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Virtual Banking: New Business Model under Technology Era

28 June 2022

Hong Kong is an international fintech hub, characterised by a diverse, resilient and dynamic market. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has granted eight virtual bank licences since 2018. Barbaros Uygun, CEO of Mox Bank Limited, shared the company’s business model under the new technology era in an interview with HKTDC Research, as well as the latest fintech developments in Hong Kong. More

Tech & Innovation

Lazy eye comes into focus

13 April 2022

Good vision is critical for children’s development, which makes early diagnosis and treatment of eye-related problems important. But eye specialists are familiar with issues associated with testing young children’s vision as the charts can be hard to understand, especially for toddlers. More

Tech & Innovation

Ticket to the metaverse

01 April 2022

Just as our view of the universe has changed radically over time – from a flat earth under a dome of sky to a planet on a solar system in one of hundreds of billions of galaxies – so our perception of the rapidly evolving metaverse is shifting constantly. Only in the case of the metaverse its actual state is evolving along with our perceptions. More

Market Opportunities

Build your own universe

31 March 2022

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are pulling real-world assets into the metaverse and giving them value in the content-owner-driven world of Web 3.0. But since the metaverse is content-only and everyone can create items from scratch, or even virtualise real-world performers and let them live forever, why not go all-virtual? More

Market Opportunities

Eyes on customers

16 February 2022

Cyclops were one-eyed giants in Homer’s Odyssey, which were given the slip by the warriors returning from Troy. More

Tech & Innovation

Global digital tech on display

15 February 2022

From a colour‑changing car to a finger‑nibbling cat robot (the Amagami Ham Ham, courtesy of Yukai Engineering and the Liv Heart Corporation, main picture), the recent CES 2022 brought the latest tech ideas from around the world to Las Vegas for a combined in‑person and digital event. More

Entrepreneurship

Wealth managers go digital

10 February 2022

Wealth management – directing clients’ money towards investments that generate the most attractive returns or yields – is a field ripe for technological innovation. As wealth managers deal with multitudes of different client types, all these clients have a variety of different needs creating a vacuum for personalised wealth management solutions. Digitalising their client experience, via a modular, configurable platform, allows the wealth managers the flexibility to personalise their offerings to address a wide range of clients and their needs. More

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Greater Bay Area Start-Ups: Wellness App Promotes Mental Health

23 December 2021

As society undergoes rapid changes the pace of life is getting faster, which in turn exerts increased psychological stress and mental burden on people. Against this backdrop, Guangzhou-based start-up 5P Medicine offers offline and online exercises and courses on mindfulness meditation and psychology-related topics. Cancan Jin, founder of the company, described how his app can help users improve their psychological health and what challenges start-ups are facing in Guangzhou. More

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Greater Bay Area Start-Ups: From San Francisco Bay Area to China’s Silicon Valley

25 November 2021

Raj Oswal is a Silicon Valley based entrepreneur from the San Francisco Bay Area. Seeing the huge business opportunities in the GBA, Raj recently set up his own company focused on being a technology solution provider – Interface Technology (Shenzhen) CO. – in Shekou, Net Valley in 2021. He also has an eye on education technology for the future, using AR and VR to enhance the online learning experience. Raj shares how he perceives the GBA start-up ecosystem from his own experience. More

Tech & Innovation

Hot bento pronto

19 November 2021

A hot lunch box from a vending machine in just 17 seconds — that is the “hot-chain technology” product that took a Hong Kong start-up almost three years to perfect. Wada Bento’s founder said the market appetite for his business is growing in the fast-paced city. More

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