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Waton Financial operates mainly through its Hong Kong subsidiaries. Waton Securities International Limited (WSI) handles Hong Kong and U.S. securities trades for individuals, companies and other brokers whose clients’ orders pass through WSI. Customers pay commissions and handling fees when they trade or use related services. WSI also lends customers money to buy securities, takes the purchased securities as collateral and earns interest. Brokerage and related services, including this lending, generate most of the company’s revenue.
The company also supplies trading software to securities brokers and financial institutions through WSI and Waton Technology International Limited (WTI). Customers pay for software licenses or subscriptions and optional maintenance and support. Broker Cloud combines this software with WSI’s brokerage services: a broker can offer its clients a trading app while WSI connects their orders to exchanges and handles clearing and settlement.
Revenue depends heavily on customers’ trading activity and a small group of large customers. A New Zealand-incorporated customer contributes a large share; WGI, formerly a major related-party customer, stopped being a customer in October 2025. Software development and related support depend on a single supplier, Shenzhen Jinhui Technology Co., Ltd. WSI must maintain its Hong Kong regulatory licenses and meet capital and client-money requirements. It has no Mainland China brokerage license and says it does not market brokerage services or open trading accounts there.
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Waton’s results hinge on Hong Kong trading and IPO activity and a concentrated broker-customer base that includes related party WGI, while its software business depends on sole outsourced developer Shenzhen Jinhui Technology.
TOP Financial competes with Waton for Asian investors who use Hong Kong online brokers to trade local and overseas securities. Watch its expansion among Southeast Asian customers for a view of competition for those investors; Waton earns commissions when customers trade through its brokerage.
Plutus Financial and Waton both earn transaction-based commissions by executing customers’ trades in already-listed Hong Kong securities, putting them in competition for trading business. Watch the commission rates Plutus Securities negotiates with customers to assess competing brokerage charges.
Garden Stage competes with Waton for investors paying for Hong Kong securities trading and share-offering services, including subscriptions. Watch Garden Stage’s brokerage revenue and the fees its I Win Securities business earns helping companies sell shares through IPOs and other fundraising, rather than its total revenue alone.
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