Tag: banking

The provisions at HSBC, Hang Seng Bank, Standard Chartered and Bank of East Asia, revealed during results announcements over the past two weeks, hint at the impact the developers’ credit crunch has ... ( read original story ...)

A question of confidence Peter Burnett, a senior managing director at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong, was bullish over the city’s prospects as both a finance and dispute resolution capital. He ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) notes that they have made enhancements to the SME Financing Guarantee Scheme. ( read original story ...)

Advice from netizens had one common point: ‘don’t go to public hospitals even if your children become very ill’. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong health authorities on Sunday reported a record 26,026 daily COVID-19 infections, as an outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant overwhelms healthcare facilities and proves ... ( read original story ...)

Financial Secretary Paul Chan's appeal comes one day after city's leader asks developers to relieve rental 'burden' placed on tenants Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Chan highlight example of Swire ... ( read original story ...)

Judging from the content of the 2022-23 budget speech delivered by the Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan on February 23, the Hong Kong government not only maintains the principle of financial ... ( read original story ...)

Annie left Hong Kong to spend Christmas with her family in Britain and never went back. With flights from the UK banned in early 2020, the finance executive who lived in the territory for almost four ... ( read original story ...)

Twelve Hong Kong banks, including note-issuing lenders HSBC, Standard Chartered and Bank of China (Hong Kong), will suspend all banking services on Saturdays starting this week and the next until ... ( read original story ...)

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says authorities will offer small commercial property owners three months’ worth of rent on their tenants’ behalf, of up to HK$100,000. ( read original story ...)

Eleven Hong Kong banks, including note-issuing lenders HSBC, Standard Chartered and Bank of China (Hong Kong), will suspend all banking services on Saturdays starting this week and the next until ... ( read original story ...)

One construction worker and his wife camped on rooftop of their tenement building out of fear they would infect six other loved ones living in 200 sq ft unit ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong property developer New World Development (NWD) said lower rent income following a government plan allowing small firms to defer payments for up to six months will be offset by strong revenue ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of America’s co-head of global capital markets in Asia-Pacific is leaving Hong Kong after less than two years as harsh pandemic restrictions prompt an exodus of ... ( read original story ...)