App store: https://apps.apple.com/sg/app/id1023600494
– Google Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tigerbrokers.stock
About Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
Tiger Brokers Singapore Pte Ltd (Tiger Brokers Singapore) is a brokerage firm operating with a Capital Markets Services (CMS) Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Its trading platform, Tiger Trade, offers complimentary real-time stock quotes, dedicated multilingual customer service during trading hours and 24/7 finance news updates. The company launched the mobile version of Tiger Trade in February 2020 – accessible on Google Play Store and the Apple App Store – offering mobile-savvy generation of retail investors similar trading opportunities as their online users, such as Equities, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Futures, Stock Options, Warrants, Callable Bull/Bear Contracts (CBBCs), Daily Leveraged Certificates (DLCs), US-listed over the counter (OTC) equities and Fund Mall on their mobile phones. Both online and mobile app allow users to invest across multiple asset classes traded on the US, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australian stock markets such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ, Shanghai/Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
Tiger Brokers Singapore is the Singapore entity of UP Fintech Holding Limited, known as “Tiger Brokers” in Asia, a leading online brokerage firm focusing on global investors. Founded in 2014, Tiger Brokers became #1 in the U.S. equity trading by volume among trading platforms catered to Global Chinese investors in less than two years. Tiger Brokers was awarded “2017 Fintech 250” by CB Insights and shortlisted for “China Leading Fintech 50” for two years in a row by KPMG China. The company was listed on NASDAQ under “TIGR” in 2019 and has offices in China, United States, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Tiger Brokers has over 1.4 million customers worldwide currently, with a total trading volume exceeding USD123.8 billion in Q1 2021. The company is backed by well-known investors such as Xiaomi, as well as investment guru Jim Rogers. For more information, please visit https://www.tigerbrokers.com.sg
About UP Fintech Holding Limited
UP Fintech Holding Limited is a leading online brokerage firm focusing on global investors. The Company’s proprietary mobile and online trading platform enables investors to trade in equities and other financial instruments on multiple exchanges around the world. The Company offers innovative products and services as well as a superior user experience to customers through its “mobile first” strategy, which enables it to better serve and retain current customers as well as attract new ones. The Company offers customers comprehensive brokerage and value-added services, including trade order placement and execution, margin financing, IPO subscription, ESOP management, investor education, community discussion and customer support. The Company’s proprietary infrastructure and advanced technology are able to support trades across multiple currencies, multiple markets, multiple products, multiple execution venues and multiple clearing houses. For more information on the Company, please visit: https://ir.itiger.com.
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