The 15 international financial institutions are: ABN AMRO Bank; AIG Insurance Hong Kong; Australia and New Zealand Banking Group; The Bank of New York Mellon; BlackRock Asset Management North Asia; Credit Suisse; Goldman Sachs; Morgan Stanley; Nomura ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Gov’t Report Says Bitcoin Poses ‘Medium-Low’ Risk In Financial Crime
The Hong Kong Financial Services and Treasury (FSTB) released a report yesterday, April 30, on the status of money laundering (ML) and terrorism financing (TF). The report concluded that virtual currencies (VC), like Bitcoin (BTC), are not particularly ... ( read original story ...)
These MBAs just launched an urban farming startup in Hong Kong
A team of five recent MBA graduates from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have just launched Farmacy HK, a smart city, urban farming concept based on cutting-edge hydroponic technology. The first concept city farm opened in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay in ... ( read original story ...)
FinTech: This HKU MBA Is Leading Chinese Mobile Payments Startup QFPay’s Global Expansion
Now, after completing a full-time MBA at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), he’s joined groundbreaking mobile payments startup QFPay as an equity investor, driving the fintech firm’s global expansion. QFPay serves over one million merchants in China ... ( read original story ...)
Lack of innovation and incentives holding back Hong Kong from becoming a smart city
But proptech start-ups would also profit off the prohibitively expensive housing in Hong Kong. “An affordability crisis in housing and office markets would reinforce the growth of co-living and co-working spaces in Hong Kong,” the report said. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Sevens and Commonwealth Games fixture farce may just have won Fiji the World Series
They lost in the gold medal match of the Commonwealth Games but a tournament that Ben Ryan says is decreasing in relevance may just have won Fiji the HSBC Sevens World Series ... including a dominant victory in Hong Kong – and have all the momentum ... ( read original story ...)
The secret burden of mental illness in Hong Kong
Grant and Parker decided on a fresh start and moved to Hong Kong in January 2017. They wanted to embark on a new adventure and maybe "leave some of what he was feeling behind," Parker said. But it "wasn't really a great tactic," she said. 'Black waves ... ( read original story ...)