Lumen® Financial Connect®

Connect to over 200 exchanges and liquidity venues with trusted network connectivity solutions for financial services.

Lumen® Financial Connect®

Connect to over 200 exchanges and liquidity venues with trusted network connectivity solutions for financial services.

Overview

Whether it’s price discovery, post-trade processing or portfolio valuation, Financial Connect delivers a secure, fully managed and highly resilient network designed specifically for the demanding needs of financial markets. Financial Connect is purpose-built to seamlessly handle your pre-trade, order execution and post-trade requirements. And with predictable and flexible pricing, you’ll be enabled to keep up with changing market needs.

Overview

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Lumen benefits

Extensive availability and flexibility

Access 200+ global exchange and liquidity venues with scalable data and trading connectivity supported by a predictive pricing model.

Real-time market intelligence

Get raw financial market data that leverages gap detection and advanced latency analytics.

Purpose-built for financial data

Support the full trade lifecycle with high performance, 24/7 support and 25+ years of financial market expertise.

Lumen benefits

Extensive availability and flexibility

Access 200+ global exchange and liquidity venues with scalable data and trading connectivity supported by a predictive pricing model.

Real-time market intelligence

Get raw financial market data that leverages gap detection and advanced latency analytics.

Purpose-built for financial data

Support the full trade lifecycle with high performance, 24/7 support and 25+ years of financial market expertise.

Specifications

Provides real-time delivery of market data in raw format from many of the world’s leading exchanges and alternative venues across a single platform instead of multiple individual connections.
Optimized for high-performance, low-latency delivery with redundancy over two physically and logically diverse networks.
Direct connections with major financial data centers in North America, EMEA and APAC.
Advanced visibility of the Financial Connect network leveraging nanosecond latency monitoring between exchanges and remote locations.
Customer portal gives customers access to real-time performance statistics between exchange and virtually any point of the network.

Specifications

Provides real-time delivery of market data in raw format from many of the world’s leading exchanges and alternative venues across a single platform instead of multiple individual connections.
Optimized for high-performance, low-latency delivery with redundancy over two physically and logically diverse networks.
Direct connections with major financial data centers in North America, EMEA and APAC.
Advanced visibility of the Financial Connect network leveraging nanosecond latency monitoring between exchanges and remote locations.
Customer portal gives customers access to real-time performance statistics between exchange and virtually any point of the network.

Features and specs

Financial Connect

Access to real-time raw market data from multiple exchanges via a single connection
Diverse, resilient, low-latency networks with a fully managed end-to-end solution
Manageable and adaptable solution allowing scalability due to rapid market fluctuations
Minimized operational cost and complexity by partnering with a true technology solutions company
Simple pricing model enables manageable and predictable budgeting, cost savings and flexibility for organizations

Global Exchange Managed Support

25+ years of experience in financial markets
Established exchange relationships
Extensive knowledge of exchange delivery, operations and specifications
Dedicated to the support of all financial exchanges connected to Lumen

The Lumen Network

Advanced monitoring of the Financial Connect network including gap detection and sophisticated latency analytics with nanosecond granularity
Flexible and scalable connectivity
Ethernet and IP VPN On-Demand provide real-time connectivity to top cloud providers using public and private networks
Connections to over 2,200 public and private data centers across the globe

Support and service options

24/7 customer support through a dedicated financial desk
First call support provided by engineers with expertise in financial market data

24/7 customer support through a dedicated financial desk
First call support provided by engineers with expertise in financial market data

Questions about your order:

Chat with an expert

Billing, customer service and product‑related questions:

Chat or call 800-871-9244

Repair issues (after activation):

Create ticket or call 877-453-8353 (option 1, then 2, then 1)

Questions about your order:

Chat with an expert

Billing, customer service and product‑related questions:

Chat or call 800-871-9244

Repair issues (after activation):

Create ticket or call 877-453-8353 (option 1, then 2, then 1)

FAQ

Lumen Financial Connect offers a secure, managed and resilient network tailored to financial markets. It supports pre-trade, order execution and post-trade needs seamlessly. The platform delivers real-time market data from leading exchanges in raw format through a single connection to help ensure high performance and low latency with redundancy across diverse networks. Whether you need data from your place of business or a hosting environment, our financial experts and our global reach have got you covered.

Lumen Financial Connect is a good fit for firms that use real-time raw market data.

North American or Global Investment Banks, Money Managers, Broker Dealers and Financial Services Companies that rely on ultra-low latency network access to real-time raw market data with support by a dedicated 24/7 team of trusted experts in the financial exchange community can benefit.

After delivery, clients receive 24/7 global support from the Lumen Financial Desk, a dedicated team that works to resolve issues quickly and helps to keep your critical operations running smoothly. This team has established financial exchange relationships and are trusted advisors that proactively stay ahead of the always evolving exchange mandates and requirements.

We deliver Lumen Financial Connect in various ways to accommodate clients—through a cloud environment for flexibility and scalability, within a data center for enhanced security and control, or via a local access loop for direct and reliable connectivity.

Lumen Financial Connect offers bandwidth options ranging from 1 Gbps to 100 Gbps to meet diverse client needs. This enables high performance and low latency, which are crucial for real-time market data processing and seamless financial operations.

Consistent high availability is critical to success in this industry. Lumen enables high network performance with:

2 distinct diverse networks
Direct connections with global financial data centers
Advanced network monitoring to respond rapidly and help lower MTTR
Dedicated 24/7 support by financial network experts

Lumen Financial Connect offers sophisticated network monitoring, including real-time latency metrics and performance statistics through a customer portal, enabling rapid issue identification and resolution across virtually any point in the exchange network.