Category: BUSINESS

Hong Kong’s taxi drivers have frequently faced criticism for their refusal to move with the times and fully embrace electronic payments as an alternative to cash. That has not stopped some of the biggest players in the mobile payments game trying to ... ( read original story ...)

... the identity of a suspected jaywalker in Hong Kong who died after being knocked down by a taxi in the heart of Hong Kong’s business district before dawn on Wednesday. After the road fatality, police arrested the taxi driver on suspicion of dangerous ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.S) said on Thursday it has received regulatory approval to launch its wealth management business in the Philippines, allowing the Swiss bank to tap the growing onshore wealth in the Southeast Asian country. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore (joint third), and Seoul (joint third) are now the most expensive Asian locations for business travel, revealed ECA International’s Daily Rates research. Updated annually, ECA’s Daily Rates reports provide average costs for ... ( read original story ...)

Business executives drive them ... Outrageously high prices aren’t an oddity in Hong Kong. Asia’s financial capital regularly appears on lists of the world’s most expensive cities, and property prices are the world’s most unaffordable relative ... ( read original story ...)

This flight was scheduled to arrive at Hong Kong International Airport at 6:10 a.m. and leave LAX at 11:20 p.m. on a Saturday, a time when the Tom Bradley International Terminal is relatively and appreciatively un-crowded. The business class line for the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong (US$508) is the most expensive location for business travellers, overtaking Tokyo (US$501) which dropped to second in the rankings. Meanwhile, the cheapest region for international business travel continues to be Malaysia, with Kuala Lumpur and ... ( read original story ...)

MANILA – A high-level investment delegation from Hong Kong and Shanghai is scheduled to visit the Philippines on April 22 - 24 to present and discuss new business opportunities, in tune with the growing intra-regional cooperation in Asia. The mission ... ( read original story ...)

Prenetics, a Hong Kong-based startup that offers genetic testing services for patients, is expanding outside of Asia and into the consumer space after it acquired London-based company DNAFit. The deal — which a source told TechCrunch is worth $10 million ... ( read original story ...)

Gene testing company Prenetics has acquired UK-based DNAFit to expand its global footprint and extend its reach in the consumer market. Prenetics, which partners with insurers to provide genetic profiling to help people tailor their diets, do family ... ( read original story ...)

Grail Inc., the cancer-detection startup backed by the world’s two richest men, is seeking to raise about $1 billion to boost growth ahead of its planned initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter. Charlotte Arnold ... ( read original story ...)

By acquiring ALL IN’s corporate customers, we are able to expand our scale to enhance efficiency.” The Hong Kong startup entered the Taiwan market in 2016 a year after its launch a year earlier. The Taiwan unit of Boxful now operates in four northern ... ( read original story ...)

The 2.3 favourite will go down in the records as Purton’s 800th Hong Kong win. “I’m happy with that – it’s a nice number to get to. Now everyone can start talking about something else!” Purton quipped after becoming only the fourth rider in ... ( read original story ...)

naked Hub has appointed Golin Hong Kong as its 2018 communications partner. The agency will support the business across corporate and consumer media relations and community events, as well as developing partnerships for both naked Hub@Bonham Strand and ... ( read original story ...)