Financial Services
Hong Kong banks to cut down lending to Chinese SOEs
The sector is suffering from its mainland exposure.
Hong Kong banks to cut down lending to Chinese SOEs
The sector is suffering from its mainland exposure.
Genuine startups and entrepreneurs being turned away by HK banks
Hong Kong has strongly built a reputation as a world-class business centre: not only is it one of the largest financial centres in the world, but it...
Hong Kong banks' share of loans to state-owned enterprises down to 41.7% in September 2016
Downside risks to the banks' balance sheets loom.
3 in 4 consumers are open to the use of robots in banking
More consumers are willing to switch to non-traditional financial services providers.
Hong Kong banks to suffer structural slowdown
Loan growth is predicted to be muted at 3%.
Hong Kong's 25 largest accounting firms in 2016
Major IPOs to keep HK’s accounting firms busy in 2017.
Hong Kong IPOs' total funds dropped 26% to $195b
But it still topped the world in IPO funds raised.
Hong Kong banks' system liquidity to remain robust
The largest banks will benefit from strong domestic deposit bases.
3 key risks that Hong Kong banks must face
Weakness of the Chinese yuan is one.
PwC appoints Henri Arslanian as fintech and regtech leader for China & Hong Kong
PwC is pleased to announce the appointment of Henri Arslanian as FinTech and RegTech Leader, China & Hong Kong. Henri is a published author, a TEDx...
Hong Kong banks' property loans expected to perform well
Loan-to-value ratios are amongst the lowest across Asia Pacific.
ASEAN banks brace for weak loan demand and asset quality pressure in 2017
But they are generally well-placed to cope with the difficult credit environment.
Hong Kong's credit card use to drop 9.3% by 2020
They're opting to swipe their debit cards instead.
3 factors that will cause Hong Kong banks' profits to decline
Subdued loan growth is one.
Hong Kong banks' mainland China exposure to exceed 30% of system-wide assets by end-2017
Thanks to Chinese corporates' aggressive international expansion.
Singapore trumps Hong Kong as Asia's fintech hub
Thanks to its progressive regulatory regime.
CBRE names Stanley Wong head of HK capital markets team
Capital markets will merge with another team.