The September 2022 month-end round-up of Hong Kong technology news, from Startup News Asia.
This month’s Hong Kong technology news snapshot touches on digital banking, the metaverse, China’s digital yuan, cross-border e-commerce and more.
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Connecting Digital Islands: CBDCS / SWIFT & Capgemini
- Hong Kong: Wada Bento vending machine startup gains $2.8M Pre-Series A with hardware-as-a-service approach to food provision
- Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands raises $110M in round led by Singapore’s Temasek and Korea’s Mirae Asset Mgmt
- Hong Kong’s WeLab fintech platform and Indonesia’s PT Astra conglomerate complete acquisition of PT Bank Jasa Jakarta, with plans to launch Indonesia-focused digital banking services
- South Korea: Over 120,000 merchants so far added cross-border e-wallets as payment method, spanning Hong Kong’s AlipayHK, the Philippines’ GCash, Malaysia’s Touch ‘n Go eWallet and Thailand’s TrueMoney
- China: Central bank completes digital yuan trial, handling 160+ cross-border payments and for-ex transactions totalling over $21M, with Hong Kong, Thailand and UAE taking part
Connecting Digital Islands: Tokenized Assets / SWIFT & Capgemini
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