Hong Kong is about to host the ninth version of Hong Kong Fintech Week (HKFW) from 28 October to 1 November 2024.
Themed “Illuminating New Pathways in Fintech,” this 12 months’s occasion goals to solidify Hong Kong’s place as a number one international monetary and fintech hub.
The occasion is organised by InvestHK and the Monetary Providers and the Treasury Bureau, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Financial Authority (HKMA), the Securities and Futures Fee (SFC), and the Insurance coverage Authority (IA).
HKFW is anticipated to draw over 30,000 individuals from greater than 100 economies.
The occasion will characteristic a essential convention at Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo from 28-29 October, with a deal with the most recent fintech improvements and traits, together with synthetic intelligence (AI).
Notably, Hong Kong has a excessive adoption price of generative AI within the finance sector, surpassing international averages.
Attendees can count on insights from tons of of audio system and engagement with quite a few exhibitors, together with a powerful presence from Mainland Chinese language massive tech firms.
HKFW 2024 can even spotlight Hong Kong’s position as a “tremendous connector,” bridging markets throughout ASEAN and the Center East.
The occasion programme contains eight themed boards overlaying matters like AI, blockchain, digital belongings, and inexperienced finance.
The World Quick Observe programme can even play a major position on the occasion, providing fintech innovators a platform to attach with potential buyers and companions.
The programme, which obtained over 500 functions from 56 economies, will culminate in stay pitches throughout the week, showcasing cutting-edge fintech options.
Along with the convention, a sequence of group occasions will happen all through the week, together with a tour of the Higher Bay Space, the first-ever Web3x3 basketball event, and different satellite tv for pc and networking occasions, way of life actions, and workshops.
The Web3x3 basketball event, the primary of its sort at a fintech convention, will kick off with the preliminary spherical on 26-27 October at Kwun Tong Metropolis Centre Free House and Playground, adopted by the ultimate rounds at AsiaWorld-Expo on 29 October.
Open to professionals from the Finance, Know-how, and Net 3.0 sectors, groups should embody a minimum of one feminine participant and cling to FIBA 3×3 guidelines.
Groups will compete for prizes, with a part of the entry charges supporting InspiringHK, a charity for underprivileged youngsters in Hong Kong.
Christopher Hui, Secretary for Monetary Providers and the Treasury, mentioned,
“With its strategic location and sturdy monetary infrastructure, Hong Kong emerges as a ‘tremendous connector’ and ‘tremendous value-adder’ for fintech. Hong Kong is primed to steer the transformative journey to uncover the pathways to alternatives. Our metropolis is ranked third within the newest World Monetary Centres Index and first within the Asia Pacific Area.
When it comes to fintech, Hong Kong rose 5 locations to ninth, placing it among the many high 10 fintech hubs globally. This displays the concerted efforts of the Authorities, monetary regulators, and business gamers to advertise fintech growth in Hong Kong.”
Alpha Lau, Director-Basic of Funding Promotion of InvestHK, mentioned,
“We’ll proceed to advertise Hong Kong’s strengths in monetary companies, innovation and know-how, and household places of work. And our strategic focus shall be on enhancing our promotion drive in key markets, together with ASEAN and the Center East.
Hong Kong Fintech Week shall be an necessary platform to show these foci areas into motion. It’s an engine to drive companies to Hong Kong, in addition to create bridges for our metropolis’s fintech ecosystem to seize international alternatives.”
Additional data on the Hong Kong Fintech Week 2024 may be discovered right here.
