WeLab Bank was the only stand-alone company to win a virtual bank licence from the HKMA. It commenced pilot services in April.
July 30, 2020Bills related to tax, government rates and rent, and water will be issued with FPS QR codes moving forward.
November 4, 2019Banks and stored value facility operators are asked to adopt a 'refined process' in setting up direct debit authorisations to top-up e-wallets following last week's fraud reports.
October 29, 2018Approximately HKD 180,000 was stolen from customers just three weeks after the launch of a service allowing automatic top-ups of e-wallets by direct debit from bank accounts.
October 26, 2018The HKMA is looking to build a more diversified regtech ecosystem in Hong Kong and urges for greater collaboration between the banking industry and technology community.
September 28, 2018The SGQR combines multiple payment QR codes into a single SGQR label, to be rolled out across Singapore over the next six months.
September 18, 2018New payment system connects banks and stored-value facility operators to enable instant payments in Hong Kong dollar and renminbi.
September 18, 2018Government reviewing and enhancing existing tax concession arrangements for fund industry; HKMA to launch real-time payments, issue virtual bank licences this year.
April 20, 2018