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Hong Kong, Macau establish direct link for bond clearing and settlement
Investors in Macao and Hong Kong will benefit from the arrangement.
Hong Kong, Macau establish direct link for bond clearing and settlement
Investors in Macao and Hong Kong will benefit from the arrangement.
SCB taps Baker & McKenzie for inheritance asset legal support
The partnership aims to provide clients with legal and tax advisory services.
HKMA suspends banker for signature forgery on deposit form
He photocopied a customer's signature on a time deposit application form.
Hong Kongers seek digital channels, F2F meetings in wealth mgmt services
Nearly all use digital channels, yet nearly half still employ face-to-face meetings with advisors.
WeLab Bank served as official digital settlement bank for Dear Girlfriends subsidy
The program granted HK$3,300 cash subsidy to over 18,500 female students.
Hang Seng Bank taps Derek Ngai as new head of audit
Ngai was head of audit for Hong Kong and Macau at HSBC.
HK-listed Chinese banks deliver 23% higher returns in 8M 2024
Major banks’ plans to distribute interim dividends lifted market sentiment.
Hong Kong’s ZA Bank achieves monthly net profitability
The bank has over 800,000 users in the city.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Tech, rate woes weigh on regional lenders; VP Bank exiting Hong Kong?
And Russia’s Sberbank says it's business in India is booming.
CashOn to explore digital currency lending matching services
It signed a strategic cooperation memorandum with Wuxi Huishan (Shenzhen) Innovation Center.
Hong Kong fines WeChat Pay HK for legal breaches
WeChat Pay Hong Kong self-reported the case.
HSBC Singapore names James Coyle as independent non-exec director
Coyle had previously served on the boards of HSBC UK and HSBC Trust.
Higher deposits, wealth buoy BOCHK to 17.9% profit rise in H1
Interim dividend for the period is HK$0.57 per share.
HKMA launches sandbox to accelerate tokenisation adoption
The sandbox will facilitate interbank settlement using experimental tokenised money.
Bank of East Asia seen to cut commercial real estate over the next two years
The bank has shifted its focus from real estate to manufacturing, retail trade, and technology.
HSBC’s net profit down 2% to $17.7b in H1; dividend is $0.10
Gains from the sale of its Canada and France businesses were offset by impairments.
Bank of East Asia logs HK$2.1b profit for H1
Ongoing commercial real estate (CRE) concerns led to the 19.9% decline.
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