The Hong Kong government, in its recent budget, has allocated more than HK$50 billion to promote the growth of innovative and technology enterprises. The spending, up five-fold compared to such outlay ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-13
As part of initiatives to take Hong Kong into a new era of smart banking, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) last month issued an update on a guideline related to authorization of virtual banks, ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-12
Chinese police are said to be testing artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart glasses as they stepped up security and surveillance measures amid the parliament session in Beijing. At a highway che ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-12
China's securities regulator has given the go-ahead to Taiwan's Foxconn group, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, to list a subsidiary on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The China Sec ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-09
Singapore-based startup Electrify has raised US$30 million through an initial coin offering (ICO) as it seeks to expand its retail electricity marketplace business. The company, using blockchain techn ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-08
The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the biggest annual event for players involved in the mobile telecommunications industry. This year, Samsung unveiled its latest flagship smartphone model shor ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-08
The government has demonstrated its determination to develop Hong Kong as an innovation powerhouse. In the latest budget announcement, an impressive funding allocation of over HK$50 billion, a fivefol ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-07
With the mobile payment battle heating up in Hong Kong, the taxi market has come under renewed focus with almost all key players seeking to tap into the largely unoccupied segment. The e-payment syst ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-06
Bitcoin and other virtual units have grabbed the attention of everyone in the financial world since mid-2017, sparking a boom in cryptocurrency exchanges in markets worldwide and prompting a host of i ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-06
Japanese messaging company LINE announced recently the official launch of its news aggregation service, LINE Today, as parts of efforts to expand its footprint in the Hong Kong market. In an interview ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-06
Predictions that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will fail typically elicit a broader defense of the underlying blockchain technology. Yes, the argument goes, over half of all "initial coin offerin ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-06
