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HKMA Announces Participants For Stablecoin Issuer Sandbox

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is formulating a regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong, recogni...

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Hong Kong To Implement Comprehensive Stablecoin Regulation

The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have released the con... Read more

Hong Kong SFC Identifies Seven Unauthorised Crypto Exchanges

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has added seven crypto exchanges to its Alert List for conducting... Read more

HashKey Global Announces UXLINK Launch On HashKey Launchpool

HashKey Global, a globally licensed digital asset exchange, will launch UXLINK (UXLINK) on its HashKey Launchpool on 15... Read more

Everything You Need To Know About Visas E-HKD Pilot With HKMA

Last year, Visa collaborated with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank to pilot tokenisation projects as part of the Hong Kong Monet... Read more

HKMC Appoints Colin Pou Hak Wan As New Chief Executive Officer

The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC) has announced the appointment of Colin Pou Hak Wan as Chief Executive... Read more

ZA Bank Targets Salary Account Segment With New “Salary+” Campaign

ZA Bank has introduced its new payroll offer, “Salary+,” effective 1 August 2024. Users receiving their monthly sal... Read more

WeBank Chooses Hong Kong For Its Technology Company Headquarters

The Hong Kong government announced that WeBank, a digital bank based in Shenzhen, has set up its technology company hea... Read more

Permanent Fee Waiver For Over 46,000 MSMEs Via Octopus App

Octopus has announced a permanent waiver of service fees for over 46,000 micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MS... Read more

HKMA Encourages Financial Institutions To Join Fintech Sandbox And Open API Framework Linkage

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Insurance Authority (IA) recently co-hosted the Insurtech Seminar: Unlo... Read more

SFC To Launch E-IP System For Streamlined Investment Product Applications

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will launch an online application and submission system named e-IP for inve... Read more

Meet The 16 New Entrants To KPMGs China Fintech 50

KPMG has released its annual selection of China’s leading fintech companies, showcasing the top 100 companies that ar... Read more

OSL Partners Dominate 88% Of Trading In Hong Kongs Spot Digital Asset ETFs

The Hong Kong ETF market has shown significant growth since its launch in April 2024, with substantial trading volumes ... Read more

HKMA Fines DBS Hong Kong HK$10M For Money Laundering Offences

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has concluded an investigation and imposed a HK$10 million penalty on DBS Bank ... Read more

Japans Fintech Adoption Lags Behind Its Neighbours

In Japan, the adoption of fintech has been slow compared to regional peers, despite recent advancements in digital paym... Read more