The company was founded in 1988 by Jignesh Shah and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

[9][10] It offers technology-based intellectual property to create and trade on financial markets.

[12] FTIL has divested of its domestic and international ventures.

[20] In October, 2010, Financial Technologies (India) launched Global Board Of Trade (GBOT), an international multi–asset exchange in Mauritius.

[21] In February 2011, Financial Technologies launched Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX), the first multi–asset exchange in the Middle East and North Africa.