Case Study: Money Square Japan achieves low-latency, high-performance FX trading and 75% lower network costs with Equinix

Money Square Japan - Customer Case Study

Money Square Japan (M2J) is a retail FX broker that provides 24/7 automated order management and asset‑management services. As its customer base and assets tripled, the firm faced growing performance and latency issues: exchange rates now change in milliseconds, and long-distance links to counterparties could cause 200–300 ms round trips leading to order rejections and a degraded customer experience.

M2J migrated its trading infrastructure to Equinix’s TY3 IBX to gain proximity to major exchanges and direct cross‑connect access to 50+ networks and counterparties. The move, completed in a few months, cut latency to near‑LAN levels, improved trading performance and stability, opened new partnership opportunities, and reduced monthly network costs by about 75%, while providing scalable support for international expansion.

Money Square Japan

Youji Aoki

Senior Manager, System Division