The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will strengthen its targeted tools under the Securities and Futures (Stock Market…

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will introduce revised retail fund rules in November 2026. The SFC…

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) have signed a new…

Hong Kong’s Insurance Authority (IA) has ordered FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited to pay a HK$19.5 million…

Deutsche Bank Private Bank has launched an agentic AI tool to support Source of Wealth checks, part of…

KUN Group has received approval-in-principle from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission for three regulated activities. The approval…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), the Dubai Financial Services Authority…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched a public consultation on Phase 2B prototype of the Hong Kong…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the Insurance Authority (IA), and the…

AI has outgrown the role of an assistant, now moving money, approving transactions, and carrying out multi-step tasks…

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has ordered internet brokers and virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong…

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) have shown how Legal…

Know Your Customer Limited, a provider of automated business verification solutions, has partnered with DBS Hong Kong to…

I needed some time wrap my head around the 2026-27 Hong Kong Budget, and I’m glad I did.…

Hong Kong’s fintech story is a resounding success: 95% of banks are already using some form of it.…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released the Hong Kong Fintech Promotion Blueprint on 3 February 2025, which…

The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) of the UAE and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong…

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulator of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), and the…

Financial sanctions are essential government tools for achieving foreign policy objectives – and compliance is mandatory – but…

Adoption of fintech has increased significantly in Hong Kong’s traditional financial sector in recent years, particularly in regtech,…