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Payment Connect, which currently involves 12 financial institutions, links Hong Kong's FPS with China's IBPS, and went live on June 22.

The idea is to harness the HKMA's Commercial Data Interchange to help improve access for SMEs to trade finance.

A licensing scheme for stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong is expected to be introduced later this year. Bill Winters, group CEO of Standard Chartered, says "digital assets are here to stay."

Cross-border payments platform Project mBridge continues to develop, moving from its pilot phase into the realm of the MVP. HK Fintech Week 2024 heard how it could pave the way for a new era in digital finance.

Project e-HKD+ will explore use cases for individuals and corporates such as in supply chains or DLT environments; participants include DBS, Visa, ANZ, HSBC, Bank of China (HK), Mastercard, Airstar Bank and KBank.

The two parties will work together to explore stablecoin use cases in a sandbox led by the HKMA.

The HKMA is setting up a SME task force as companies look overseas and want to improve their financial management tools as a strong HKD persists.

Regulators in the city are betting on fiat-referenced stablecoins to become the next trailblazer in domestic and cross-border payments.

The partners have achieved a market first for Hong Kong’s treasury landscape.

Experts share insights around the value potential of a digital currency, following the HKMA’s publication of an initial report on the pilot.

Hong Kong’s regulator is inviting the public to submit thoughts on key issues surrounding the introduction of a digital currency in the market.

The HKMA has issued a consultation paper on cryptocurrencies, in the latest move by a central bank to regulate digital assets.