Hong Kong Archives

Hong Kong Elite Among 16 Detained In Raid Of Illicit Luxury Casino

December 25, 2020

Hong Kong Elite among 16 detained in raid of illicit luxury casino. Hong Kong police detained 16 people this week after raiding an illegal casino housed in a luxury apartment block in the Tsim Sha Tsui shoppi...

Hong Kong Crypto Group Claims New Law Will Limit People’s Bitcoin Access

December 24, 2020

Hong Kong crypto group claims new law will limit people's bitcoin access. The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong is appealing to regulators to consider the effect of incoming laws on the digital innovation agen...

Webull Officially Launches Trading Service In Hong Kong

December 9, 2020

Webull Securities Limited ("Webull Securities"), a registered broker with the Securities and Futures Commission, has officially launched its trading services in Hong Kong. Webull, driven by technology, has c...

China’s Central Bank Pilots Digital Yuan For Payments To Hong Kong

December 5, 2020

China's central bank pilots digital yuan for payments to Hong Kong.China's central bank and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) are in the early stages of piloting the digital yuan for cross-border paymen...

Hong Kong Enterprises Embrace Blockchain

June 7, 2020

Hong Kong enterprises embrace blockchain. Blockchain firms are increasingly dominating Hong Kong’s financial technology sector, with 39% of new firms launching in the country’s fin-tech industry last year ope...

HKEX Announces First Listing of Commodity L&I Product in Hong Kong

June 5, 2020

The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced this Friday that the first listing of a commodity Leveraged and Inverse Product (L&I Product) in the Hong Kong market has taken place. The ne...

SoFi Invest Comes to Hong Kong

April 21, 2020

American digital lender SoFi is expanding into Asia after buying the parent firm of Hong Kong-based online brokerage 8 Securities, the firm announced today. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisitio...

HKMA and SFC Update OTC Derivatives Services Provider List

March 27, 2020

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a joint consultation paper this Friday, which outlines eight additional entities to be included on the Financial ...

Hong Kong Launches Cryptocurrency Educational Campaign

January 30, 2018

On 29th January, two Hong Kong authorities – the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Investor Education Centre (IEC) – joined hands to launch a public education campaign on cryptocurrenc...

Sucden Financial Selects BSO to Enhance London-Hong Kong Connectivity

April 4, 2017

BSO, the global Ethernet network, cloud and hosting ‎provider, was selected by FX and derivatives broker Sucden Financial to provide clients with low-latency connectivity to execute derivative trades between ...