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Hong Kong Fintech Startup Ecosystem

Submit your FinTech Startups     Submit your FinTech Startups     Other resources you might be interested in: Curious about other Asian Fintech Startup Directories and lists? Here’s a nice overview page looking at the fintech startups directories in

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Top 5 Fintech Startups to Watch in Korea in 2019

South Korea is well-known as one of the most wired countries in the world with good education and a top global economy. First, a quick look at why Korean fintech startups have blossomed and then five startups to watch in

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How China’s Fintech Giants are Tapping into a US$ 600 Billion Market

China’s tech giants Alibaba and Tencent are going after global remittances, a market that sees more than US$600 billion being moved around the world annually, according to the World Bank. The two firms recently launched cross-border money transfer services to

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Their Business Faced Roadblocks, So Didi is Now Mirroring Alibaba’s Fintech Game Plan

The company that drove Uber out of China, Didi Chuxing, comes into the new year embroiled in controversy. About a month ago, Didi announced a major restructuring—the latest development in series of platform tweaks after it came out that the

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MTR Users Will Soon Be Able to Pay Using TNG, UnionPay and WeChat Pay

Consumers will soon have more payments option for their MTR rides beyond just Octopus cards. Fresh out of their earlier announcement to enable Alipay by 2020, MTR awarded contracts to 3 more players, namely TNG Wallet, Union Pay and WeChat

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Hong Kong Fintech Week 2018 – Day 4 Highlights

The fourth day of Hong Kong Fintech Week, organised by Invest Hong Kong  at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, continued at full tilt right to the very end, thanks partly to a regulatory announcement on cryptocurrencies and partly to the

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Hong Kong Fintech Week 2018 – Day 1 Highlights

Hong Kong Fintech Week, organised by Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), kicked off Monday with FinovateAsia 2018, a two-day conference comprising industry expert and regulator speeches, along with its signature seven-minute live demos. The audience heard about the transformation of the banking

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Is UnionPay Breaking the Visa and Mastercard Duopoly?

It’s a well known fact that the cards network sector is dominated by the Visa and Mastercard duopoly. If you live outside of China, a quick glance into your wallet will likely prove that fact. Enter UnionPay, established in 2002

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20 Fintech Experts You Should Meet at Hong Kong Fintech Week 2018

From October 29 to November 02, 2018, Hong Kong will be hosting its third annual Hong Kong Fintech Week. This year’s event will be the world’s first cross-border fintech event, spotlighting not just Hong Kong, but the whole Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao

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China E-Commerce Industry Enters “New Retail” Era

The Chinese retail industry is entering a “new retail” era, characterized by the widespread use of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to digitalize the entire value chain, according to PwC. China is the world’s biggest consumer

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