About 2 in 3 of the markets studied– 41 markets out of 63– saw a rise in withdrawals. This may be due to rising cost of living and cash being seen as “the most reliably accepted payment method,” the ...
CBDCs: Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Introduces Phase 2 of e -HKD Pilot
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA ... An enhanced e-HKD sandbox, “leveraged on the wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) sandbox to be built under Project Ensemble, will support Phase 2 ...
Hong Kong privacy watchdog probes data breach at prominent sports club involving loss of about 70,000 members’ personal information
including 324,232 Hong Kong account holders, was for sale on the dark web. In September, the city tech-hub Cyberport was blackmailed by a ransomware group that hacked its system and purportedly stole ...
Hong Kong Faces Property Problems: All Very Much Of Beijing’s Making
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Alibaba Puts New Leader in Charge of Freshippo With IPO in Limbo
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ZA Bank has detected HK$4b of suspicious financial activities
Its real-time fraud monitoring system screens 100,000 transactions per day. ZA Bank says that it has boosted its risk control performance by 400% since launching in 2020. In a press announcement, the ...
EMPF Platform: Hong Kong to migrate smallest pension firms first, with giants like HSBC to bring up the rear by end-2025, regulator says
YF Life Trustees, the smallest of Hong Kong’s MPF providers, will be the first to migrate to the soon-to-be-launched eMPF Platform, while HSBC, the largest provider, will be the last, according to the ...
Global Impact: Hong Kong’s stock market eyes light at the end of the tunnel after 3 years in the doldrums
The policies will be a boon for central bank digital currencies such as Hong Kong’s e-HKD and the mainland’s e-CNY, as they get the go-ahead for simultaneous trials Another new policy known as ...
Why Australians should care about Hong Kong’s security crackdown
Hong Kong has adopted China’s definitions of national security risks, calling into question its status as safe gateway to China for Australians.
Hong Kong stocks rise ahead of Fed and BOJ decisions
Hong Kong stocks opened higher on Monday with investors' eyes on key policy decisions this week from the US Fed and the Bank of Japan. The Hang Seng Index added 0.13 percent, or 21.05 points, to ...
Inaugural HSBC Global Investment Summit in Apr Expected to Entice 2,000+ Elites to Join Dialogue
The inaugural HSBC Global Investment Summit, taking place on 8-10 April 2024 in Hong Kong, on the heels of Cathay/ HSBC Hong Kong Rugby Sevens Tournament on 5-7 April 2024, is expe... The inaugural ...
HKEX CEO Dispels Remark that HK Is ‘IFC Ruins’, Citing 30%+ IPO Application Hike YTD
CEO Bonnie Chan, who took up her new post early this month, dispelled claims that Hong Kong is "the ruins of an international financial center (IFC)". She... HKEX (00388.HK) -3.600 (-1.452%) Short ...
Finance stocks rally despite ELS woes
"We posit that the surge in financial stocks has been driven by expectations of a resolution in the Hong Kong-linked ELS situation and anticipations regarding shareholder return policies," remarked ...
Hong Kong family offices turn attention to India, following global trend towards ‘prime destination for investment’
Analysts consider India a promising growth story, with significant economic expansion and an influx of capital into equities and fixed income.