Fintech News Hong Kong

05/06/2026

HKMA Sets Up Tokenised Bond Expert Group to Support Market Development https://fintechnews.hk/39138/blockchain/hkma-tokenised-bond-expert-group-hong-kong/

HKMA has convened a Tokenised Bond Expert Group to drive further adoption and scalability of tokenised debt in Hong Kong.

05/06/2026

ZA Bank and Industrial Bank Launch Southbound Wealth Scheme https://fintechnews.hk/39135/wealthtech/za-bank-southbound-scheme-wealth-management/

ZA Bank has partnered with Industrial Bank to launch its Southbound Scheme, offering cross-border wealth management in Hong Kong.

05/06/2026

Trulioo’s Zac Cohen explains why Know Your Agent may become a critical safeguard as AI starts moving money on behalf of users.

Watch the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlDueVkEAxs

05/06/2026

The next fraud battle for APAC financial institutions may come down to one question:

Can they tell whether the person on screen is real?

Join the webinar to hear what financial institutions should respond: https://bit.ly/4tPuIgf

05/06/2026

TenPay Global Enables Remittances to China for Non-Chinese Users https://fintechnews.hk/39132/fintechchina/tenpay-global-remittance-china-foreigner/

TenPay Global has launched a cross-border remittance feature enabling non-Chinese citizens to send funds directly to China.

05/06/2026

LianLian Global's Kozen Tan suggests that the integration of AI-native solutions is essential for modernising global trade and enhancing cross-border services.

Read more: https://fintechnews.hk/38778/ai/lianlian-global-future-of-ai-cross-border-payments/

Kozen Tan explains why LianLian Global sees AI cross-border payments as the future of smarter, compliant global commerce.

05/06/2026

Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK 2026 will take place from 2 to 6 November, bringing together conversations across fintech, AI, web3, startups and innovation. Interested?

Register here: https://bit.ly/4e6SVsC

04/06/2026

96% of scam victims across APAC changed their behaviour after being targeted, with some avoiding certain digital channels altogether.

Read here: https://fintechnews.sg/132096/security/lseg-apac-fraud-report/

LSEG APAC fraud report shows how scams and AI-enabled fraud are reshaping consumer trust in digital payments and financial services.

04/06/2026

For the first time in modern history, a booming economy no longer guarantees people will have work.

Read here: https://fintechnews.sg/132132/ai/lower-value-human-capital-ai-layoff-bill-winters/

"Lower-value human capital" was the wrong phrase but the right diagnosis. The ugly truth about AI and banking jobs, and what workers and leaders can do.

04/06/2026

Banking Circle's Kirit Bhatia has seen where traditional banking is resilient, where it remains constrained, and where newer digital asset infrastructure may have a credible role to play.

Read here: https://fintechnews.sg/130945/digitalassets/banks-stablecoins-banking-circle-apac/

Stablecoins in banking are converging fast. Banking Circle's Kirit Bhatia on what's real in APAC, what's hype, and where the rails go next.