If you are tired of remembering, or worse still have forgotten your password, here is something you can bank on – your own voice, as more lenders launch voice biometric identity verification for phone banking. Citibank already has one million customers ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong hopes for business services boom from AIIB club
Hong Kong is hoping its professional and financial services will get a big boost when it becomes a member of a Beijing-backed bank created to finance infrastructure across Asia. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) board announced on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s future: a bridge from China to Southeast Asia
A third report, this one by McKinsey Global Institute, forecasts that by as early as 2030, Southeast Asia will have the fourth-largest GDP in the world, after the United States, China and Japan. Again, little is mentioned of Hong Kong in this context. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader's race pits Beijing's pick vs 'Uncle Chips'
Hong Kong's next leader will be chosen Sunday by an election committee stacked with pro-Beijing elites who heed the wishes of China's communist leaders rather than the semiautonomous region's voters. The candidates are front-runner Carrie Lam, a career ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to choose new leader amid anger at perceived China meddling
HONG KONG A small electoral college chooses a new Hong Kong leader on Sunday amid accusations of meddling by Beijing, denying the Chinese-ruled financial hub a more populist leader perhaps better suited to defuse political tension. The vast majority of the ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch: Small Hong Kong Banks' Insurance Business Sale Rating Neutral
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) HONG KONG, March 24 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings does not believe the disposal of stakes in Hong Kong Life Insurance Limited (not rated) by OCBC Wing Hang Bank Ltd (WHB; A+/Stable/a-), Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)
Dead replica dictators draw Hong Kong art crowds
A "breathing" Fidel Castro is among several ex-communist leaders gathered in Hong Kong this week -- one of the world's centres of capitalism -- as part of a cheeky exhibition at Art Basel. Lifelike replicas of Mao Zedong, Vladimir Lenin, Kim Il-Sung ... ( read original story ...)
Photo gallery: New Hong Kong leader, as anointed by Beijing
HONG KONG (AP) - On Sunday morning, a select group of tycoons, business leaders, politicians and trade and industry group representatives will gather in a cavernous exhibition center to vote for the next leader of Hong Kong. Three candidates are on the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks end the week flat, mainland higher on gains in infrastructure, shipping sectors
Hong Kong’s stock market recovered from earlier losses to end ... hurt by doubts over US President Donald Trump’s ability to implement his pro-business policies after Congress delayed a crucial vote on the new health care legislation. ( read original story ...)
Speech by Acting CE at Hong Kong-Japan and Japan-Hong Kong Business Co-operation Committees 36th Plenary Session luncheon
Chairman Cha (Chairman of the Hong Kong-Japan Business Co-operation Committee, Mr Victor Cha), Chairman Nagayasu (Chairman of the Japan-Hong Kong Business Co-operation Committee, Mr Katsunori Nagayasu), distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Good ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong likely to choose Beijing's pick for leader amid economic malaise
Former finance chief John Tsang, more popular with the densely populated city's 7.3 million people, is expected to get around a quarter of the vote. An evening rally for Tsang on Friday drew thousands who thronged the sidewalks of Hong Kong's central ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Hong Kong Finance Group says unit as lender entered into loan agreements
* Loan agreements were entered into between HK Finance, a unit of company as lender, and customer a, customer b and customer c * HK Finance granted four secured loans in aggregate principal amount of hk$70.0 million to borrowers for a term of three months ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Activists Remain Defiant Ahead of Election Under China's Influence
On Sunday, Hong Kong will elect its new chief executive in the first election since the 2014 pro-democracy protests. Yet there’s little mystery as to who will succeed CY Leung, the man who has held the role since 2012. Fifty-nine-year-old Carrie Lam is ... ( read original story ...)
BOC Hong Kong : The Effective Date of the Share Transfer of Chiyu Bank
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited (stock code "2388") and Bank of China Limited (stock code "3988" and "4601" (Preference Shares)) today jointly announced that the disposal of approximately 70.49% interests in Chiyu Banking Corporation Limited ("Chiyu Bank ... ( read original story ...)