47 Results from "Hong Kong Monetary Authority"
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Bank of Thailand have completed a working prototype of a cross-border digital currency payment system.
22 January 2020
/payments
The Monetary Authority of Singapore says it has engaged with more than 40 financial and non-financial firms to determine the commercial viability and value of its blockchain-based prototype for multi-currency payments.
11 November 2019
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Mobile lender WeLab has become the fourth - and first homegrown - applicant to be granted one of Hong Kong's new virtual banking licenses.
12 April 2019
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has unveiled the first batch of virtual banking licenses, the latest in a series of moves to help spark innovation in the city and strengthen Hong Kong’s position as an international financial hub.
27 March 2019
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Hong Kong has joined the faster payments club, launching a system that lets users send money nearly instantly to recipients using a mobile number or email address as an account proxy.
26 September 2018
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has released an Open API framework, paving the way for bank data sharing with third party vendors.
19 July 2018
A coalition of leading transaction banks in Hong Kong are plotting a September go-live date for a blockchain-based trade finance platform, supported by the territory's central bank.
17 July 2018
Standard Chartered is to set up a digital banking operation in Hong Kong.
11 June 2018
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is looking to bring lending into the digital age, allowing banks to forgo traditional credit checks on some personal loans in favour of big data analysis.
11 May 2018
Hong Kong's efforts to encourage a wave of new digital banking providers advanced today when the island's central bank published a set of revised guidelines for new entrants.
06 February 2018
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Hong Kong and Singapore have dumped decades-old rivalry for trade flows in South East Asia and signed a fintech co-operation deal to foster the development of innovative financial technology across the region, beginning with a cross-border linkage of DLT-based trade finance platforms.
25 October 2017
The governor of Hong Kong's central bank has spelled out a series of up-and-coming reforms - from the introduction of faster payments to open API standards - intended to prepare the territory for a revolution in retail banking services.
29 September 2017
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