Hong Kong
Hong Kong's ZA Bank can now offer investment services
The license will allow the bank to offer investment services.
Hong Kong's ZA Bank can now offer investment services
The license will allow the bank to offer investment services.
Bank of China Hong Kong poised to benefit from GBA: analyst
A possible rate hike in March will also positively affect the bank.
Hong Kong’s livi bank doubles customer base to 200,000 by end-2021
Its buy now, pay later service has received over 60,000 applications.
VP Bank appoints Chris Chee as Chief Risk Officer for Asian operations
He has held leadership positions in RBC Singapore, ANZ, UBS, and DBS.
HSBC grants HK$1b green loan to Chinachem Group
The group plans to cut in half its carbon emissions by 2030.
Standard Chartered completes first trade loan referencing USD SOFR in Hong Kong
The trade loan was for Qatar National Bank.
Goldman Sachs, Amazon launch suite of cloud-based data and analytics solutions
Institutional clients may accelerate time-to-market financial applications.
How Hong Kong’s livi bank aims to make banking more rewarding
They are amongst the first bank in the city to roll-out buy now, pay later services.
Henderson Land secures HK$2.5b green loan from Bank of China Hong Kong
The loan is unsecured and has a tenure of three years.
HKSTP unveils R&D environment for testing fintech innovations
Banks and tech firms can use Fintech Virtual Lab to build and test innovations.
HSBC invests $2b to be a ‘digital first’ bank
Part of that investment means partnering with more fintechs to create digital banking products.
Hong Kong mulls launching own digital currency: financial secretary
This is part of HKMA's initiative to 'push all banks to go fintech'.
DBS Hong Kong, China’s PSBC to offer services under Wealth Management Connect
PSBC is one of the largest state-owned banks in China.
Standard Chartered Hong Kong launch WMC services
Clients can now purchase SC Hong Kong’s wealth management products.
Citi Hong Kong, CGB team up to offer wealth services under Wealth Management Connect
Citi plans to offer around 100 types of wealth products from the mainland.
Nearly 2 in 5 HK adults will have virtual bank accounts by 2026
A total of 2,051,387 adults is projected to be virtual bank owners in five years.
UOB, ADDX digitise S$50m of Sembcorp’s sustainability-linked bond
They made use of blockchain and smart contact technology to achieve this.