The settlement process in capital markets is evolving towards a T+1 industry regulation, requiring real-time systems to manage increased trade volume and volatility. Confluent's data streaming platform enables financial institutions to create more effective settlement pipelines by providing a distributed asynchronous ecosystem, allowing for seamless integration and synchronization of disparate applications and systems. With the increasing pressure to settle trades faster, batch processing may not be able to meet future requirements, and Confluent's features such as Apache Kafka service powered by Kora provide 30x faster elasticity, 10x more reliability, and a 99.99% uptime SLA. The platform also enables building richer real-time data products, automating trade enrichment, and providing role-based access control to ensure the quality of the information received. By adopting Confluent's stream processing capabilities, financial institutions can unlock significant benefits around counterparty risk, improved liquidity, and lower capital requirements, ultimately driving an increased need for real-time systems and more efficient trade operations.