{"id":1680,"date":"2020-09-22T09:21:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T09:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leyton.majjane.agency\/uk\/insights\/case-study\/alpha-fx\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T19:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:19:50","slug":"alpha-fx","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/leyton.com\/uk\/insights\/case-study\/alpha-fx\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha FX"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About the client<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/uk\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/2020\/09\/Untitled-design-4.png\" alt=\"About the client\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Alpha Group International is a publicly listed financial services company with headquarters in London. The company is traded on the Alternative Investment Market. The organisation splits its operations between risk management and alternative banking solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The investment that we have recovered with the help of Leyton will enable us to explore further innovative solutions to better serve our clients and grow our business. Working with Leyton was straight-forward and the team were available whenever we needed them &#8211; I would highly recommend Leyton to other companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 Alpha FX<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Innovation<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/uk\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1186603900_711x455px.jpg\" alt=\"Innovation\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The Alpha FX team used a custom cloud based platform which supports several programming languages and is used as a web application deployment mode. This allows the developers to build, run, and operate applications entirely within their own custom cloud architecture. 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