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Analytics for brokers: where to start, the true cost, risk management, and more

Key points from the TFB and DGM webinar
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FMLS catch-up: Key points from the Finance Magnates London Summit

6 insights from FMLS
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How can brokers manage their plugins more efficiently?

Saving time, enhancing operations
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Trading systems for hedge funds: Boosting execution speed and risk control

Tech strategies for hedge funds
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The role of liquidity bridges in maximising a broker’s success

3 key use cases
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Why is TFB PAMM so popular in 2024?

Why wouldn’t it be?
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Case studies

Enhancing multiplatform high-volume performance with rapid symbol changes

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Introducing automation and synthetic symbols to a bullion trading company

The lack of automation of the workflow creates delays and the risk of human error. When incoming requests for gold purchases come through, the trading company representative manually checks all prices, converts them to the local currency, and updates the client verbally.
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Prop trader mimics real market environment with smart average price calculation

The B-book environment fails to duplicate the A-book environment as execution prices of the trading orders do not match the actual market, reducing the accuracy of the overall competition’s performance.
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Tools for Brokers FAQ

To put it simply, the Trade Processor is a combination of an ultra-fast execution engine, risk management, and liquidity hub that connects brokers, hedge funds, and prop trading firms to liquidity providers. 

It is a powerful liquidity bridge that helps our clients create the best trading conditions and get the best pricing for trader orders. It’s a complex solution that has a wide selection of features that help our clients run their daily business efficiently. The Trade Processor includes risk management and data analytics tools, and it’s also very flexible in terms of settings and configuration.

Trade Processor has several features that help mitigate or eliminate risks. For instance, A/B-book switch allows hedging risks during high volatility periods, and Volume Consolidation automatically minimises net exposure and reduces the financial risks associated with swaps. Real-time monitoring and reports allow timely tracking of both positive and negative trends, giving clients enough time to react. If the primary liquidity provider that the broker chose is unresponsive, the Backup LP feature will automatically switch to a backup provider to ensure a seamless order execution process and no negative effect for the trader. 

The way the Trade Processor is built and installed also plays a role in minimising risks. We follow the industry’s best practices to provide the best availability and performance. Also, a selection of niche plugins and applications target more specific and unique needs and challenges. You can learn more about everything we do to protect clients on our dedicated risk management webpage.

Yes, at the moment, Trade Processor partners with 100+ liquidity providers to ensure clients always have a choice and can find the best pricing regardless of the liquidity situation on the market. We also have a total of 6 different aggregation modes, many of which support aggregation from multiple liquidity providers and they all function in different manners to cover various scenarios. You can read more about aggregation methods with Trade Processor in our blog post

Risk management is important for all businesses, not just brokers, hedge funds, and prop traders. However, the stakes are higher than ever when it comes to investing and trading. So much depends on the accuracy of the technology, and so much data is sent back and forth at an incredible speed that even the slightest delay or error can easily snowball into a catastrophe. If a broker mismanages their trader’s funds, they’ll be liable for financial compensation, suffer through a painful PR crisis, and could even potentially have to terminate operations if the regulator deems it necessary.

A big part of risk management is a timely dedication of resources to it. Too often we get caught up in the hectic pace, leaving it to chance. Unfortunately, after the risk has already happened, there is far less you can do about it compared to being proactive. The best way brokers can protect themselves and manage ongoing risks is by putting systems in place that reduce the threats. For instance, automating manual report generation or swap updates means that brokers get a lot of their time back while ensuring risk-free task execution. Using a liquidity bridge that is flexible enough to adapt to changing environments is a big part of risk management too. 

Trade Processor, for instance, works with multiple trading platforms, supports over 100 liquidity providers, and offers 6 different modes of order aggregation. With so many options in place, even if something goes wrong with the primary scenario, you can easily switch and continue working without a dip in performance.

The liquidity bridge solution serves as a connector, or a bridge, between the hedge fund’s trading environment and liquidity providers. It facilitates quote aggregation and order execution, making sure hedge funds get the best pricing during their trading activities. The high-quality liquidity bridge keeps trading efficient and secure. It prevents delays and errors and helps you maximise profits to stay competitive and attractive to your clients. 

Transparency and flexibility are the two crucial factors that have always been a priority for us. We believe that hedge funds must have access to what’s going on inside the bridge and should be able to change it and reconfigure the settings to match their best interests.   

We offer 24/7 technical support with a highly knowledgeable and experienced team. Any how-to queries or issues are dealt with in a timely manner. Should you want to explore the possibilities of Trade Processor on your own, an AI-powered chatbot is at your disposal.

Please note that the AI chatbot is still learning, so please double-check high-priority settings with the TFB tech team before applying changes.

You can request a demo and a quote right now, by emailing sales@t4b.com. Our onboarding process takes several days, depending on the client’s team availability. If you’re currently using a different liquidity bridge, we are able to assist with migration. All TFB clients have access to a client portal for additional materials, a structured ticketing system, and a detailed user guide. 

Yes, Forex brokers can enjoy all the benefits of the TFB ecosystem and enhance their operations. All our solutions are suitable for Forex brokers, just like they work for retail brokerages and hedge funds. Also, we offer unique features for Forex operations, such as synthetic symbols that allow brokers to create currency pairs that are not widely offered on the market, and, therefore, stand out from the competition.

Flexibility is one of the core goals for TFB when it comes to product development. We believe that all our clients deserve to have access to the settings and configuration, be able to influence the execution setup to get the best pricing for their traders, and should understand how the system works. If you’d like to learn more, email us at sales@t4b.com to request a trial and see for yourself, or ask our team any questions about the solutions.

Sure, our team is happy to help you through the initial platform installation and configuration, and we offer solutions for migration from other systems, too. There is also a special TFB Service for our clients designed to address any needs beyond the standard 24/7 technical support we provide. 

PAMM, or Percentage Allocation Management Module, is a classic money management solution. It’s used by Investors who select experienced Money Managers to entrust their funds to. Money Managers have a proven success track record that Investors can view in the MM leaderboard, helping them decide which Money Manager to partner with before their funds are committed. 

Money Managers can also invest in TFB PAMM and trade using their private funds along with the Investor account for a small percentage of the gains. The remaining profit or loss is distributed among Investors based on the percentage of each investment.

Both PAMM and Copy Trading solutions allow Investors to follow more experienced traders, yet they are quite different from each other. With a percentage allocation money management system (PAMM), brokers get a comprehensive investment management system with many functions, including reports, risk management tools, intel on trading, an admin portal for daily system management, dashboards, and so much more. 

A Copy Trading solution is usually just a plugin or application with one purpose – to automate the copying of someone else’s trading. Also, with copy trading, Investors do the trading themselves, as well as money management, whereas with TFB PAMM, an MM does all trading and oversight for them. 

The TFB PAMM system can be used as a stepping stone for setting up a hedge fund running on MetaTrader, but they still need to get a trading platform to build up the environment and start operations. 

If you are looking to launch or enhance your hedge fund, we have a Trade Processor liquidity gateway system to connect your trading platforms with multiple liquidity providers under private aggregation pools. Our hedge fund packages include direct access to liquidity providers, access to detailed trading and execution reports for analysis, complete documentation, flexible settings, and easy integrations via FIX connections.  

Currently, MetaTrader does not offer MT4 or MT5 White Label solutions for brokers. However, we have a new MT5 Main Label offer that is the perfect fit if you’re looking to provide trading services based on an MT5 platform. We also partner with the cTrader platform. Additional trading platforms will be announced soon.

Officially, MetaQuotes is no longer selling MT4 licences, and they’ve also limited the support that is provided for the MT4 platform. Running a business on MT4 involves additional risks, as your company will not be able to get the vendor’s support or advice. MT4 is a popular platform with a large community, but MetaTrader 5 is the new generation and offers unmatched benefits. Plus, you get access to the latest technology that’s not available for MT4.   

There is a significant difference between a regular MT4/MT5 White Label and the MT5 Main Label solution by TFB. The regular White Label offering has many technical limitations for new brokers and the trading process, such as a limited platform licence, a shared server, and a lack of admin rights.

With TFB’s MetaTrader 5 Main Label offer for brokers, the client has a Main Label licence without technical limitations, they are hosted on a private server, and the TFB team helps set everything up.

You can choose to contact MetaQuotes and get the MT5 licence directly, but that would cost you more than getting it from TFB. Through TFB, you will also get access to other technical solutions, such as a liquidity bridge, and benefits. 

When you’re starting a Main Label, the license of the trading platform is not enough. With the TFB Main Label offer, brokers get an entire package (server, upgrades and maintenance, liquidity bridge, and other solutions) for less and can launch their business almost immediately. 

Proprietary, or prop trading, is a business model where companies (a brokerage, a bank, or a hedge fund) trade their own capital for profit instead of relying on commissions and fees from trading third-party investments. Prop trading firms seek the best traders to help them with that. The way to find those traders is through public challenges, where the prop trading company provides a sandbox platform so that traders can demonstrate their skills without risking real capital. Once the best traders are identified, the company offers for them to join the prop trading firm to trade for a commission from their profits. 

With retail trading, brokers provide a platform, liquidity, and other tools for traders to operate. Traders invest their own money and pay commissions and fees for using the services, such as the liquidity bridge. In prop trading, the firm’s own money is at stake, and traders are in a somewhat safer position as they’re not risking their own investments. However, if they’re unsuccessful, they are not making any profit either. 

There are several ways that prop trading firms can make money. First, they rely on talented traders to bring extra income from the capital invested. Also, prop trading firms can offer their clients entry tickets (one-time fees) to participate in demo challenges and try to become a selected funded trader. 

Plugins and applications for MetaTrader are simple solutions designed to help brokers, hedge funds, or prop trading firms address the niche scenarios that they have. Instead of getting a big bulky solution just for one use case, they get a plugin that will either reduce their risks and deal with issues or further enhance their Forex operations. For instance, there are automation plugins available via the TFB Toolbox that help brokerages spend way less time managing the trading process and help them focus on the larger goals and plans they have for the Forex world. 

The plugins that clients can get from us fall under one of the four main categories: risk management, automation, integration and expansion, and client management. Despite being small and targeted, some of them fall into several categories at once, such as the Swap Changer, which is both automating the process and reducing risks for clients.  

Yes! Of course, you can, and thanks to the TFB Toolbox, you can do it via an incredibly user-friendly and easy-to-navigate interface. Most TFB clients use at least 2-3 plugins simultaneously. 

All plugins and applications are supported like the rest of our product ecosystem. All clients have access to a 24/7, experienced, and knowledgeable support team ready to help with any product-related and even some industry-related questions. In addition to access to our team, clients have a portal with additional educational materials and detailed user guides. Trade Processor liquidity bridge clients can also access an AI assistant. Last, but not least, all TFB clients have an assigned Client Success Manager who is always at their disposal. 

Liquidity aggregation is vital in the trading process and the financial market overall. It helps brokers expand their operations, stay competitive in the market, and retain clients focused on expanding their asset portfolio and making the most profit possible, not necessarily sticking with the same brokerage out of pure loyalty. 

A lot depends on how liquidity aggregation is arranged – getting the best pricing for the client, ensuring the execution is fast and safe, reducing slippages, and keeping the trading process uninterrupted.

Currently, we support the following asset classes: Forex, CFD, and Futures. We’re always working on expanding and enhancing the functionality of the product portfolio for our clients, so stay tuned for more announcements on asset class support.

Aggregation pools are part of the execution chain. They are groups of liquidity providers that you combine based on your current preferences and business model. The aggregation pool defines what liquidity the order is sent to, how the volume can be spread across multiple liquidities, and how the execution results are processed among different Liquidity Providers in the pool. In the Trade Processor liquidity bridge, you will find a separate aggregation pools tab where you can merge and combine different LPs into aggregation pools. 

We’ve developed the FIX API Emulator to help brokers, hedge funds, and prop trading firms do just that. This allows you to move away from alternative bridging solutions to Trade Processor as seamlessly as possible. The FIX API Emulator makes migration faster and eliminates unnecessary steps to avoid confusion, wasted time, and extra costs. It also helps avoid trading downtime, preventing clients from missing out on volumes and profits.

The FIX API platform provides you with all the necessary infrastructure to provide liquidity to other market participants. It enables you to create and manage your clients’ accounts via the Trade Processor bridging system web interface. Your clients can also trade and monitor all their statistics, such as margins, balances, and equity right in their web cabinet.

Our extended FIX API allows you to integrate the Trade Processor with any trading platform of your choice, so you will be able to stream the price feed into your trading platform and route all the trades from your platform to be executed via the Trade Processor system. It’s a rather straightforward process, and the TFB tech team would be happy to assist you with integration to make this process as smooth as possible.

To put it simply, the Trade Processor is a combination of an ultra-fast execution engine, risk management, and liquidity hub that connects brokers, hedge funds, and prop trading firms to liquidity providers. 

It is a powerful liquidity bridge that helps our clients create the best trading conditions and get the best pricing for trader orders. It’s a complex solution that has a wide selection of features that help our clients run their daily business efficiently. The Trade Processor includes risk management and data analytics tools, and it’s also very flexible in terms of settings and configuration.

Trade Processor has several features that help mitigate or eliminate risks. For instance, A/B-book switch allows hedging risks during high volatility periods, and Volume Consolidation automatically minimises net exposure and reduces the financial risks associated with swaps. Real-time monitoring and reports allow timely tracking of both positive and negative trends, giving clients enough time to react. If the primary liquidity provider that the broker chose is unresponsive, the Backup LP feature will automatically switch to a backup provider to ensure a seamless order execution process and no negative effect for the trader. 

The way the Trade Processor is built and installed also plays a role in minimising risks. We follow the industry’s best practices to provide the best availability and performance. Also, a selection of niche plugins and applications target more specific and unique needs and challenges. You can learn more about everything we do to protect clients on our dedicated risk management webpage.

Yes, at the moment, Trade Processor partners with 100+ liquidity providers to ensure clients always have a choice and can find the best pricing regardless of the liquidity situation on the market. We also have a total of 6 different aggregation modes, many of which support aggregation from multiple liquidity providers and they all function in different manners to cover various scenarios. You can read more about aggregation methods with Trade Processor in our blog post

Risk management is important for all businesses, not just brokers, hedge funds, and prop traders. However, the stakes are higher than ever when it comes to investing and trading. So much depends on the accuracy of the technology, and so much data is sent back and forth at an incredible speed that even the slightest delay or error can easily snowball into a catastrophe. If a broker mismanages their trader’s funds, they’ll be liable for financial compensation, suffer through a painful PR crisis, and could even potentially have to terminate operations if the regulator deems it necessary.

A big part of risk management is a timely dedication of resources to it. Too often we get caught up in the hectic pace, leaving it to chance. Unfortunately, after the risk has already happened, there is far less you can do about it compared to being proactive. The best way brokers can protect themselves and manage ongoing risks is by putting systems in place that reduce the threats. For instance, automating manual report generation or swap updates means that brokers get a lot of their time back while ensuring risk-free task execution. Using a liquidity bridge that is flexible enough to adapt to changing environments is a big part of risk management too. 

Trade Processor, for instance, works with multiple trading platforms, supports over 100 liquidity providers, and offers 6 different modes of order aggregation. With so many options in place, even if something goes wrong with the primary scenario, you can easily switch and continue working without a dip in performance.

The liquidity bridge solution serves as a connector, or a bridge, between the hedge fund’s trading environment and liquidity providers. It facilitates quote aggregation and order execution, making sure hedge funds get the best pricing during their trading activities. The high-quality liquidity bridge keeps trading efficient and secure. It prevents delays and errors and helps you maximise profits to stay competitive and attractive to your clients. 

Transparency and flexibility are the two crucial factors that have always been a priority for us. We believe that hedge funds must have access to what’s going on inside the bridge and should be able to change it and reconfigure the settings to match their best interests.   

We offer 24/7 technical support with a highly knowledgeable and experienced team. Any how-to queries or issues are dealt with in a timely manner. Should you want to explore the possibilities of Trade Processor on your own, an AI-powered chatbot is at your disposal.

Please note that the AI chatbot is still learning, so please double-check high-priority settings with the TFB tech team before applying changes.

You can request a demo and a quote right now, by emailing sales@t4b.com. Our onboarding process takes several days, depending on the client’s team availability. If you’re currently using a different liquidity bridge, we are able to assist with migration. All TFB clients have access to a client portal for additional materials, a structured ticketing system, and a detailed user guide. 

Yes, Forex brokers can enjoy all the benefits of the TFB ecosystem and enhance their operations. All our solutions are suitable for Forex brokers, just like they work for retail brokerages and hedge funds. Also, we offer unique features for Forex operations, such as synthetic symbols that allow brokers to create currency pairs that are not widely offered on the market, and, therefore, stand out from the competition.

Flexibility is one of the core goals for TFB when it comes to product development. We believe that all our clients deserve to have access to the settings and configuration, be able to influence the execution setup to get the best pricing for their traders, and should understand how the system works. If you’d like to learn more, email us at sales@t4b.com to request a trial and see for yourself, or ask our team any questions about the solutions.

Sure, our team is happy to help you through the initial platform installation and configuration, and we offer solutions for migration from other systems, too. There is also a special TFB Service for our clients designed to address any needs beyond the standard 24/7 technical support we provide. 

PAMM, or Percentage Allocation Management Module, is a classic money management solution. It’s used by Investors who select experienced Money Managers to entrust their funds to. Money Managers have a proven success track record that Investors can view in the MM leaderboard, helping them decide which Money Manager to partner with before their funds are committed. 

Money Managers can also invest in TFB PAMM and trade using their private funds along with the Investor account for a small percentage of the gains. The remaining profit or loss is distributed among Investors based on the percentage of each investment.

Both PAMM and Copy Trading solutions allow Investors to follow more experienced traders, yet they are quite different from each other. With a percentage allocation money management system (PAMM), brokers get a comprehensive investment management system with many functions, including reports, risk management tools, intel on trading, an admin portal for daily system management, dashboards, and so much more. 

A Copy Trading solution is usually just a plugin or application with one purpose – to automate the copying of someone else’s trading. Also, with copy trading, Investors do the trading themselves, as well as money management, whereas with TFB PAMM, an MM does all trading and oversight for them. 

The TFB PAMM system can be used as a stepping stone for setting up a hedge fund running on MetaTrader, but they still need to get a trading platform to build up the environment and start operations. 

If you are looking to launch or enhance your hedge fund, we have a Trade Processor liquidity gateway system to connect your trading platforms with multiple liquidity providers under private aggregation pools. Our hedge fund packages include direct access to liquidity providers, access to detailed trading and execution reports for analysis, complete documentation, flexible settings, and easy integrations via FIX connections.  

Currently, MetaTrader does not offer MT4 or MT5 White Label solutions for brokers. However, we have a new MT5 Main Label offer that is the perfect fit if you’re looking to provide trading services based on an MT5 platform. We also partner with the cTrader platform. Additional trading platforms will be announced soon.

Officially, MetaQuotes is no longer selling MT4 licences, and they’ve also limited the support that is provided for the MT4 platform. Running a business on MT4 involves additional risks, as your company will not be able to get the vendor’s support or advice. MT4 is a popular platform with a large community, but MetaTrader 5 is the new generation and offers unmatched benefits. Plus, you get access to the latest technology that’s not available for MT4.   

There is a significant difference between a regular MT4/MT5 White Label and the MT5 Main Label solution by TFB. The regular White Label offering has many technical limitations for new brokers and the trading process, such as a limited platform licence, a shared server, and a lack of admin rights.

With TFB’s MetaTrader 5 Main Label offer for brokers, the client has a Main Label licence without technical limitations, they are hosted on a private server, and the TFB team helps set everything up.

You can choose to contact MetaQuotes and get the MT5 licence directly, but that would cost you more than getting it from TFB. Through TFB, you will also get access to other technical solutions, such as a liquidity bridge, and benefits. 

When you’re starting a Main Label, the license of the trading platform is not enough. With the TFB Main Label offer, brokers get an entire package (server, upgrades and maintenance, liquidity bridge, and other solutions) for less and can launch their business almost immediately. 

Proprietary, or prop trading, is a business model where companies (a brokerage, a bank, or a hedge fund) trade their own capital for profit instead of relying on commissions and fees from trading third-party investments. Prop trading firms seek the best traders to help them with that. The way to find those traders is through public challenges, where the prop trading company provides a sandbox platform so that traders can demonstrate their skills without risking real capital. Once the best traders are identified, the company offers for them to join the prop trading firm to trade for a commission from their profits. 

With retail trading, brokers provide a platform, liquidity, and other tools for traders to operate. Traders invest their own money and pay commissions and fees for using the services, such as the liquidity bridge. In prop trading, the firm’s own money is at stake, and traders are in a somewhat safer position as they’re not risking their own investments. However, if they’re unsuccessful, they are not making any profit either. 

There are several ways that prop trading firms can make money. First, they rely on talented traders to bring extra income from the capital invested. Also, prop trading firms can offer their clients entry tickets (one-time fees) to participate in demo challenges and try to become a selected funded trader. 

Plugins and applications for MetaTrader are simple solutions designed to help brokers, hedge funds, or prop trading firms address the niche scenarios that they have. Instead of getting a big bulky solution just for one use case, they get a plugin that will either reduce their risks and deal with issues or further enhance their Forex operations. For instance, there are automation plugins available via the TFB Toolbox that help brokerages spend way less time managing the trading process and help them focus on the larger goals and plans they have for the Forex world. 

The plugins that clients can get from us fall under one of the four main categories: risk management, automation, integration and expansion, and client management. Despite being small and targeted, some of them fall into several categories at once, such as the Swap Changer, which is both automating the process and reducing risks for clients.  

Yes! Of course, you can, and thanks to the TFB Toolbox, you can do it via an incredibly user-friendly and easy-to-navigate interface. Most TFB clients use at least 2-3 plugins simultaneously. 

All plugins and applications are supported like the rest of our product ecosystem. All clients have access to a 24/7, experienced, and knowledgeable support team ready to help with any product-related and even some industry-related questions. In addition to access to our team, clients have a portal with additional educational materials and detailed user guides. Trade Processor liquidity bridge clients can also access an AI assistant. Last, but not least, all TFB clients have an assigned Client Success Manager who is always at their disposal. 

Liquidity aggregation is vital in the trading process and the financial market overall. It helps brokers expand their operations, stay competitive in the market, and retain clients focused on expanding their asset portfolio and making the most profit possible, not necessarily sticking with the same brokerage out of pure loyalty. 

A lot depends on how liquidity aggregation is arranged – getting the best pricing for the client, ensuring the execution is fast and safe, reducing slippages, and keeping the trading process uninterrupted.

Currently, we support the following asset classes: Forex, CFD, and Futures. We’re always working on expanding and enhancing the functionality of the product portfolio for our clients, so stay tuned for more announcements on asset class support.

Aggregation pools are part of the execution chain. They are groups of liquidity providers that you combine based on your current preferences and business model. The aggregation pool defines what liquidity the order is sent to, how the volume can be spread across multiple liquidities, and how the execution results are processed among different Liquidity Providers in the pool. In the Trade Processor liquidity bridge, you will find a separate aggregation pools tab where you can merge and combine different LPs into aggregation pools. 

We’ve developed the FIX API Emulator to help brokers, hedge funds, and prop trading firms do just that. This allows you to move away from alternative bridging solutions to Trade Processor as seamlessly as possible. The FIX API Emulator makes migration faster and eliminates unnecessary steps to avoid confusion, wasted time, and extra costs. It also helps avoid trading downtime, preventing clients from missing out on volumes and profits.

The FIX API platform provides you with all the necessary infrastructure to provide liquidity to other market participants. It enables you to create and manage your clients’ accounts via the Trade Processor bridging system web interface. Your clients can also trade and monitor all their statistics, such as margins, balances, and equity right in their web cabinet.

Our extended FIX API allows you to integrate the Trade Processor with any trading platform of your choice, so you will be able to stream the price feed into your trading platform and route all the trades from your platform to be executed via the Trade Processor system. It’s a rather straightforward process, and the TFB tech team would be happy to assist you with integration to make this process as smooth as possible.

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