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Hong Kong Fund Industry May Double With Tokenised Finance And 24/7 Trading Access

Hong Kong could potentially double the size of its fund industry by moving from legacy infrastructure to token-based fi...

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HKMA Alerts Public To Scam Website And Login Screens Posing As Official Site

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued a public alert regarding a fraudulent website and online login scree... Read more

Hong Kong Fintech Promotion Blueprint Indicates 4 Incoming Flagship Projects

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released the Hong Kong Fintech Promotion Blueprint on 3 February 2025, which sh... Read more

Visa To Enable Cross-Border Payments To 95% Of UnionPay Cardholders In China

At Web Summit Qatar, Visa and UnionPay International (UPI) announced an agreement to enable cross-border money transfer... Read more

HKMA Launches Fintech Blueprint With AI, DLT, Quantum And Cybersecurity Focus

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) published a Fintech Promotion Blueprint to support responsible innovation and f... Read more

How Gaming Giants Are Redefining The Experience Of Paying

Gaming isn’t just a hobby; it’s a global infrastructure challenge. In this episode Vincent Fong (Chief Editor, Fint... Read more

Rosita Lee Retires As Hang Seng Investment CEO, William Wong Appointed Successor

Hang Seng Investment has announced the retirement of Rosita Lee as Chief Executive Officer, effective 30 January, follo... Read more

Wealth Advisory Moves Toward Fee-Based Models As AI Increases Client Transparency

AI has made market data, product information and portfolio insights widely accessible, increasing transparency and rais... Read more

3 Banking Trends Rewiring Hong Kongs Financial Landscape In 2026

For years, much of Hong Kong’s banking transformation agenda sat on tokenisation pilots, AI roadmaps, and cybersecuri... Read more

South Korea Turns To AI To Monitor Online-Driven Stock Manipulation

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) said the Korea Exchange (KRX) will begin operating an AI-driven mar... Read more

OSL Group Raises US$200M To Expand Stablecoin And Payment Operations

OSL Group announced an equity financing of US$200 million (approximately HK$1.56 billion). The company intends to use t... Read more

Hong Kong Clinics Introduce Palm Verification For Contactless Check-In

Tencent and Bupa Hong Kong have introduced a palm verification check-in service across 20 Bupa clinics, including flags... Read more

19th Asian Financial Forum Concludes In Hong Kong With 800+ Investment Meetings

The 19th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) concluded on 27 January after two days of discussions and knowledge sharing. Over ... Read more

Hong Kongs HK$62B Wealth Fund Turns To Fintech, Aerospace And AI For Growth

The Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) is considering investments in fintech, aerospace and AI, as geopolitical sh... Read more

OSL Pay Integrates StraitsX Infrastructure To Enable USD Access

OSL Pay is embedding USD access into its platform through an infrastructure integration with StraitsX. The payments arm... Read more