The Alternative Connection

Could you tell us about TA.Link?
At Trading Apps, we are always working on new and innovative ideas to deliver to market. We feel we have some of the smartest brains in the industry and TA.Link is the latest we are bringing to market. TA.Link is an alternative way to communicate trading activity between securities finance participants.

In what ways does TA.Link deliver significant savings compared to existing messaging services for instructing trades?
TA.Link has a single monthly cost payable when the service is available to use, so there is no initial minimum set-up cost and no per trade or volume costs. TA are not party to how existing services charge, but it has been indicated to us that we would be approximately 10 per cent of the current average cost.

Can you elaborate on the cost structure of TA.Link? Specifically, how is the low fixed monthly cost per participant determined and are there any additional costs that participants may incur?
It is a fixed monthly cost which is the same for all participants.

TA.Link provides an alternative connection to mitigate the risk of relying on a single messaging service. Could you elaborate on how TA.Link addresses this risk and ensures a more secure communication environment?
We mitigate the risk to a participant of relying on a single messaging service by offering an alternative. TA.Link messages are fully end-to-end encrypted using industry-leading technology and, as such, are far more secure than email. Using AWS cloud-based services, TA.Link runs on multiple servers located around the world with instant failover in a disaster recovery situation.