Tag: finance

Octopus, a smart card operator in Hong Kong, is introducing transit cards for public transportation users in more than 300 Chinese cities. ( read original story ...)

Woman received call from fraudsters who said her identity had been used in crime in mainland China and they needed to verify origins of her money. ( read original story ...)

Citigroup plans to expand its investment banking business in China and will soon apply to set up local underwriting, sales and trading and futures trading businesses by the end of June, a person with ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC is scrapping the executive floor at its Canary Wharf headquarters in London, as one of the world's biggest banks slashes office space and moves towards new ways of working following the pandemic. ( read original story ...)

HSBC Holdings Plc’s head of technology mergers and acquisitions in Asia Jeremy Choy is joining Chinese home appliances giant Midea Group Co. as its chief financial officer, according to people ... ( read original story ...)

China’s efforts to promote its digital currency as well as the internationalisation of the yuan had caused concerns it wanted to topple the US dollar as the world’s main reserve currency. ( read original story ...)

At first glance, the performance of Hong Kong's office leasing market in the first quarter of this year was a continuation of the deteriorating fundamentals that have plagued the sector for the past ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong stock market bounced higher again on Friday, one day after it had ended the two-day winning streak in which it had ... ( read original story ...)

In his Academy Award-nominated short film Do Not Split, Anders Hammer set out to ‘show the atmosphere in the streets’. Joshua Bischof’s Burn With Us is 89 minutes of mayhem. Ai Weiwei’s Cockroach ... ( read original story ...)

There has been an increasing number of fraud cases, in particular cyber fraud cases, around the world. Some victims of fraud have sought redress from banks for failing to detect the fraud and refrain ... ( read original story ...)

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says city needs to crackdown on money laundering and economic support of terrorism to ensure national security is not threatened. ( read original story ...)

Chinese secondhand electronics trading platform Aihuishou is aiming to raise US$500 million to US$1 billion in a US initial public ... ( read original story ...)

I was very worried about being caught at the airport," the teenager said. “But on the flight, I finally felt safer and the most relaxed in a long time.” ... ( read original story ...)

The spokesperson said Hong Kong is governed by the rule of law, and the sentencing of anti-China disruptors is based on solid evidence and with a completely legitimate and transparent procedure. HONG ... ( read original story ...)