DECEMBER 7, 2017
The Australian Securities Exchange is planning to use blockchain technology to manage the clearing and settlement of equities.
Read More: https://www.ft.com/content/c9b86e8e-dae4-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482
Let’s Celebrate. We have reached 1,000 digital tech companies in our Cyberport community. A great milestone for Cyberport and more importantly a great milestone for Hong Kong Start-ups Ecosystem. Please join us on Dec 14 and watch the opening night of the movie “Star Wars: the Last Jedi”. Let’s celebrate and let’s have fun.
The 7th Episode of Cyberport FinTech Series at Metro Finance Radio Channel features innovation on lending market. Mr. Steven Lee, Founder and CEO of MoneySQ, is more than just one of the leaders in P2P Lending market. MoneySQ stands for Money Smart Quotient. As you may have watched their TV commericals on rocking one of the tallest financial centres in Hong Kong, you can feel and see how innovative if not disruptive they are.
Find out more about MoneySQ here. https://lnkd.in/fNP-mGS
Mr. Gilbert Tam, Head of Strategic Partner, Velotrade, has a great way to solve the cash flow challenge of SMEs.
Find out more about Velotrade here. https://www.velotrade.com/
Listen to this episode here: Part 1 https://lnkd.in/fms68_p
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Official Programme Review and Facebook of MetroFinance Radio: https://lnkd.in/d3YBQ5D https://lnkd.in/djnAniK
The 6th Episode of Cyberport FinTech Series at Metro Finance Radio Channel features eTrading innovation and new FinTech Certification Programme Samuel C.H. Wan, Co-Founder and Chairperson, Molecule Financial (Stockflash 秒投), was our guest. StockFlash, Molecule’s flagship product, is a platform for Social Trading and Molecule is a Cyberport incubatee.
Find out more here. https://lnkd.in/fVp7zRJ
Mr. Paul Pong, IFTA Chairman and a veteran in Financial Services industry, was another guest. Paul brought in a FinTech certification programme from UK to HK during our Cyberport delegation to London in Sep 2017.
Find out more here. Cyberport FinTech Delegation to London: https://lnkd.in/ffNHrsB IFTA: https://lnkd.in/f3EFJVb
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The 5th Episode of Cyberport FinTech Series at Metro Finance Radio Channel Features FinTech Talents and Education in Hong Kong. Mr. Hailson Yu, Deputy Director, Technology Transfer Office, HKU, and Hung Lok Bun Roy Co-Founder, B-Route, were our guests. We have discussed how HKU and Cyberport are nurturing FinTech talents for Hong Kong. Both parties have signed a MOU on this collaboration.
Roy was one of the participants in our 2016 CUPP prorgram. The program sends 50+ top university students from Hong Kong to Stanford University to learn FinTech every year. Roy and his teammate Bobby Fan founded B-Route after they attended CUPP.
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Listen to this episode here
Part 1: https://lnkd.in/fW4SZQs
Part 2: https://lnkd.in/f72SvVK
Cyberport FinTech series is featuring FinTech leaders and is being broadcasted every Sunday from 1pm to 2pm at the Hong Kong Metro Finance Radio Station.
Previous 4 episodes:
If you have missed some of the episodes of our Cyberport FinTech Series (數碼港夥拍新城财經台的金融科技大本營節目) on MetroFinance Radio Station, no worries. All the past ones are available in this dedicated programme page now.
You can also visit the programme facebook page for videos, pictures and more.
Certainly, you can listen live to the radio show at 1pm every Sun. Stay tuned.
Nov 2017
Startup launches UnionPay card payment service for HK taxis
Hong Kong commuters can now use their UnionPay cards to pay for taxi fares.
One2Paid, a cashless payment solution startup under local fintech company CamClaim, has partnered with UnionPay International, China Mobile Hong Kong, K&R International and JetSet Taxi to provide the mobile payment service.
Read More: http://www.ejinsight.com/20171113-startup-launches-unionpay-card-payment-service-for-hk-taxis/
The 4th Episode of Cyberport FinTech Series at Metro Finance Radio Channel Features FinTech Investment in Hong Kong
Mr. Duncan Chiu, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Radiant Venture Capital, and Eddie RONG, CEO and Co-Founder, HeyCoins, were our guests.
We have discussed with experienced tech investor Duncan and an emerging FinTech entrepreneur Eddie on their fund raising and deal making experience.
HeyCoins is our Cyberport Incubatee. They have started with a paper-made kiosk as a prototype and now are a leader in an innovative kiosk to turn coins into digital currency.
Part 1 (Nov 12, 2017) https://lnkd.in/fySFBMT
Part 2 (Nov 12, 2017) https://lnkd.in/fQNAkBx
3 Key Success Factors of Digital Tech Entrepreneurship 想創業成功，湛家揚博士認為必須具備3大條件：
1/ 改變社會的熱情Passion to Change： 「做初創每天都會遇到不同的問題，包括現金流、投資者的壓力、客戶未必接受自己等，有很多難關要過，如果你沒有一份熱情，沒有一定的魄力，未必可以衝破難關。」
2/ 國際化的思維Global Mindset： 「參考創業較成功的國家如以色列，當地每間初創由零開始時，已經有國際化的思維。如果你只想在本地發展，即使整個香港的生意都做完，市場都不會太大。」
3/ 留意經濟發展Watch out Regional Economies： 「特別是在大灣區、一帶一路的市場，當
你考慮在一個範疇內創業時，要顧及這些市場的潛力和特點去選擇創業的路徑。」
Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/fgPNxNm
LinkedIn Post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6332622857864081408
Nov 2017
WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, has been developing a peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service for India that it plans to introduce in December, according to Factor Daily.
This will be the first time the global messaging app is introducing the payments feature anywhere in the world.
Read More: http://www.ejinsight.com/20171106-whatsapp-to-add-payments-in-messaging-app-in-india/