Hong Kong is emerging as a neutral hub bridging the technological strengths of East and West while leveraging its robust education and financial systems to drive the next wave of artificial intelligence transformation in businesses, according to PwC executives. As companies worldwide pushed to move AI from isolated experiments to capabilities deployed at scale, not…
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has pressed ahead with its strategic move into the fast-growing healthcare sector with a major upgrade to its artificial intelligence health app AQ, positioning the platform to work like a fitness companion or a family doctor. The new features included integration of records from smart devices made by Apple, Huawei…
When Alvin Kwock, co-founder of digital insurer OneDegree, took part in the inaugural Hong Kong FinTech Week in November 2016, it was held at a venue suitable for only a few hundred people. “As it was the first ever fintech event in Hong Kong, only fintech start-ups were interested, no big financial institutions paid attention,”…
Four fintech industry organisations from Hong Kong and mainland China have formalised a strategic partnership aimed at deepening collaboration and integration across the Greater Bay Area and the wider fintech sector. Regional cooperation The agreement brings together the FinTech Association of Hong Kong, the Zhongguancun Fintech Industry Development Alliance from Beijing, the Shenzhen Fintech Association,…
Banking has outgrown the desktop. Today, finance happens in pockets — where every tap, transfer, and verification shapes how people experience trust. For fintech companies, mobile is no longer just a medium; it’s the foundation on which entire financial ecosystems are built. Across the world, mobile phones have become the bridge between people and participation….
Over the past decade, the financial industry has undergone a profound transformation driven by technology. Traditional banks, once the undisputed leaders of the financial ecosystem, now face competition from agile startups and digital innovators known collectively as “fintechs.” These fintech apps have redefined how people interact with money—making financial services faster, more accessible, and more…
Walmart-backed OnePay offers credit and debit cards, high-yield savings accounts, buy now, pay later loans and a digital wallet with peer-to-peer payments. Photo obtained from OnePay website OnePay, the fintech firm majority-owned by Walmart, will soon offer cryptocurrency trading and custody on its mobile app, CNBC has learned. OnePay will offer customers access to bitcoin and…
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI has finalized a secondary share sale totaling $6.6 billion, allowing current and former employees to sell stock at a record…
Hong Kong’s markets hit their lowest point in more than a decade in 2022, squeezed by rising friction between Washington and Beijing. With the US Federal Reserve tightening monetary policy aggressively, Asian markets were starved of liquidity. Hong Kong’s benchmark fell below 16,000 points in 2022, one of the steepest drops among global indices. Three…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (L), and Jensen Huang CEO of Nvidia. Reuters ABILENE, Texas – Sam Altman had a deadline. OpenAI’s CEO was headed to Texas to unveil his company’s next big infrastructure push, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wanted in on the action. Through a series of hurried negotiations, late-night calls and last-minute…