Standard Chartered Hong Kong

Standard Chartered and HKTDC Launch "Standard Chartered GBA Business Confidence Index"

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Monday, June 22, 2020

(from left) Standard Chartered's Kelvin Lau, Senior Economist, Greater China; Rose Kay, Head, Greater Bay Area; Mary Huen, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong; HKTDC's Margaret Fong, Executive Director; Johnny Wan, Director, Publications & E-Commerce; and Nicholas Kwan, Director of Research, at the launch ceremony of "Standard Chartered GBA Business Confidence Index".

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  • (from left) Standard Chartered's Kelvin Lau, Senior Economist, Greater China; Rose Kay, Head, Greater Bay Area; Mary Huen, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong; HKTDC's Margaret Fong, Executive Director; Johnny Wan, Director, Publications & E-Commerce; and Nicholas Kwan, Director of Research, at the launch ceremony of "Standard Chartered GBA Business Confidence Index".
  • Mary Huen, CEO, Hong Kong, Standard Chartered, said: "We are very pleased to join forces with the HKTDC to introduce the first GBA business confidence index in the market.
  • Margaret Fong, Executive Director, HKTDC, said: "We are delighted to collaborate with the Standard Chartered again.
  • Standard Chartered incorporated its Hong Kong business on 1 July 2004, and now operates as a licensed bank in Hong Kong under the name of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered PLC.

Conversational AI by Kasisto's KAI Banking Powers Standard Chartered's Virtual Assistant

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

NEW YORK, March 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Kasisto , creators of KAI Banking , the leading Conversational AI platform for the finance industry today announced that the KAI-powered assistant Stacy is in full production with Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong.

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  • NEW YORK, March 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Kasisto , creators of KAI Banking , the leading Conversational AI platform for the finance industry today announced that the KAI-powered assistant Stacy is in full production with Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong.
  • "KAI gets smarter and improves its capabilities each time a bank like Standard Chartered leverages it at scale."
  • "We have added another enhancement to clients' digital experience Standard Chartered Virtual Assistant Stacy, making banking simpler, faster and with a human touch," said Vicky Kong, Managing Director and Head of Retail Banking, Hong Kong, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.
  • "Today, Stacy supports hundreds of unique banking questions and hundreds of thousands of ways to understand and solve customers' queries.

Ping An delivers Hong Kong's first blockchain-powered trade finance platform

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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

HONG KONG, Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or "the Group" or "the Company")(HKEx: 2318)(SSE: 601318) delivered Hong Kong's first blockchain-based international trade finance platform, eTradeConnect, which is initiated by seven founding banks in Hong Kong and facilitated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ("HKMA").

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  • HONG KONG, Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or "the Group" or "the Company")(HKEx: 2318)(SSE: 601318) delivered Hong Kong's first blockchain-based international trade finance platform, eTradeConnect, which is initiated by seven founding banks in Hong Kong and facilitated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ("HKMA").
  • OneConnect, a fintech subsidiary of Ping An, was appointed by the founding banks through Hong Kong Trade Finance Platform Company Limited as the technological provider to help design, develop and deploy the platform.
  • Representing OneConnect, Ping An Group Deputy CEO, COO and CIO, Jessica Tan said: "OneConnect is proud to have helped deliver Hong Kong's first blockchain-powered trade finance platform.
  • Founding banks of the platform include The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, The Bank of East Asia, Limited, DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, Hang Seng Bank Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.

Ping An delivers Hong Kong's first blockchain-powered trade finance platform

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

HONG KONG, Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or "the Group" or "the Company")(HKEx: 2318)(SSE: 601318) delivered Hong Kong's first blockchain-based international trade finance platform, eTradeConnect, which is initiated by seven founding banks in Hong Kong and facilitated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ("HKMA").

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  • HONG KONG, Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or "the Group" or "the Company")(HKEx: 2318)(SSE: 601318) delivered Hong Kong's first blockchain-based international trade finance platform, eTradeConnect, which is initiated by seven founding banks in Hong Kong and facilitated by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ("HKMA").
  • OneConnect, a fintech subsidiary of Ping An, was appointed by the founding banks through Hong Kong Trade Finance Platform Company Limited as the technological provider to help design, develop and deploy the platform.
  • Representing OneConnect, Ping An Group Deputy CEO, COO and CIO, Jessica Tan said: "OneConnect is proud to have helped deliver Hong Kong's first blockchain-powered trade finance platform.
  • Founding banks of the platform include The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, The Bank of East Asia, Limited, DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, Hang Seng Bank Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.