GMT Online is a trusted leader in international money transfers, providing fast and secure services for a security-sensitive customer base.  

As demand grew, they needed an AWS environment that could scale and meet strict financial regulations. By modernizing their infrastructure GMT accelerated delivery and ensured compliance without slowing innovation. 

Date: June 23, 2025 

The Challenge  

GMT’s AWS environment was built on an earlier generation of infrastructure that had served them well but wasn’t optimized for their next stage of growth. 

Technical constraints: 

• Applications ran on EC2 with manual configurations and no auto scaling. 

• Deployments were managed without automation or Infrastructure as Code. 

• Security controls followed older patterns, making it harder to align with evolving AWS best practices. 

From a business perspective, these constraints meant longer time-to-market for new features, higher operational overhead, and less flexibility to adapt to new market opportunities. 

What GMT Needed 

• Scalable Architecture – Seamless onboarding of new services without downtime. 

• Regulatory Compliance – Enforce AWS security best practices across the stack. 

• Deployment Automation – Reduce human error and speed up releases. 

• Operational Resilience – Ensure configuration consistency and recoverability. 

The Technical Stack 

1️⃣ Amazon ECS + ALB – Scalable, secure container orchestration. 
2️⃣ Terraform IaC – Map-of-maps module for flexible service management. 
3️⃣ Bitbucket CI/CD – Secure, automated delivery pipeline. 
4️⃣ Docker Multi-Stage Builds – Optimized, lightweight service images. 

The Results 

✔ Faster Service Launches – Automated deployments cut release times from days to minutes, helping bring new features to market sooner. 
✔ Scalable Growth – Containerized services and Infrastructure as Code allow the team to expand capacity or add new services without rework. 
✔ Regulatory Confidence – Security controls and governance aligned with financial compliance standards, reducing audit preparation time. 
✔ Lower Operational Load – Less manual configuration and fewer repetitive tasks free engineers to focus on product improvements. 
✔ Higher Reliability – Version-controlled infrastructure reduces downtime risk and improves customer experience. 

Why It Matters 

“International money transfers leave no room for downtime or security gaps. With our new AWS setup, we can roll out updates in hours instead of day, and know that every change meets the security and compliance standards our industry demands.” 

Looking Ahead 

With a secure, automated, and scalable AWS foundation in place, GMT can focus on expanding its services, entering new markets, and continuing to deliver the high level of service their customers already expect. All without being slowed down by infrastructure bottlenecks or operational overhead.