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King Leung Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech at InvestHK
Hong Kong has a well-established playbook of why it’s a leading international finance centre. We have competitive and low tax structures, free flow of capital, access to the Greater Bay Area (GBA), fair and effective markets. It is a list many of us are familiar with and the reason why we have a thriving ecosystem of around 1,000 fintech companie
06 March 2024 /regulation /markets
Post-Covid Hong Kong is meeting the world with a new outlook on collaboration. Historically known as a trade hub in the East, we are now looking westwards with new projects launching in the Middle East. With the advantages created by Hong Kong’s geographical location and its regional expertise, we are perfectly poised to establish mutually benefic...
26 September 2023 /startups /crypto
Andrei Karpushonak CEO at Aprimerose
The financial industry is constantly evolving, with new products and services being introduced regularly. With this growth comes increased risk for investors and greater rewards for those who make the right decisions. To help mitigate these risks, governments worldwide have implemented regulations to protect investors, stabilise financial markets ...
30 January 2023 /regulation /wealth
In the Chinese novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, military strategist Zhuge Liang prays for the “eastern wind” as the final missing element to feed the fires that would rage across the ships and the armies of warlord Cao Cao. Just like the novel, Hong Kong’s fintech fires are primed and the policy announcements made by regulators at the Hong K...
19 January 2023 /crypto /markets
Private equity is an investment asset class that involves the purchase of shares in private companies, typically those not listed on a public stock exchange. Professional investors such as venture capitalists and private equity firms make private equity investments, seeking to generate returns through active management of their portfolio companies...
17 January 2023 /wealth /startups
All around the world, central banks are exploring and experimenting with the potential of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), with around 100 countries having launched projects related to the technology to date. While the technology is still in its infancy, it has the potential to fundamentally alter the global payment landscape and internationa...
29 August 2022 /wholesale /crypto
The economist Michael Porter once said that California is successful for its wine, not because of its meteorological conditions, but because it has an economic cluster of interconnected wineries, grape growers, suppliers, and wine-related institutions in the state. There are banks in California with such deep understanding of the local economy tha...
16 December 2021 /startups /markets
Daniel Fasnacht CEO&Founder at EcosystemPartners AG
Banking 4.0 is characterised by digital innovations, fusing the physical, artificial, and biological worlds, affecting societies, industries, and companies with ever higher speed and intensity. In the process to a new world order with new competitive forces and uncertainty, where goals are continually changing, and resources must be flexibly reor
08 June 2021 /predictions
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced lockdowns and impacted economies globally. As we recover from the pandemic, the focus for international finance hubs is resilience and recovery. One of the most important success factors for fintech companies in the post-pandemic era is the ability to scale. From funding, to product development to distribution and m...
02 February 2021 /startups /markets
Hannes Van Rensburg Chief Commercial Officer at Clickatell
On the face of it, WeChat is just like any other chat platform. You download the WeChat app onto your mobile phone, register to use the service, and chat with any other subscriber of the service, just like Messenger, WhatsApp, or Telegram. Like other chat apps you can also share files and photos. However, that is where the similarity ends. By regi...
02 September 2020 /payments
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