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HONG KONG : RISE 2018 HighlightHong Kong’s RISE is a vibrant tech conference that left attendees and journalists buzzing with awe-inspiring takeawa...

Can't believe that the "hump day" of RISE Conference has wow-ed and is over! The Financial and Tech intensive talks today proved very thought-provo...

The commencement of RISE Conference, the largest tech conference in Asia, did not disappoint! RISE Day 1 was vibrant with intellectual discussions,...

There are so many impressive talks at RISE Conference, the largest tech conference! It might get a little overwhelming to research on which are the...

RISE kicks off in HK next weekHong Kong-based tech conference RISE will take place in Hong Kong this 9-12 July starring speakers from the world’s b...

Bangkok Techsauce Summit: Converging Leading Speakers in SE Asia and HK's Startup Miro wins special grand prizeTechSauce Global Summit 2018, held f...

Alibaba Invests $1.5 Billion Into HK Logistics HubAlibaba’s Cainiao Express logistics company, Air China Grup, and YTO Express announced a joint ve...

WHub at HKMA “Bank Account Opening and Maintenance”  Last Thursday, WHub was invited to attend and share at the “Bank Account Opening and Maintenan...

FinHACK 2018 is Open For ApplicationsWHub and Societe Generale are jointly hosting FinHACK 2018 on 6-8 July 2018, a FinTech hackathon to promote in...

World’s most valuable AI start-up SenseTime raises US$620 million to lead China tech ambitionsHong Kong-founded SenseTime Group has raised US$620 m...

Alibaba, SenseTime, HKSTP to Launch AI Lab in HKAlibaba partners with Hong Kong’s AI startup SenseTime to launch an AI lab which aims to create mor...

HSBC claims to have world’s 1st blockchain finance transaction Although there have previously been transactions using blockchain, HSBC Holdings cla...

WeLab to be HK’s first virtual bankWeLab, one of HK’s very own unicorns, is set to be the first local startups to apply for a virtual banking licen...

HK Decoding Law wins at Global Legal HackathonHK-based Decoding Law won the public sector award at the initial Global Legal Hackathon (GLH) in New ...

Hong Kong, Singapore - New Kids on the BlockchainSingapore and Hong Kong have become the up-and-coming destination for companies that want to raise...

HK Prenetics acquires UK genetic testing startup DNAFitHK based Prenetics, with over $50m in funding from Alibaba and Ping An Insurance, has acquir...

HK's SenseTime, now the Most Valuable AI Startup globallySenseTime Group Ltd, a HK-based startup which specializes in systems that analyze faces an...

8 Securities to receive USD $25 million from Nomura  Nomura, Japan’s biggest investment bank, will invest USD $25 million into 8 Securities, a Hong...

Rocketbots closes funding round and launches new AI Platform Rocketbots, a Hong Kong-based AI Chatbot company has just closed their Seed Round to h...

SFC asks to halt an ICOThe Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), an independent body dedicated to regulate securities and futures, raised concer...

Ofo raises US$866 millionChinese bike-sharing start-up Ofo, also operating in Hong Kong (https://whub.io/startups/ofo-hk-limited), said it has secu...

HKMA's “Sandbox” tested 29 new technology products so farAs of last month, HKMA's FinTech Supervisory Sandbox scheme had tested 29 new technology p...

Paul Chan announces HK$50 billion budget to support the "unstoppable wave of innovation and technology"This year's budget announces a spending blue...

TravelTech startup KKday raises US$10.5MTaiwan-based TravelTech startup KKday has raised US$10.5 million in a Series B round led by Japanese travel...

The Mills Fabrica reveals two new incubateesThe Mills Fabrica announced 2 incubatees at StartmeupHK last Friday - Unspun and Simple Pieces, both wh...

Pakpobox raises US$1.2M in pre-Series APakpobox raised US$1.2 million in a pre-Series A funding round from Infinity Venture Partners, SQ Capital, a...

The Mills "Fabrica Fund" participated in Goxip's US$5M Series A roundHong Kong-based social commerce platform Goxip has raised US$5 million in a ro...

Betatron Accelerator Programme Opens for ApplicationBetatron, a four-month non-vertical accelerator programme, is opened for applications for its c...

Trend Lab raises US$12.5M in angel round (Updated on January 21, 2018)The new AI FinTech startup, Trend Lab said it has raised HK$100 million (US$1...

Asian Financial Forum to Showcase 20 StartupsThe InnoVenture Salon will debut at next week's Asian Financial Forum (AFF), to foster start-up develo...