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Company announcement/startups

ADGM opens applications for annual innovation challenge

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the leading international financial centre based in Abu Dhabi, is pleased to launch the latest edition of the annual Innovation Challenge.

22 February 2023

Company announcement/payments

HSBC rolls out multicurrency payment platform for Kong Kong e-commerce merchants

HSBC today unveiled a new one-stop digital payment solution for small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong. Called HSBC Merchant Box, the solution simplifies international payments across regional and global eCommerce platforms for SMEs and makes it possible to ‘receive like a local’ at real-time exchange rates.

09 February 2023

News/security

Virgin Money and TSB scolded over online security risks

Starling Bank and HSBC top the charts for online banking security acording to tests carried out by Red Maple Technologies on behalf of consumer champion Which?, while Virgin Money and TSB brought up the rear.

07 February 2023

News/markets

EIB issues its first ever digital bond in pound sterling

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has priced its first ever £50 million digital bond using a combination of private and public blockchains operated and accessed via HSBC's tokenisation platform, Orion.

01 February 2023

News/people

HSBC hiring for digital asset and tokenisation jobs

The cryptocurrency sector may have been in the doldrums in recent months, but global banking giant HSBC is still looking to boost its expertise in the area, advertising for senior digital assets and tokenisation staffers.

01 February 2023

News/startups

Leading banks contribute to fintech onboarding with Enterprise Ready Questions

TechPassport has launched its Enterprise Ready Questions (ERQs) with contributions from fifteen tier 1 banks, including HSBC, Morgan Stanley, and Zopa Bank.

20 January 2023

News/payments

Universal Digital Payments Network launched at Davos

A Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN) for stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) was launched at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. The network aims to provide interoperability between these digital currencies.

20 January 2023

News/regulation

HSBC gets warning for open banking failures

HSBC has once again fallen foul of the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for publishing inaccurate information through its Open Data APIs.

20 January 2023

News/crypto

Banque de France, HSBC, IBM test interoperability of wholesale CBDC

Following experiments demonstrating that DLT can be used with existing networks to complete CBDC financial transactions in real-time, Banque de France, HSBC and IBM have published a paper exploring their key findings.

16 December 2022

Company announcement/payments

HSBC partners Extend to enable virtual cards for US SMBs

Extend, a leading virtual card and spend management platform, today announced a partnership with HSBC, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations.

14 December 2022

News/retail

HSBC to shut 114 more branches next year; offers free tablets to customers impacted

HSBC is to shutter 114 bank branches in the UK next year, as footfall on the high street declines further in the wake of the Covid pandemic.

30 November 2022

Company announcement/payments

HSBC and Wells Fargo expand DLT solution to include offshore Yuan

HSBC Bank and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced that the blockchain-based solution they are using for bilateral FX settlements is expanding to include the offshore Yuan (CNH).

18 November 2022