Real - Time Monitoring and Alerting Systems for Fintech

Ankur Mahida

Abstract: Real - time monitoring and alerting systems have become indispensable in the fintech industry, where time - sensitive data and transactions are critical for ensuring system availability, performance, security, and compliance. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the essential components, challenges, and best practices for implementing effective real - time monitoring and alerting systems in the FinTech domain. It explores various monitoring aspects, including application performance, infrastructure health, security threats, transaction tracking, and regulatory compliance. Additionally, it delves into alerting mechanisms, data collection, and processing techniques and integrates these systems with existing tools and workflows. The review also highlights real - world use cases, such as fraud detection, trading monitoring, and compliance monitoring for anti - money laundering and know - your - customer regulations. Furthermore, it discusses future trends and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, containerization, blockchain, and edge computing, shaping the evolution of real - time monitoring and alerting systems.

Keywords: Real - time monitoring, alerting systems, fintech, application performance monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, security monitoring