Virtual Banking
Jetco Rolls Out Cross-Bank Cardless Withdrawal Service in Hong Kong
Joint Electronic Teller Services Limited (JETCO) today announced the rollout of Hong Kong’s first cross-bank cardless withdrawal service. Customers of participating JETCO member banks can take out cash instantly from any JETCO automatic teller machine (ATM) that supports this service
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Hong Kong Banks Lagging Behind in Openness to Apply New Tech Compared to Virtual Banks
Banks in Hong Kong are embracing fintech, with innovations relating to mobile banking, open banking (APIs), machine learning and predictive analytics, customer identification and authentication, and cloud computing, being commonly applied by over 40% to up to two thirds of
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Virtual Bank WeLab’s HK$10,000 Interest-Free Loan Opens For Application Today
Virtual banking operator WeLab announced today that its’ #HKCashDrop is open for application today, on a first come first serve basis. The initiative aims to deliver the HK$10,000 government subsidy in to the people’s hand immediately ahead of the proposed
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Riding the Cloud to the Bank of the Future
Shifts in consumer behaviour towards digital services are resulting in monumental changes for the banking industry. Highly anticipated digital banking licenses will be awarded in Singapore and Malaysia this year, while the first of the winners of Hong Kong’s new
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WeLab Bank Takes Flight in a Pilot Trial with Interest Rates up to 4.5% P.A
WeLab Bank Limited has commenced a pilot trial under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (“HKMA”) Fintech Supervisory Sandbox (“FSS”). During the FSS phase, WeLab Bank will be offering banking services to selected individual users prior to an official launch to
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Ant Financial’s MYBank Reports Nearly Doubling of SMEs Served in 2019
MYbank, an online private commercial bank under Ant Financial Services Group, stated in its annual report released today that it has served 20.87 million small and micro businesses in China as of the end of 2019. As part of the
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Wolters Kluwer Bags ZA Bank as a Customer for Its Regtech Solutions
ZA Bank, the first virtual bank in Hong Kong, has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting as its regulatory reporting software. Their media statement describes OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting combines bank data into a single source of data to
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Standard Chartered’s MOX Open’s its Virtual Banking Service to Select Customers
Mox is now available on an invitation basis to selected external customers, following its brand launch in March. Mox is among the 8 entities granted a virtual banking license by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in 2019,it is backed by
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Hong Kong Based Neat Raises US$11M to Provide Digital Financial Services for SMEs
Neat, a Hong Kong-based fintech company offering modern financial solutions to SMEs and startups, today announced raising an $11 million USD Series A funding round. Pacific Century Group (PCG) led the round with participation from Visa, and MassMutual Ventures Southeast
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Xiaomi and AMTD’s Airstar Bank Launches Pilot Trial of Virtual Banking Service
Airstar one of Hong Kong’s new virtual banks, today announced the launch of a pilot trial which is conducted within the Fintech Supervisory Sandbox (“FSS”) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”). The pilot trial will offer virtual banking services
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