The initiative effectively extends digital bank licences to non-bank players, as existing banking groups in Singapore already have a framework for setting up digital bank subsidiaries.
July 1, 2019HSBC will remove below-balance, counter transaction and annual fees for most personal savings accounts as it braces for incoming competition from newly approved virtual banks.
June 20, 2019The FSC will accept applications again during Q3 this year. Kiwoom Bank and Toss Bank can address their shortcomings and resubmit their applications.
May 27, 2019Banks have not invested sufficiently in modernising their core internal systems due to a stronger focus on customer-facing applications, says Synpulse partner Salomon Wettstein.
May 10, 2019Ant Financial, Tencent, ICBC Asia, HKEX, Xiaomi and Ping An are among the backers of the four licence recipients, bringing the total number of virtual banks in Hong Kong to eight.
May 9, 2019The regulator says it is engaging relevant stakeholders to ascertain the unique value that such virtual bank entrants could bring to Singapore's banking landscape.
May 8, 2019The HKMA has granted a fourth virtual bank licence to WeLab Digital, the first stand-alone company to receive the licence.
April 11, 2019The three newly licenced virtual banks are joint ventures involving BOCHK, JD Digits, Jardines, Standard Chartered, HKT, PCCW, Ctrip, ZhongAn Online and Sinolink.
March 27, 2019Norman Chan will leave behind a healthy banking industry with strong capital ratios and low bad debt levels. A selection panel will identify the HKMA's next chief.
February 22, 2019The HKMA has provided an update on the processing of virtual banking applications, saying it will shortlist one-third of remaining applicants with an aim to granting licences in Q1 2019.
December 10, 2018