2023-6-26 18:25 |
Hong Kong's banking icon HSBC now allows Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF trading
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HSBC will offer access to three ETFs listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, including CSOP Bitcoin Futures ETF and CSOP Ethereum Futures ETF. The banking behemoth also launched a new service dubbed Virtual Asset Investor Education Center that offers educational and risk disclosure materials for customers.
2023-6-26 18:32 | |
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A Hong Kong-based entrepreneur says that while the digital assets regulation is "overall friendly," banking regulations will make the industry's growth there difficult. ALSO: Bitcoin surges post-BlackRock iShares ETF filing but the rally sputters.
2023-6-16 03:08 | |
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is encouraging banking giants to accept crypto exchanges as clients, the Financial Times reported on June 15. While no restrictions hold Hong Kong banks back from accepting crypto clients, banks are wary of drawing regulatory scrutiny in case their clients are found ed in any criminal activities, the report […] The post Hong Kong regulator urges banks to accept crypto clients appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2023-6-15 14:15 | |
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Hong Kong’s central bank reportedly asked major banks — including HSBC, Standard Chartered and Bank of China — why they aren’t accepting crypto exchanges as clients.
2023-6-15 08:55 | |
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BOCI, the investment banking subsidiary of the Bank of China, has successfully launched tokenized structured notes valued at 200 million offshore renminbi ($28 million) on the Ethereum blockchain.
2023-6-12 21:14 | |
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The real estate developer’s fintech unit already has a digital banking license in Singapore; “We are ready to step into Hong Kong,” CEO says.
2023-5-18 19:37 | |
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Coinspeaker Hong Kong’s ZA Bank Gears Up to Offer Crypto Conversions and Serve Crypto Startups ZA Bank is also looking to offer services to Web3 crypto startups, a sector widely underserved by the banking space.
2023-4-12 17:23 | |
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G-Rocket is aiming to attract 1,000 Web3 start-ups to Hong Kong and will help them with banking, government services and office spaces.
2022-12-24 08:32 | |
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The financial services giant has been short on specifics, and the mystery underscores the difficulties in defining what belongs in such products; ether also falls.
2022-4-11 02:18 | |
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) plans to guide local banks towards full adoption of fintech technologies, a new strategy reveals. The region’s central banking institution also stressed that it’s going to “walk the talk” by digitalizing its own supervision of financial institutions.
2021-6-10 10:00 | |
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The British banking giant will partner with Hong Kong-based BC Group for the venture,… The post Standard Chartered To Launch Crypto Brokerage and Exchange for UK, Europe appeared first on Coin Journal.
2021-6-3 12:39 | |
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SwiftPass, a mobile payments service provider in Asia, and Wallyt, a Hong Kong-based company that provides international mobile payments and open banking solutions, have announced that they will integrate their solutions with Findora.
2020-12-31 23:22 | |
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam says she is currently unbanked and keeps piles of cash stashed at her home courtesy of US sanctions. Alongside 14 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, Lam has been slapped with punitive measures that effectively cut her off from the banking system.
2020-12-5 19:45 | |
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Global banks have begun scrutinizing their Hong Kong clients to filter out pro-democracy individuals following the new national security law backed by mainland China. A recent report by Reuters has revealed that the likes of HSBC, Credit Suisse, and Julius Baer are among the international banking giants that have since increased their diligence process, screening […]
2020-7-22 20:29 | |
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Hong Kong-based Hex Trust is partnering with the enterprise blockchain company to offer banking clients another option for issuing security tokens.
2020-4-5 22:18 | |
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The exchange has opened a fiat gateway for Hong Kong dollars, serving a jurisdiction in which banking services for crypto firms are notoriously tough to find.
2020-2-25 13:46 | |
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International banking giant, HSBC, has decided to lock down 19 ATM clusters in Hong Kong due to vandalism from protestors. Bitcoin is just one example of an alternative financial solution for HK citizens during the ongoing crisis.
2020-1-7 19:55 | |
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In another example of the growing appeal of virtual banking in Hong Kong, six licensed virtual banks in the city have joined the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB). Virtual Banks Join HKIB In a press statement issued by HKIB on Thursday (January 2, 2020), Hong Kong’s banking training and certification institute announced the addition of six new members to its ranks.
2020-1-3 18:00 | |
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Following the recent freezing of around US$9 million of donations to the Hong Kong protest movement, demonstrators have now turned their attention towards financial censorship. With hostility against the banking industry rising, Bitcoin, as a censorship resistant asset, may well stand to benefit.
2019-12-25 23:00 | |
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For months on end, Hong Kong has been the scene of intensive confrontation between pro-democracy activists and its Beijing-supported government. It now seems the financial establishment has taken a side in this conflict.
2019-11-22 19:40 | |
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Coinspeaker Hong Kong Grants Chinese Tech Giant Tencent a License to Open Virtual BankReceiving the license from the Hong Kong SFC, Tencent will be working on a blockchain-based virtual banking system.
2019-11-9 14:40 | |
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Recently, a spate of banking failure and ATM outages have been cropping up across the world. Primarily, these have been in places like India and politically volatile regions like Hong Kong. However, reports out of America are now showing countrywide outages from Bank of America, leading Bitcoin’s lack of centralized financial authority to shine through.
2019-10-31 00:10 | |
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Escalating political tensions in Hong Kong and a potential economic and banking crisis in India has highlighted how fragile cash savings can be. Naturally Bitcoin would be the answer if adoption was greater and volatility was lower but the pluses for decentralized money are growing.
2019-10-7 11:30 | |
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Banking giant HSBC has revealed that they have finished the first yuan-denominated blockchain-based letter of a credit transaction with the help of Voltron. HSBC has partnered with the Landmark Group and the ReChainMe blockchain platform in order to create Voltron, which was used to arrange shipments between Hong Kong and Dubai. Voltron is a consortium […]
2019-9-3 17:53 | |
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Bitcoin is hoping to become a hot property in Hong Kong. The region’s political crisis has swept over its banking sector, which is now seeing protestors withdrawing large bundles of cash out of their banking institutions.
2019-8-19 04:36 | |
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Protesters in Hong Kong have taken to a new non-violent tactic, withdrawing cash in mass from ATMs and banks and converting it to U.S. dollars—foreshadowing things to come for Bitcoin. On Aug. 16, protesters in Hong Kong announced plans to withdraw their cash from the banking system in protest of overreach from mainland China, reported […] The post Bitcoin as protest: Hong Kong demonstrators withdraw their money from banking system appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2019-8-19 14:17 | |
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Bitcoin is hoping to become a hot property in Hong Kong. The region’s political crisis has swept over its banking sector, which is now seeing protestors withdrawing large bundles of cash out of ATMs.
2019-8-16 16:00 | |
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HSBC could be blocking crypto-related purchases Several financial institutions have taken similar measures in the past The British multinational banking company, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), seems to have been halting crypto-related transactions.
2019-6-3 10:21 | |
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Banks and the cryptocurrency world have been at odds ever since the latter emerged a decade ago. From initially shrugging decentralized currency off as a mere distraction, now the disruptive force has irked the banking industry with the seventh largest bank in the world, HSBC rumored to be halting cryptocurrency transactions.
2019-6-1 11:00 | |
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When I visited some early bitcoin startups in Hong Kong five years ago, they were unanimous about their biggest challenge: finding a bank that would let them open an account.
2019-5-6 07:00 | |
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One of the first regulated cryptocurrency exchanges, Gatecoin, has officially been taken over by liquidators following a series of hacks and banking problems. In a document sent to creditors of the exchange late last week, the liquidators state that “all powers of the directors of Gatecoin have ceased and the directors no longer have any authority to deal with the assets and/or undertakings of Gatecoin.
2019-4-1 11:45 | |
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Gatecoin, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Hong Kong, has announced that it is shutting down and entering liquidation following failed attempts at recovering lost funds stemming from a dispute with a past payment services provider.
2019-3-17 20:00 | |
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Nowhere does the phrase ‘misfortunes don’t come singly’ appear to be truer than in the case of Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin which has been hacked, had its banking accounts frozen, lost funds to a payment processor and now faces liquidation all in a span of three years.
2019-3-15 15:34 | |
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Gatecoin Cryptocurrency Exchange Calls It Quits After Six Years. Gatecoin, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchanged founded in 2013 by Aurelien Menant, a former investment banking expert, has announced it is now bankrupt and would end operations with immediate effect, according to a statement by the firm on March 14, 2019. End Of The Road For […]
2019-3-15 23:22 | |
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Hong Kong-based exchange Gatecoin, which was hacked in 2016, has officially received a court liquidation order, the company reported
2019-3-14 17:50 | |
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What Is PAOcard? Created by the People Allocate One Card International Group Co. Limited based in Hong Kong, PAOcard is a next generation banking service that combines the traditional currencies with all the major cryptocurrencies.
2019-3-5 12:57 | |
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Since the establishment of the first crypto-to-fiat platform, exchanges have been subject to intense scrutiny from banks, regulators, and most importantly, the consumers and investors themselves. Despite its veteran status in this nascent industry, Bitfinex isn’t exempt from this scrutiny, as a few too many controversies have rocked the Hong Kong-based startup over its near-six-year history.
2018-10-13 15:46 | |
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GMO Internet Group is working to launch a stablecoin by 2019. In an announcement released on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, the Japanese IT conglomerate said it is putting all gears in place to begin building its stablecoin, called the GMO Japanese Yen (GJY).
2018-10-10 02:10 | |
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The noise that surrounds economic relations between the United States and China is amping up exponentially. You can thank the latest trade wars for that, as fresh tensions boil over between the two nations who are currently trading new tariffs on imports, with no shortage of ill will underpinning the moves.
2018-10-10 23:38 | |
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Top-three cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is pushing back against claims that call its solvency into question. The Hong Kong-based company released a blog post on October 7, 2017, that states, contrary to recent rumors, it is not insolvent.
2018-10-9 00:43 | |
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A Hong Kong firm recently joined Swiss cryptocurrency investment bank, SEBA crypto AG, in its series A fundraising. Hong Kong Firm Keen on Cryptocurrency Investment Banking Summer Capital, a Hong Kong firm, decided to invest in SEBA Crypto AG’s Series A funding.
2018-10-8 15:23 | |
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Seba Crypto AG (SEBA) has raised 100 million Swiss francs ($103 million) for the creation of a regulated bank that lets customers trade fiat for digital currency. The Zug-based startup is headed by former UBS managers Guido Buehler, who serves as CEO, and Andreas Amschwand, who serves as chairman.
2018-9-27 22:14 | |
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the region’s currency board and central bank, is set to launch a live blockchain-based trading platform in September. The banking project is backed by HSBC, Bank of China, ANZ, DBS Bank, Bank of East Asia,… The post Hong Kong’s Banking Sector to Get a Blockchain Platform by September appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-7-20 16:08 | |
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Hong Kong's banking regulator is planning to widen its works on cross-border trade finance using distributed ledger technology.
2018-6-27 09:00 | |
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