Multi-Region Kafka for Global Financial Services
A global investment bank running trading operations across London, New York, Singapore, and Tokyo needs a messaging infrastructure that treats each region as both an independent operational domain and a participant in a global data mesh. Kafka geo-replication across financial data centres requires solving challenges that most Kafka documentation does not address. We have deployed Kafka across multi-region architectures for tier-one banks. Here is what we learned about keeping trades flowing between London and Singapore while satisfying data residency requirements in each jurisdiction. ...