Cloud Adoption Update for Financial Market Infrastructure Providers 1H26

This article highlights cloud adoption momentum among financial market infrastructure providers in the first half of 2026, showcasing major migrations and AI innovations on AWS.

• ASX launched new CHESS equity clearing platform on AWS, processing 21 million trades daily versus 7 million previously
• DTCC announced migration of core post-trade infrastructure including clearing, settlement, and risk applications to AWS by 2030
• OCC enhanced resiliency using AWS Control Tower for governance and AWS FIS for stress testing across multi-account environments
• Gemini deployed ultra-low latency trading on AWS Outposts and Local Zones for crypto markets
• Tradeweb launched TARA, an AI research assistant using Amazon Bedrock and AgentCore for institutional credit trading
• Nasdaq deploying hundreds to thousands of AI agents across its platform for market operations and AML/fraud automation
• LSEG, Moody's, and Dun & Bradstreet integrating data via Model Context Protocol servers into Amazon Quick for AI workflows
• Data providers transforming real-time financial intelligence delivery through agentic AI solutions and enterprise AI assistants

The trend demonstrates FMIs moving from cloud experimentation to production-scale deployments of mission-critical systems and generative AI across trading, settlement, and data distribution.