She helped found the now-shuttered Civic Party in 2006 and won a legislative seat in 2012, but later quit the party to campaign on a platform emphasising Hong Kong’s distinctive identity from ...

Across the world there is a drive to expand financial inclusion so that more people can have access to banking and financial ...

Ant Bank (Hong Kong), the digital banking arm of Ant International, has received a $100 million capital infusion from its parent company as it seeks to scale ...

Sam Altman's digital identity startup, World, has launched its iris-scanning technology and cryptocurrency token in the ...

Sam Altman’s World project has launched in the U.S. It scans users’ irises in exchange for crypto, raising fresh concerns ...

The invalidation process will occur in two distinct phases. Phase I, beginning May 12, 2025, affects individuals born in 1970 or after. Phase II, commencing October 12, 2025, applies to those born in ...

It was a deliberate pivot from the Eurocentric, blue-chip circuit: a messy, ambitious attempt to redraw the art world map.

Key collaborations will include: Promoting the synergistic development of Hong Kong and Shanghai in digital economy, data element market collaboration, and digital identity authentication; Jointly ...

As Hong Kong’s only digital bank that is deeply integrated ... including anti-deepfake technology for secure identity verification, real-time transaction monitoring via intelligent risk control ...

HKMA has launched Project CargoX, an initiative that aims to use digitalised cargo data to help SMEs access trade finance.

Sam Altman’s biometric identity project — World ... investigation before ultimately halting the project. And, in Hong Kong, regulators ordered World to cease operations, citing the collection ...