1、香港特別行政區政府財經事務及庫務局香港特別行政區政府財經事務及庫務局 Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Development of Financial Technologies 1 PANEL ON FINANCIAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1 June 2020 香港特別行政區政府財經事務及庫務局香港特別行政區政府財經事務及庫務局 Financial Services and the Tr
2、easury Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Progress Made since April 2019 Number of Fintech companies and startups operating in Hong Kong reached 600+ Granted 8 virtual bank licences and authorised 4 virtual insurers New regulatory framework on virtual asset trading pla
3、tforms Satisfactory usage of the Faster Payment System (“FPS”) as a Fintech infrastructure 20 retail banks launched over 300 Phase II (Customer Acquisition) Open APIs 2019 Hong Kong Fintech Week successfully held in November 2019 2 香港特別行政區政府財經事務及庫務局香港特別行政區政府財經事務及庫務局 Financial Services and the Treasu
4、ry Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 3 HK has marked improvement on Fintech Adoption over the past few years Source: E AI Plug supporting AI in BFSI Hackathons as well as manpower study on the Fintech industry To expand potential applications of technology infrastruct
5、ures, such as the “iAM Smart” platform, in financial services Strengthen external and internal promotion and facilitation, including building a one-stop promotion platform To groom more Fintech talents through introducing talents from the overseas and strengthen training for in-service financial practitioners To provide more support measures, such as setting up a new in-town Fintech event space, Fintech Gloucester 31 香港特別行政區政府財經事務及庫務局香港特別行政區政府財經事務及庫務局 Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - The End - 32 T