JP Morgan Builds Market-Leading Derivatives Platform Using Cincom Smalltalk for Financial Services
JP Morgan, a global leader in investment banking, required a platform that could accelerate time-to-market for complex financial products and scale effortlessly across high-volume hybrid derivatives trades.
To address this, the firm developed Kapital—a sophisticated financial risk management software built using Cincom Smalltalk for financial services.
Kapital supports both interest rate and credit hybrid products, enabling JP Morgan to execute complex trades with unmatched speed and flexibility. By leveraging the Smalltalk development platform, the bank streamlined delivery, reduced IT dependency, and gained a clear advantage over competitors.
Results in Focus
Reduced time-to-market for financial products, often months faster than competitors.
High scalability with no performance drop under large trading volumes.
Lean Kapital team (<1% of IT staff) powered by high-productivity development, supporting key high-revenue units.
What You’ll Learn
How a flexible development environment empowered JP Morgan to respond swiftly to market shifts and evolving business demands.
How the Smalltalk development platform offered portability across Solaris, Windows NT, and Linux, enabling seamless platform alignment with minimal system modifications.
How the team executed a major infrastructure migration—from SMP servers to blade architecture—in just six months.
Why JP Morgan considers Cincom Smalltalk for financial services three times more productive than conventional programming languages.
Download the case study to explore how Cincom Smalltalk enabled JP Morgan to build scalable financial applications, deliver time-to-market financial products faster, and maintain a competitive edge in a demanding global market.
