The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today the launch of Project SAGE to support the responsible development and adoption of agentic finance in Hong Kong. Project Sage stands for “Securing Agentic Finance with Governance and Enablement” and will focus on enabling practical applications of agentic finance.

Eddie Yue, the Chief Executive of the HKMA, shared,

“These initiatives will help us navigate the opportunities and challenges ahead, ensuring that agentic finance serves the best interests of users while safeguarding the stability of our financial system.

Project Sage by HKMA will focus on four key areas: market development and use case exploration, agent identity, interoperability standards, as well as legal and regulatory frameworks.

In order to bring together expertise and perspectives, the HKMA established the Agentic Finance Expert Group, which consists of relevant stakeholders like financial institutions, technology service providers, academia, and professional service firms.

The members of the Agentic Finance Expert Group are as follows, based on the Annex issued by the HKMA on 2 November 2026:

Financial institutions: Adyen, Anchorpoint Financial, Ant International, Bank of China (Hong Kong), Mastercard, Payment Cards Group, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), HSBC, UnionPay International, Visa Hong Kong, and WeChat Pay Hong Kong

Technology service providers: Amazon Web Services, Animoca Brands, Circle Hong Kong, Google Cloud, JINGDONG Technology, SHOPLINE, and Tencent Cloud

Professional service firms: AIFT, Clifford Chance, and PwC

Academia: Professor Allen Huang of HKUST Business School

Mox Bank has shared that it welcomes the Project Sage initiative by the HKMA, which is part of HKMA’s broader Fintech 2030 strategy and “DART” framework.

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