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Blue Pool Wins Next Money Asia FF18 Hong Kong Semi-Final
Hong Kong fintech startup Blue Pool has won this year’s Next Money Asia semi-final in Hong Kong. Alongside the winners of the other regional semi-finals in Melbourne, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur, Blue Pool will head to
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Thomson Reuters Partners to support Hong Kong FinTech Innovation Hub
Thomson Reuters is partnering with the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) to help accelerate the development of FinTech innovation by bringing technology, tools and content to the Innovation Hub launched jointly by ASTRI and the Hong
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Adyen Launches Wechat Pay on Point-Of-Sale Terminals to Process Payments for 400m Chinese Consumers
Adyen rolled out WeChat Pay, one of the most popular mobile payment apps in China, allowing Adyen merchants to offer WeChat Pay on their point-of-sale terminals worldwide. This is a key addition to Adyen’s unified commerce solution. Since 2016, consumers have
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Irish Financial Risk Solutions Comes to Asia
Financial Risk Solutions (FRS), a Dublin-based provider of unit-linked investment administration and compliance oversight software, is pleased to announce the opening of two offices in Asia; Hong Kong and Malaysia. These are the first offices outside of Europe for the business. The decision
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FinTech Association of Hong Kong Launches Best Practice Paper on ICOs
In response to growing interest in digital token sales, often referred to as Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”), the FinTech Association of Hong Kong (“FTAHK”) has today published a paper outlining best practices for running token sales in Hong Kong. The
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A Fintech Supervisory Chatroom for Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched a Fintech Supervisory Chatroom . The Chatroom is a new feature of the Fintech Supervisory Sandbox 2.0. It seeks to provide supervisory feedback to authorized institutions (AIs) and technology firms at an early
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