The HKUST Fintechstic 2022 Public Trivia, organized by the Fintech Research Project of HKUST Business School, will start on 31 October. Designed to enhance the public's understanding of the Metaverse and Non-Fungible-Token (NFT), the Trivia provides participants with Web3 knowledge through different levels of engaging questions. Winners of the Trivia can receive attractive prizes. For details and to participate, https://fintechstic.hkust.edu.hk/

The Trivia will close on 14 November 2022.

As a professional fund manager or wealth management practitioner, you always try to strike for the best returns on your portfolios. Exploring new asset class is one of the important tasks in portfolio management. In the past year, locally and globally, it appears to be more acceptable in treating digital assets as a new investible asset class. How much do you know about digital assets, its associated risks and the regulatory aspects?

This course will provide you with the fundamentals of digitals assets and will also share the basic trading instruments and trading strategies.

By the end of this course, participants will:
- Understand what digital assets are and the associated key risks
- Have the basic understanding of how to trade digital assets
- Be alerted on the regulatory aspect of the digital assets and the trading platform

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Taiwan’s Fintech ecosystem performance has been gaining international recognition. With a rich pool of tech talents, strong intellectual property laws, a well-established infrastructure and its key geographic location, Taiwan provides a great support to Fintech partner worldwide. Hosted by the Taiwan Fintech Hub, FinTechSpace, the "Webinar: Marching Taiwan Fintech Market" is a side event of the "2022 Hong Kong Fintech Week". In this webinar, you will hear from Mr. Marcus Tsai, the Division Director of  FinTech Center of Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission sharing the development and the trend of Taiwan Fintech policy. If you are looking for entry Taiwan market, the related resources for oversea companies to landing in Taiwan will also be share in this webinar.本次「Marching Taiwan Fintech

In the meantime, 3 International Rising stars award winners will also join the webinar to present their innovative solutions. “International Rising stars award” is one of FinTech Taipei 2022 relative awards, and they are looking expanding opportunities in 2023. Join this webinar to know more about Taiwan Fintech and our rising stars!

Join us at the HSBC Knowledge Lounge to discover how we are accelerating the future of banking where we will cover topics such as Web3, accessibility and sustainability.

PwC Hong Kong is organising an invite-only dinner to celebrate its long-lasting support of Hong Kong’s thriving FinTech ecosystem.

Venue is close to the HKCEC and will be communicated to confirmed guests.

A great casual drinking night where to meet HKFTW attendees after the conference.

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In support of InvestHK's Hong Kong Fintech Week 2022, a celebration of the vibrancy of HK at the world's first private club for cryptoA great casual drinking night to meet HKFTW attendees after the conference and the larger Hong Kong creative and crypto community.Free flow while supplies last.Brought to you by Platinum Sponsor Google Cloud and Diamond Sponsor Ascent.Supporting partners include: Fintech Association of Hong Kong, 100 Women in Finance, Harneys, Dechert, Twenty Cinco, Natural Asia Pacific, and ClubDAO.

Today we see a lot of instability in the Crypto market with the implosion of the Terra stable coin, Bitcoin plunging below USD 20 000 and Coinbase announcing that they will lay off 18% of its employees. Is this the end of the Crypto saga or just another bump in the road? The development of the Metaverse doesn’t seem to halt and Crypto is still expected to play an essential role, right? Looking forward, how shall you and your organisation handle Crypto, Web3 and the Metaverse? Shall it be a part of your long-term strategy or not?

First Digital will be hosting a first round of drinks and canapes at their award-winning office, on the 40th floor of the Lippo Centre Tower 1.

With stunning views across the harbour, and a sleek bar area – it will be a great night of networking and mingling with industry insiders.

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the FINNOVASIA team invites you to drinks and networking under the starts as together we celebrate #HKFTW22 and our re-brand with a new Web3 reveal!

No speakers, no presentations, just drinks, friends and fun. ✨

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Join us for a night of drinks and canapés overlooking Lan Kwai Fong at the Faye Rooftop Lounge to chat about the future of blockchain gaming and metaverse.

-我们将在俯瞰兰桂坊的屋顶酒吧提供酒水小吃，欢迎加入同我们畅谈区块链游戏和元宇宙的未来.
-我們將在俯瞰蘭桂坊的屋頂酒吧提供酒水小吃，歡迎加入同我們暢談區塊鏈遊戲和元宇宙的未來.

A great casual drinking night where to meet HKFTW attendees post-conference.

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Join us at the HSBC Knowledge Lounge to discover how we are accelerating the future of banking where we will cover topics such as Web3, accessibility and sustainability.

1) How Human-centered Fintech innovations change the world?
2) Evolution of AI algorithms and quantum computing for FinTech and beyond
3) Explore the new usage of cloud in FS business
4) How do Web3.0, Metaverse and NFT bring new business opportunities to financial industry 5) Panel discussion6) Q&A

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As members of Generation Z start to earn income and create investment opportunities, it is worth noting the amount of time spent engaging with mobile devices for live-streaming, gaming and other electronic services.Will investment options for Generation Z be influenced by digital transformation? Would value stocks, bonds, derivatives, cryptos or simple savings be in their portfolios? Can FinTech innovations change how they invest?Join HKU FinTech Day 2022’s “FinTech Retail Investment of Generation Z” panel with Dr. Yang YOU and Yali ZHU in a discussion on how technologies such as Web-3 portals, internet brokers and robo-advisors may impact the ways in which young investors make ventures in stocks, bonds, cryptos, NFTs and more.

In the city where crypto pioneers such as Block.one, FTX and Crypto.com were born and four universities were recently named by CoinDesk as the Top 20 Universities with the Biggest Impact on Blockchain, the new administration is working to position Hong Kong as an international virtual asset centre.  How will Hong Kong achieve this?  Join this roundtable of seasoned experts as they discuss the new policy announcements to be made by the Financial Secretary at the launch of Hong Kong Fintech Week 2022, and the road ahead.

This roundtable is chaired by Brian Tang, Founding Executive Director of LITE Lab@HKU and Board Member of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong, speakers include:  Sean Lee (Co-founder, Odsy Network; former CEO of Algorand Foundation), Ben El-Baz (Head of Ecosystems, Hashkey Group), Neil Tan (Chair, FTAHK; CEO, Neptune Digital), Samson Lee (Founder & CEO of Coinstreet Partners), Emil Chan (Co-chair, Hong Kong Digital Finance Association), Victor Yim (Head of Fintech, Cyberport), Nathan Simmons (Chief Compliance Officer, Victory Fintech; former CCO at OSL), Louie Lee (Co-founder and managing director, Prosynergy Consulting), Henry Yu (Principal Partner, L&Y Law Office in association with Henry Yu & Associates), Frankie Tam (Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland), Hoi Tak Leung (Counsel, Ashurst)

为庆祝香港特别行政区成立25周年，特别合作香港金融科技周举办本次云联沙龙。本次活动由君合律师事务所、恩盈创新国际智库、BOAX、疯狂体育、中鼎科技联合主办，并得到香港投资推广署的特别支持。该活动在香港和北京举行，两地主会场线下嘉宾连线互动，其他地区嘉宾线上参加沙龙，含部分拟邀的内地、香港与国际嘉宾。沙龙开始时，君合等主办方和香港投资推广署将致开幕词，随后将进行6场主题讨论环节，各领域的相关专家会就一些元宇宙热点话题分享专业的见解。

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of establishing the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, this cross-border  salon will be held during the 2022 Hong Kong Fintech Week. The eventis co-organized  by Jun He LLP, ANIN Innovation International Think Tank, BOAX, Crazy Sports, ZD (Beijing) and supported by Invest Hong Kong.The event is organized physically in Hong Kong and Beijing, with offline guests connecting and interacting in the main venues of the two cities, and guests from other regions participating in salon online, including some guests to be invited in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and other countries. At the beginning of the salon, Jun He LLP, organizers and the  InvestHK  will deliver an opening remarks, followed by six thematic discussion sessions, where relevant experts in various fields will share their professional views on some hot topics of the Metaverse.

KPMG China and Aspen Digital released a joint report on 24 October, “Investing in Digital Assets - Family office and high-net worth investor perspectives on digital asset allocation”. In recent years, digital assets have evolved as an alternative asset class, with a market capitalization of more than USD 1 trillion as of September 2022. However, as digital assets are still an emerging asset class, investors have some regulatory and valuation concerns.Exploring the growing interest in digital assets from family offices and high-net-worth individuals, this event will cover the key highlights of the report and offer further insights into the market.

This panel discussion will bring together crypto experts and traditional asset managers to discuss the outlook and investment opportunities in digital assets. Moderated by InvestHK's Head of Fintech King Leung, the panel features experts from traditional wealth management: Paul McSheaffrey, KPMG Partner in Financial Services, and Aleksey Mironenko, Managing Director for Investing Solutions at Leo Wealth, a member firm of FOAHK. With digital assets expertise, Joy Lam, Virtual Asset Specialist for Baker Mckenzie, and Elliot Andrews, Head of Business Development for Aspen Digital, will share their perspectives on the market’s future development.

The digital wave continues to move at breakneck speed, with businesses forecasted to spend $10 trillion on digital transformation over the next five years. Eversheds Sutherland is hosting its annual Global Tech Week, a series of in-person events and conferecnes which will take place in London, New York, San Francisco and hong Kong. The "Asia Edition " of Global Tech Week is taking place in the Hong Kong office, on Wednesday, 2 November. The Global Tech Week: Asia Edition Conference will bring together industry leaders across Web3.0, Emerging Technology, Digital Assets, RegTech, Crypto Banking and more. There will be a total of three combined sessions comprising presentations and panel discussions: "Ready Lawyer One: Read, Write & Own" will be facilitated by Rhys McWhirter, Partner and Asia Head of Technology; "Crypto RegTech: Catch Me If You Can" will be facilitated by Frankie Tam; "Fraud By Any Other Name" will be facilitated by Wesley Pang.  *Hong Kong Law Society CPD Point applied for (pending approval)

Forum |  Networking | Payment

Hong Kong and Singapore are the two most prominent and advanced cities in Asia that are leading the way in digital banking and fintech solutions. There is ongoing healthy competition between the two. Singapore recently overtook Hong Kong on the list of global financial hub rankings, according to the Global Financial Centres Index. We cordially invite experts in the payment and RegTech arenas, to openly discuss the FS and FinTech development of both Hong Kong and Singapore, and the future of regulatory change in these two cities. What to expect in a changing environment? Will Hong Kong soon regain its attraction as a hub for financial institutions and fintech companies? We will discuss this hot topic, and hear the opinions of three experts with over 50 years of combined knowledge of both cities.

NIH-HK together with Business Sweden HK supported by Invest HK are having a side-event to bring the Nordic Fintech community closer to HK and GBA fintech community. The Nordic countries have been at the vanguard of innovation in digital, mobile, and instant payments for decades. The Nordic countries combine a vibrant competitive landscape of banks, payments specialists, and start-up companies with a long tradition of cooperation and collaboration. The Global Innovation Index 2021 captures the innovation ecosystem performance of 132 economies. In top 10 you will find Sweden, Finland and Denmark among the most innovative countries  (from Nordic Fintech Magazine).

1) Common FinTech Governance Concerns
2) Data analytic tools to identify risks & manage cross-boundary KYC process
3) Upcoming regulations over crypto and the pros for regulations
4) Trend of cybercrime and corresponding asset protection measures
5) Introduction of design thinking to enhance profitability
6) How to attract, acquire, develop and retain fintech talents?

In order to keep pace with the rapid changes in the new economy, regulatory bodies all over the world are laying out different levels of supervision.  How should we interpret? Global recession looms large after successive rate hikes.  How could various technology enterprises enhance their competitiveness?  How could businesses upgrade themselves to embrace the era of web 3.0 and the metaverse?近年環球不同監管機構對不同新經濟項目,作出不同程度的監管, 應如何解讀相關政策信息? 另面對經濟放緩, 不同類型的科技股如何提升競爭力及加強數碼轉型, 迎接web3.0及元宇宙年代?

YouTube | Tech | E-Commerce

We are all so used to doing so much online these days. People have been enjoying the conveniences of the digital world for over two decades. But do you know how to make full use of it? Do you know how to use omnichannel to generate momentum in your business? Or how to maximize the benefits of social media? The live-streaming discussion with Torres Pit will teach you shortcuts in the digital world. Torres Pit is only 26 years old but has accumulated over 700,000 followers on YouTube. Recently, he started his own online shop, riding on the wave of social media channel success. Are you a merchant seller? What do you need to pay attention to when using social media to promote your business? Let's hear what Torres says and ask him all your "Digital world" questions in this fun and rewarding session.

"Future Technology for the Financial Industry" is one of the workshops of the HKUST Fintechstic 2022. In collaboration with FORMS HK, a cross-border fintech thought leader focusing on emerging technologies driving the digitalization of banks and financial institutions, this workshop outlines the future technology and the latest fintech trends in the financial industry. Mr. Kenneth Lau, Head of Fintech Consulting & Head of Blockchain Innovation Centre of FORMS HK, and Mr. Lester Wong, Fintech Consultant of FORMS HK, will share real-world examples of blockchain project implementation, dissecting approach to fintech development and how blockchain can complement the growth of financial services. For more information on HKUST Fintechstic 2022 and other fintech workshops and initiatives, please visit us.

With FinTech standing at the forefront of our digital age, leading innovation and digital transformation in many industries, how is the “traditional banking” sector responding to these changes? In this seminar, Dr Derek Wong, Founder of Dr WMS Ltd. and veteran in Hong Kong’s banking industry, will explore the following topics: • What are the challenges and opportunities for traditional banks when developing their digital transformation or FinTech adoption strategy?• How will RegTech and FinTech impact the banking industry? • Virtual banks in Hong Kong are facing heightened competition since their launch in 2020. What does the future of virtual banks look like in this Age of Disruption?

論壇由南方財經全媒體集團自 2019 年（每年一屆）發起主辦，深圳市羅湖區人民政府聯合主辦，廣東粵港澳大灣區研究院、21 世紀經濟報導共同承辦，盛邀來自政府機構、學術界、金融界、產業界等領域的重磅嘉賓，以及全球關注大灣區發展的有識之士，就大灣區建設特別是創新經濟發展的重大議題獻計獻策，共同助力打造世界級灣區的偉大夢想！Since 2019, Southern Finance Omnimedia Corp has hosted Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Innovation Economy Summit per annum, together with Shenzhen Luohu District People's government, 21st Century Business Herald and Guangdong Academy of Greater Bay Area Studies.The purpose of the summit is to explore the specific path to accelerate the pace of innovation and development of GBA, and to invite distinguished guests from government agencies, academia, finance, industry and other fields, as well as people of insight who cares about the development of GBA, to make suggestions on the construction of GBA, especially the major issues of innovative economic development, in order to build GBA into a world-class Bay area.

Following Micro Connect's 1000 store celebration, the company sets its eyes on its next targets - scaling up to finance 15,000 stores in China by the end of 2023, and one million by 2030. Register for this event to learn how Micro Connect, a fintech start-up co-founded in 2021 by Charles Li (former CEO HKEX) and Gary Zhang (Founding Partner of Oriental Patron), has been pioneering a financially inclusive ecosystem to connect global capital to the micro and small businesses of China.

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-继滴灌通投资1000家门店里程碑之后，公司将目光投向了下一个目标--计划到2023年底将国际资本精准引到中国的15000家小微企业，并将于2030年达到100万家的投资规模。预约参加本次活动，了解滴灌通--一家由李小加先生（前港交所行政总裁）和张高波先生（前东英金融集团总裁）在2021年联合创立的金融科技初创公司，如何通过科技赋能将全球资本与中国的小微企业联系起来，开创一个充满前瞻性和包容性的金融生态系统。-繼滴灌通投資1000家門店裏程碑之後，公司將目光投向了下一個目標--計劃到2023年底將國際資本精準引到中國的15000家小微企業，並將於2030年達到100萬家的投資規模。預約參加本次活動，了解滴灌通--一家由李小加先生（前港交所行政總裁）和張高波先生（前東英金融集團總裁）在2021年聯合創立的金融科技初創公司，如何通過科技賦能將全球資本與中國的小微企業聯系起來，開創一個充滿前瞻性和包容性的金融生態系統。

In HKMA “Fintech 2025” Strategy, HKMA emphasize" All banks go fintech", So what exactly is Fintech? And how Fintech related to Open Banking? HSUHK has invited Alex Tsui, Fintech Expert, to be our guest speaker to explore the world of fintech and open banking with us. Our guest speaker, Alex Tsui, the Chief Executive Officer of SIMNECTZ Technology Services Co., Ltd. SIMNECTZ is a fintech company focused on open banking and data sandbox solutions. From 2011 to 2018, Mr. Tsui served as General Manager of the HSBC Asia Pacific Research and Development Center. The most recent position at HSBC was the Global Head of Applied Innovation Technology.

The event offers a dynamic platform for all participants in the insurance ecosystem to share their perspectives on the insurer of the future and discuss hot topics and market trends.

Are you interested in learning more about FinTech business models and the journey of StartUps becoming Unicorns?FTAHK in collaboration with DBS has organised the panel discussion/networking event "Adapt or Die - The Changing Business Models of FinTechs" to shed some light on these timely topics.

This conference is in the 6th FinTech Education Series, which aims to promote financial technology education in town. This event is part of the satellite event of the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2022, Asia’s most anticipated international financial technology event, looking to bring together more than 1.2 million viewers who are executives, entrepreneurs, investors, regulators, and academics from 130+ economies. This is an opportunity to bring together the academia and industry participants, providing a platform to carry out fruitful and productive discussions, encourage the exchange of ideas and promote future collaboration opportunities.

Kick starting a business requires tons of preparations and works. For every business owner:

The first important goal is to set up everything and make the business run quickly.
The second is to quickly, accurately and safely receive payments.  

The first panel discussion will target GOAL 1 and drill into how far payment could go. The payment service industry has evolved after Covid. The wide-spread usage of digital payment methods has accelerated the growth of payment industry including payment gateways, facilitators and digital wallets. BBMSL as one of the pioneers in payment in Hong Kong is building an ecosystem to provide a one-stop and coherent solution to SMEs.

Join to learn who the players in the payment ecosystem are and how you will benefit or become a player. Payment has gone beyond imagination.

The second panel discussion will target GOAL 2.  

While payment plays a major role in all businesses, it is not defaulted to be easy to receive payments for some. This panel discussion will reveal why it has been difficult for certain industries and how payment facilitator has gone beyond payment to make things happen.

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Banking | Digital Marketing | Tech

Tech applications are infused everywhere in 2022 business, from financial services to digital marketing. With the help of AI, big data, and machine learning, it is easier than ever to capture audiences’ interest nowadays. At PRIZM we pride ourselves in providing best-in-class, super-fast, and uber-convenient digital marketing services. We deliver the right content to the right viewers. Technology advancement is the magic that pushes us all to make all of our digital dreams happen. Businesses need a one-stop-shop solution. That is why fintech and financial institutions are closely engaged with digital marketing as well. The talk between Livi Bank, Prizm, and Payment Asia will discuss how tech can help to promote traditional financial services in the new era.

Firmly established as the world’s premier event of its kind and one of the most popular annual sporting events in Asia, the Hong Kong Sevens attracts some of the world’s greatest rugby players and thousands of fans from every corner of the globe to the magnificent Hong Kong Stadium every year.

Inaugurated in 2020, TADS Awards is the world’s first annual international awards for the Tokenized Assets and Digitized Securities (“TADS”) sectors. Hosted annually, TADS Awards aims to nurture the growth of Web3 industries by gathering leaders and experts from across the world’s financial technology and financial service sectors to establish best practices and performance standards through recognizing and honoring individuals and businesses for their distinguished achievements and contributions in TADS sectors. The 3rd TADS Awards will select a total of fifteen winners from three award categories including “Best of Class TADS”, “Eco-System Excellence” and “NFT Innovations”, along with a special Rising Star Award for each category to encourage start-up companies and recognize innovative proof-of-concept projects in the TADS industries.Like previous years, all awards winners will be announcement on the last day of Hong Kong Fintech Week.

For more information, please visit - https://tadsawards.org/

This lecture aims to introduce the application of blockchain in decentralized finance (DeFi).  DeFi is an emerging financial technology that challenges centralized financial institutions, such as banks and brokerages. By enabling individuals to conduct peer-to-peer digital exchanges and removing the control that banks and other institutions have on money, financial products, and financial services, DeFi is expected to bring revolutionary changes to the traditional financial system and to promote financial inclusion. This lecture will introduce the technical basics of DeFi and its application in various scenarios.

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