Shinhan Investment overhauling MTS widget service for faster investment access

Shinhan Investment announced Monday that it has fully overhauled the widget service on its mobile trading system (MTS), Shinhan SOL Securities, allowing customers to check frequently used investment information more quickly and easily from their smartphone home screens.

The revamp introduces five new widget types: an exchange rate and index widget, a combined index and share widget, a news widget, a watchlist widget and a quick menu widget.

The "major indexes and exchange rates" widget lets users monitor domestic and overseas market movements in real time, while the "news" widget provides rapid access to market developments and investment information.

The "watchlist" widget has been upgraded from KRX market prices to integrated market prices, broadening the range of investment opportunities users can explore. Stock names are now displayed in full without truncation, and Android users can scroll within the widget to view more shares at a glance.

A new "quick menu" widget gives customers fast access to frequently used functions. Users can launch common MTS features — including share orders, watchlist lookups and account balance checks — directly from their smartphone home screen.

The widgets also support dark mode, switching automatically to reduce eye strain and improve visibility.

"We have completely revamped the widgets so customers can access the investment information they need as quickly as possible in a highly volatile market," a Shinhan Investment official said. "We will continue to make customers' digital investment experience faster and more convenient."

Shinhan Financial Group last month also launched SOL LINK, an integrated bank-and-brokerage account that lets customers conduct banking transactions and trade shares from a single account. Funds held in a bank account can be used immediately for share trading without the need to open a separate brokerage account or transfer money.