Posts From Fintech News Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Fintech & Blockchain Marketing Guru: A New Sensation in the Industry
World Marketing Congress has awarded this year’s Top 100 Most Influential Global Marketing Leaders Award to Jack Cheng today. The award is set to be presented to Mr. Cheng on 24th of November in India at the third edition of
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Societe Generale offers Innovative Investment Research Solution with Smartkarma
Societe Generale announces a new agreement with Smartkarma, a curated online platform for investment insight focused on the Asian markets. Under this global agreement, Societe Generale will provide its institutional clients access to a new form of equity research based on
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Asia Pacific Leads The World in Mobile Payments / China Number 1 , Hong Kong Follows
Asia Pacific is leading the world in mobile payment with over half (53%) of connected consumers using their mobiles to pay for goods or services at point of sale via apps, in comparison to 33% in North America and 35%
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Top Fintech Incubation And Acceleration Programs In Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s leading international financial hub and proximity to China have driven the development of the city’s fintech sector, propelling Hong Kong to the rank of the world’s top fifth fintech hubs in the world, according to Deloitte. The government
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Banker and Tech Institute Partners in Hong Kong To Help Fight CyberCrime
CREST has announced that it is collaborating with the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB) and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) to deliver its high-level cybersecurity accreditations and examinations across Hong Kong from December 2016.
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Adyen Adds WeChat Pay To Its Platform Globally
Adyen, the payments company powering global commerce for Uber, Facebook and Netflix amongst others, today announced that it has added WeChat Pay to its portfolio of local payments methods. It’s the first major payment service provider to integrate WeChat Pay
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InvestHK’s Inaugural Hong Kong Fintech Week Showcases City’s Infrastructure, Talent And Business-friendly Culture
The inaugural Hong Kong Fintech Week (November 7 to 11) attracted more than 2 500 participants and an array of international financial technologies (Fintech) companies and start-ups looking to grow their business, as well as accelerators, incubators and investors searching
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World Bank’s IFC To Invest US$25M In CompareAsiaGroup
CompareAsiaGroup, a leading financial comparison service in Southeast Asia, is about to raise US$25 million from the World Bank Group’s private equity arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The IFC said in the filing that the proposed investment in CompareAsiaGroup “aligns with
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Insurtech Heats Up In Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the government has encouraged fintech and insurtech innovation, which it believes will be a key enabler in designing better and more efficient work processes and new business models that will deliver higher growth, cost savings and better
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US travel tech company KAYAK opens APAC Headquarters in Hong Kong
US travel tech company KAYAK Software Corporation announced that it has set up KAYAK Asia Pacific Limited in Hong Kong as the group’s local headquarters to strengthen its foothold in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region amid strong demand. KAYAK searches other
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