Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong’s de facto central bank and currency board, has released the open application programming interface (API) Framework for the country's banking sector. The ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Banking Sector to Get a Blockchain Platform by September
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the region’s currency board and central bank, is set to launch a live blockchain-based trading platform in September. The banking project is backed by HSBC, Bank of C... ( read original story ...)
Jim Rogers-backed ITF to miss August deadline for virtual bank licence in Hong Kong
ITF, a fintech company backed by US veteran investor Jim Rogers, plans to apply for a virtual bank licence in Hong Kong, but will not rush to meet the first application deadline on August 31. The fint... ( read original story ...)
Allahabad Bank proposes to close its Hong Kong branch
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) State-run lender Allahabad Bank on Friday said it proposes to close its branch in Hong Kong as a part of rationalisation of overseas operations. Incidentally, the Hong Kong Mon... ( read original story ...)
Allahabad Bank to close lone foreign branch in Hong Kong
State-owned Allahabad Bank today said it proposes to close its only foreign branch in Hong Kong as part of rationalisation of its overseas operations. State-owned Allahabad Bank today said it proposes ... ( read original story ...)
Allahabad Bank to close its foreign branch in Hong Kong
NEW DELHI: State-owned Allahabad Bank on Friday said it proposes to close its only foreign branch in Hong Kong as part of rationalisation of its overseas operations. In compliance with the government' ... ( read original story ...)
Bank staffer jailed 21 months for HK$1m theft
A former Bank of Communications staffer who pleaded guilty to a count of fraud at the District Court today has been sentenced to 21 months of imprisonment. Wong Wai-po, 29, was accused of stealing 200... ( read original story ...)
Is Hong Kong racist? Prejudice against ethnic minorities, especially Africans, undermines city’s claim to be truly international
Lok is president of the Hong Kong African Association which she hopes will be allowed to convert an abandoned school in their village into an activity centre. Despite approval by the Town Planning Boa... ( read original story ...)
Business as usual for Gaucho Hong Kong despite collapse of steakhouse chain in UK
The collapse in the United Kingdom of the Argentinian steakhouse chain Gaucho and its sister chain Cau will not affect Hong Kong’s Gaucho Hong Kong eatery at LHT Tower, in the heart of Central, and a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s asset and wealth management business reached $24,270 billion in 2017
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released the findings of its annual Asset and Wealth Management Activities Survey, previously known as the Fund Management Activities Survey, ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese buyer rewrites Hong Kong record books with US$755 million for Shouson Hill luxury site
Chinese companies’ appetite for Hong Kong property shows no signs of abating, with a luxury development near Deep Water Bay selling for a record HK$5.93 billion (US$755.4 million), the largest single ... ( read original story ...)
Keep Hong Kong housing for Hong Kong people, and prices will fall
I have two suggestions. One, bar mainland citizens or any other non-residents from investing in Hong Kong’s residential property. Some Western governments, as well as authorities in mainland China, ha... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s youth need to realise that a land of opportunity awaits across the border
Skyrocketing property prices, a narrowing industry structure and, most critically, the lack of upward social mobility, make young people increasingly disillusioned about the future. Some politicians a... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong seeks bigger role in BRI
Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway corporation treasurer David ... emissions are less than other forms of transportation,” he said. “We are a greening business. And whatever finance we raise, we should ... ( read original story ...)