The inaugural Hong Kong Fintech Week (November 7 to 11) attracted more than 2 500 participants and an array of…
Year: 2016
CompareAsiaGroup, a leading financial comparison service in Southeast Asia, is about to raise US$25 million from the World Bank Group’s…
In Hong Kong, the government has encouraged fintech and insurtech innovation, which it believes will be a key enabler in…
US travel tech company KAYAK Software Corporation announced that it has set up KAYAK Asia Pacific Limited in Hong Kong as…
WeLab, one of China’s largest mobile lending and credit analytics platforms, is leveraging further into traditional financial institutions’ war chests…
As an indication of the rising FinTech trends in Asia, wealth management, regulatory technology (RegTech), artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and…
Hong Kong’s long-established financial center, burgeoning startup scene and developed business center connecting Mainland China with global markets, have made…
HSBC and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) launched a research and development innovation laboratory on…
Smartkarma, the premier provider of collaborative solutions for investment research, has announced the official opening of its Hong Kong office.…
Hong Kong is the number one business city in Asia. It is the perfect base for companies that want to…
There are many talks about “Digital Transformation” recently, but what does it really mean, and why is it called a…
The pace of global change in financial services continues to accelerate as market incumbents, emerging FinTech startups and newcomers of…
Hong Kong is making a move to challenge Singapore and others as the dominant location for fintech in Asia. Hong…
Ant Financial, Alipay’s parent company and Alibaba’s financial-services affiliate, is said to be worth US$75 billion, according to Elinor Leung,…
Automated investing services, also known as robo-advisors, are growing rapidly as they seek to provide customers with low-cost portfolios designed…
Regtech might not be a familiar name to most people but it is an important component in the fintech space.…
WeLab, one of the fastest growing fintech companies in Greater China, has announced it has secured a credit facility of…
Hong Kong had granted Stored Value Facilities (SVF) Licenses to the first 5 batch of digital payment payment providers last…
With financial services accounting for 16% of its GDP and employing 236,000 people, or 6% of total employment in Hong…
In 2015, Asia’s fintech startups attracted US$4.5 billion in venture capital funding through 130 deals, making the region the second…