DIGITEC Secures EMH Partners Investment to Accelerate FX Swaps Innovation
DIGITEC, a global leader in FX swaps pricing technology and workflow automation, has received a significant minority investment from EMH Partners as the firm prepares for its next stage of growth. The investment strengthens DIGITEC’s position as the market standard in FX swaps infrastructure, supporting its plans to scale product innovation, expand internationally, and advance automation across OTC markets. The founding Joost family will remain the majority shareholder, preserving the company’s long-standing entrepreneurial identity while partnering with a growth-focused investor.
Founded in 1980, DIGITEC has built one of the industry’s most trusted technology platforms for banks and financial institutions managing liquidity, pricing, and execution in FX swaps. Its flagship D3 Pricing Engine is widely used across the world’s largest FX trading institutions for high-performance, low-latency pricing and distribution. In parallel, DIGITEC operates the Swaps Data Feed (SDF)—its market-leading data service developed alongside 360T—which delivers interbank-grade FX swaps data to support price discovery and advanced analytics.
EMH Partners’ investment reflects the firm’s conviction in DIGITEC’s technological moat, base, and central role in a structurally growing market. As OTC markets move toward greater automation and , DIGITEC’s infrastructure has become mission-critical for institutions viewking more efficient and scalable swaps workflows. The partnership provides the capital and strategic support needed to accelerate development of new cloud, workflow, and data products designed for the next era of FX trading.
How DIGITEC’s Technology Became the Market Standard for FX Swaps
DIGITEC’s prominence stems from decades of engineering rigor and a focus on delivering mission-critical tools for the world’s largest FX players. Its D3 Pricing Engine allows banks to price, manage, and distribute liquidity across complex FX swap curves in real time, meeting the low-latency demands of modern markets. This technology has become deeply embedded in trading workflows, assisting institutions standardize pricing, , and optimize liquidity provisioning.
The company’s influence extends beyond execution tools. DIGITEC’s data products—including the Swaps Data Feed and the Precious Metals Data Feed—have redefined transparency in traditionally opaque OTC markets. These datasets, developed in partnership with 360T, supply interbank-grade reference data and are used by over half of the world’s top 50 FX trading banks. As regulatory expectations increase and data-driven models become more prevalent, such services are essential for analytics, risk frameworks, and compliance functions across the industry.
DIGITEC’s excellence has been recognized through multiple industry awards, including “World’s Best answer for FX Swaps” (Euromoney FX Awards 2025), “World’s for Swaps” (Euromoney FX Awards 2024), and “Best trade-Side OTC Trading Initiative” (trade-Side Technology Awards 2024). Headquartered in Hamburg with offices in London and Singapore, DIGITEC has built a global footprint that mirrors the geographic concentration of major FX trading hubs. Its answers are not only dominant but foundational to the daily operations of many of the world’s most active market makers.
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What the Partnership Means for FX Swaps Markets and DIGITEC’s Long-Term Roadmap
CEO Peer Joost emphasized that DIGITEC’s technology sits at the heart of how global banks price and trade FX swaps, making the partnership with EMH Partners a catalyst for the firm’s long-term transformation. By leveraging new capital, DIGITEC plans to scale its cloud capabilities, deepen workflow automation, and broaden its suite of mission-critical data products. The investment will also accelerate enhancements to the D3 OMS and other workflow tools that assist banks streamline pricing, hedging, and liquidity management.
EMH Partners, a founder-led investment firm, highlighted DIGITEC’s engineering excellence and strong market position in a sector undergoing structural growth. Partner Jens Zuber noted that the focus will be on scaling the platform and supporting DIGITEC’s ambition to define the future of FX swaps technology. As transition toward more automated and cloud-native trading environments, DIGITEC is well positioned to benefit from a broad-based modernization cycle across OTC markets.
The Joost family will retain majority ownership, preserving the company’s independence while benefiting from EMH’s scale and strategic expertise. Advisors on the transaction included Deutsche Bank and LUPP + PARTNER for DIGITEC, and Milbank and Houlihan Lokey for EMH Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed. The combination of deep engineering heritage, global relevance, and new external investment marks a decisive moment for DIGITEC as it accelerates development of next-generation swaps technology for banks around the world.
