GTN, a global fintech infrastructure company, has obtained a Type I securities trading license from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), giving the company its sixth regulated entity worldwide and completing what it describes as a dual-pronged structure in the Asia-Pacific region.
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The license brings GTN’s regulated presence to the UK, US, Singapore, UAE, South Africa and now Hong Kong. The company said the SFC approval, combined with its existing Monetary Authority licence, forms the backbone of its regional strategy, linking two of Asia’s most active financial centers under a single operating framework.
“GTN has provided access to the Hong Kong and China markets through its network for several years and has witnessed increasing demand from clients globally to trade in this high-growth region,” said Manjula Jayasinghe, Co-Founder and Group CEO.
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“This achievement enables GTN to facilitate the flow of customer orders from Greater China to global markets, while further enhancing its ability to provide access to Greater China markets for customers via the GTN network.”
Capital flows in Greater China drive licensing
Hong Kong’s approval is linked to what GTN describes as growing demand for access to capital moving between mainland China and international markets. The company says the new entity makes it able to connect partner companies with $3 trillion in China-related cross-border flows, though it did not reveal a source or methodology for that figure.
The company says that central to the offering is access to its Stock Connect programme, the cross-border link that allows investors to trade eligible stocks in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
GTN said it intends to support two-way order flow through the mechanism, which means inward investment in China and outward allocation from Greater China to global markets. Webull employed GTN in April 2025 to offer fixed income products to clients in the Asia-Pacific regiona deal that reflects rising broker appetite for GTN’s fractional infrastructure in the region.
The company has also expanded its fractional trading capabilities to the Hong Kong listed stock exchange Stocksbased on what it described as a 2025 expansion of that product line. GTN says fractional access allows retail-facing applications to offer high-value Hong Kong shares in smaller unit sizes, lowering the capital barrier to retail participation.
The regulatory footprint expands following approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Financial Services Authority (MAS).
The Hong Kong license comes after a period of regulatory and commercial expansion for the company. In November 2024, GTN is FCA licensed in the UKwhich the company said will support B2B and B2B2C services under the three-tier Model B structure. The move was followed in December 2024 by the appointment of a dedicated European CEO with two decades of experience in the financial technology space.
GTN partnered with Georgia brokerage firm Galt & Taggart in May 2025 For cross-border trade across US, European and Asian markets, while Revolut had previously leveraged GTN in June 2024 to bring bond trading to EEA clients.demonstrating the range of customer types the company targets across the retail and enterprise sectors.
The API model faces a growing field in Asia
GTN’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service model, which allows banks, brokers and fintech companies to offer investment products without building proprietary technology, competes in a sector that has attracted increasing interest from global and regional players.
Firms including DriveWealth, Alpaca and Interactive Brokers’ GlobalTrader unit operate in overlapping areas, and many Asian technology providers have moved to create multiple comparable markets. Contact In recent years.
The company says its API covers more than 90 markets and eight asset classes, with the stated aim of reducing the time to market for new investment products. Audi Capital selected the GTN platform in October 2025 To connect high-net-worth Saudi clients to 80 global markets, a deal that indicated strong traction in the Gulf region alongside GTN’s drive in Asia and Europe.
GTN employs more than 600 professionals in 14 countries and says it serves more than 450 clients globally. Its investors include the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, and SBI Ventures Singapore.
This article was written by Damian Schmil at www.financemagnates.com.
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