Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Fintech / Regtech

Outsourcing Requirements for Hong Kong Banks: An Overview

By Philip Keller | 10/03/2020

Industry veteran Philip Keller outlines outsourcing requirements for banks in Hong Kong, with a focus on data, a major area of concern in relation to outsourced activities.

Market Infrastructure

Standard Chartered-backed Virtual Bank to Launch Later This Year

By Editors | 09/03/2020

Standard Chartered, PCCW, HKT and Trip.com will launch ‘Mox Bank’ later this year, introducing an all-in-one numberless bank card.

Market Infrastructure

HKMA Invites Tenders to Enhance Payments, Securities Infrastructures

By Editors | 09/03/2020

The HKMA is inviting tenders to provide consultancy services to help enhance its core financial market infrastructures, particularly in the areas of payments and securities.

Securities / Derivatives

HKMA Sets Out Expectations on Algo-Trading Risk Management

By Editors | 06/03/2020

During thematic examinations last year, the HKMA observed a number of sound practices used by some institutions to manage the risks associated with algorithmic trading.

Market Infrastructure

Central Banks Act to Mitigate Covid-19 Economic Threat

By Editors | 04/03/2020

The HKMA has responded to the US rate cut with a cut of its own. The RBA and BNM have also cut their key policy rates, while the BOJ focuses on asset purchases.

AML / KYC

Hong Kong Insurance Authority Allows Non-face-to-face Product Sales

By Editors | 25/02/2020

The temporary measures are aimed at reducing the risk of Covid-19 infection from face-to-face meetings between insurers, intermediaries and clients.

Fintech / Regtech

Is RegTech Coming of Age in Australia?

By Stephen Scott | 25/02/2020

Regtech is not fintech, says Stephen Scott at Starling. While fintech firms look to regulators for permission, what most regtech firms require from regulators is their collaboration.

Fintech / Regtech

HKMA Invites Tenders to Implement Data Automation, Analytics

By Editors | 24/02/2020

The HKMA is inviting tenders to provide the regulator implementation services for data automation and big data analytics.

Market Infrastructure

Hong Kong Bankers Compare Covid-19 to ‘Nightmare’ Stress Test

By Editors | 17/02/2020

The actions being taken to combat the novel coronavirus are reportedly “very close” to those taken in a simulated exercise last October, which involved a pandemic, cyberattack and telecoms breakdown.