Tag: business

From quintessentially urban Hong Kong, with just under 7,000 people per square mile ... Cities have come to dominate our economies. McKinsey & Co. has estimated that 600 urban areas account for 60 per cent of the world’s gross domestic product. ( read original story ...)

“There are few investments products that offer the same degree of security as real estate,” says Sam Crispin, CEO of ABP Investment Management in Hong Kong. China’s banks ... sweeping economic change,” wrote McKinsey in a 2013 report, Mapping ... ( read original story ...)

We run fintech start-ups in Singapore and Hong Kong. If you want a job with us, write your CV like this. How should you rework your CV if you’re applying to an Asian start-up? We asked fintech founders in Singapore and Hong Kong for their top resume tips. ( read original story ...)

In just a short two and a half years the company has not only raised well over US$10 million from the likes of Alibaba’s Entrepreneurs Fund, 500 Startups and MindWorks Ventures, they are well their way to becoming Hong Kong’s hottest e-commerce fashion ... ( read original story ...)

Cairo launched two startup projects last year. Ernst & Young last year reported that the 40 largest Islamic banks had approved budgets ranging from $15 million to $50 million to expand digital business in the next three years. What is Hong Kong doing with ... ( read original story ...)

I asked several industrialists and economists, where does a startup in Shenzhen want to do its initial public offering? Their unanimous answer was, “Hong Kong, if they can meet the requirements.” Hong Kong’s “requirements,” the integrity of ... ( read original story ...)

Under the agreement, both the FSRA and ASIC will look to connect startups in the fintech space together for ... The last agreement was formed last month with Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission to help fintech companies in each expand more ... ( read original story ...)

The Norwegian Rune Evensen, the founder of an extraordinary startup in Singapore within the emerging Fintech ... since then it has been a year in Hong Kong and now 7+ years in Singapore. I established my consultancy company there back in 2013, and that ... ( read original story ...)

Tink Labs Limited, one of Hong Kong’s most successful startups that revolutionizes travel and tourism, today has announced it is partnering with Ghanaian hotels to offer its mobile travel solution called, handy, to visitors. The device, first launched in ... ( read original story ...)

Here are three Canadian startups that are taking aim at textile waste ... With sales in Los Angeles, Australia, Hong Kong and Canada, the duo are optimistic. "We know that this isn't going to get rid of Zara," she says. "Fast fashion is still going ... ( read original story ...)

In just a short two and a half years the company has not only raised well over US$10 million from the likes of Alibaba’s Entrepreneurs Fund, 500 Startups and MindWorks Ventures, they are well their way to becoming Hong Kong’s hottest e-commerce fashion ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's red-hot home prices extended their record-breaking run in June, although the pace of growth slowed, underscoring the challenges the city's new leader faces in reining in prices in one of the world's most expensive property ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s answer to Google Glass, an environment-sensing safety helmet – these are start-up ideas that have emerged victorious in the latest round of a pitching competition, and vying for up to US$3 million in investment. The Jumpstarter competition ... ( read original story ...)

For decades, Singapore and Hong Kong have reigned supreme: as key transit points connecting travellers in Asia to and from the rest of the world. But now, a $1-trillion (about R12.95-trillion) global airport spree is threatening the status quo. Half that ... ( read original story ...)