Editor Desk
Sep 30, 20161 min
Hong Kong’s links to mainland China can help burnish its financial technology credentials. The city is playing catch-up with Singapore in developing a fintech hub. But with the world’s largest population on its doorstep, Hong Kong has two natural advantages: one is as a gateway for investment and market research; another is its proximity to tech giants Alibaba and Tencent.Singapore has established a lead in attracting both fintech talent and startups – in areas from payments and cyber security to robo-advisers and blockchain.