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Hong Kong Banks Urged To Upgrade Defenses For AI-Driven Cyberattacks

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has reminded authorised institutions to review their cyber defenses against fro... Read more

Manulife And Alibaba Cloud To Establish AI Hub For Insurance In Hong Kong

Manulife has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to establish a joint AI hub in Hong Kong. The collaboration will focus on dev... Read more

RedotPay Connect Enables Merchants To Accept Stablecoins And Settle In Fiat

RedotPay has launched its first B2B product, RedotPay Connect, allowing enterprise merchants to accept stablecoin payme... Read more

HKMA Shares Strategic Priorities For 2026, Outlining Fintech, Infrastructure Modernization Efforts

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has released its annual report, reviewing trends and key events in monetary and... Read more

Hong Kong Records Highest Fraud Loss In Asia Despite Declining Fraudulent Activity

Despite recording low and decreasing fraud rates, Hong Kong is experiencing disproportionately high digital fraud losse... Read more

OCBC Hong Kong Names New Wholesale Banking Head And Chief Risk Officer

OCBC Hong Kong has appointed Angus Tsang as its new Head of Wholesale Banking and Stanley Sze-To as Chief Risk Officer,... Read more

InvestHK Launches Global Fast Track 2026 With 8 Verticals And New Features

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) announced that applications are now open for the ninth edition of the Global Fast Track (GF... Read more

Futu Reports HK$5.9B Q1 2026 Revenue Amid China Regulator Fine, Web3 Push

Futu has reported a 25% year-on-year increase in total revenues to HK$5.90 billion for the first quarter of 2026, along... Read more

TransUnion Names Avishek Ghosh As Chief Data And Analytics Officer For APAC

TransUnion has appointed Avishek Ghosh as its Chief Data and Analytics Officer for APAC. Based in Hong Kong, Ghosh will... Read more

Standard Chartered Introduces Institutional Crypto Custody In Hong Kong

Standard Chartered has entered into an institutional custody arrangement with fintech firm SOLOWIN HOLDINGS (AXG), mark... Read more

HKMA Calls On Banks To Offer Basic Banking Access To Higher-Risk Customers

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued new guidelines urging authorised institutions to offer basic banking... Read more

Tencent Enables US PayPal Users To Scan Weixin Pay QR Codes In China

Tencent is allowing US-based PayPal users to complete transactions in China by scanning Weixin Pay QR codes, part of a ... Read more

Hong Kongs New Virtual Asset Rules: What You Need To Know

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have issued comprehensive updat... Read more

7 Trends In Hong Kongs Insurance Industry, According To Adyen

Fast payouts and seamless digital experiences have emerged as key requirements for insurance customers in Hong Kong. At... Read more

Alipay Rolls Out AI Wallet And Token Pay For Agentic Payments

Alipay has introduced its full-stack AI payment infrastructure to corporate partners and merchants, debuting two servic... Read more