FintechHK Seminar - Unlock Potential and Growth Opportunities: Financing for Business

20 Mar 2025 - 20 Mar 2025

FintechHK Seminar - Unlock Potential and Growth Opportunities: Financing for Business

20 Mar 2025 - 20 Mar 2025

Date & Time

20 Mar 2025 - 20 Mar 2025
2:15 PM - 4:35 PM HKT

Venue

InvestHK Office, 24/F, Fairmont House, 8 Cotton Tree Drive, Central, Hong Kong

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Ticket Cost

Free

Background

SMEs are the backbone of our economies. Hong Kong is home to more than 1100 fintech and Web3 companies, including SMEs and startups. In the face of an increasingly volatile global environment – marked by growing economic uncertainty, shifting geopolitical dynamics and keen competition - how to unlock the potential of innovative fintech companies? How to improve the cash flow and reduce the cost to truly capitalize on untapped investment potential and hidden opportunities in promising markets, including the Greater Bay Area and ASEAN?

Fintech innovation and impact collaboration are two sides of the same coin. Fintech innovation fosters vibrant development. Impact collaboration multiplies benefits, including diversified financing sources and enhanced customer satisfaction, thereby accelerating fintech growth.

This seminar will explore the collaborative roles played by the public and the private sectors (i.e. the government, the investors, financial institutions, accelerators, and fintech companies) in fostering a vibrant fintech ecosystem, especially for SMEs and startups.

The seminar will cover the enhanced Innovation and Technology Venture Fund, the funding support from the supporting infrastructure in Hong Kong, the tips for leveraging the Commercial Data Interchange Initiative, and some initiatives to improve cash flow and reduce cost. 

 

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Agenda

14:15 - 14:30

Registration

14:30 - 14:35

Welcoming Remarks and Introduction by InvestHK

14:35 - 14:50

Enhanced Innovation and Technology Venture Fund (ITVF)

Speaker:

Mr Jeffrey WU, Director, MindWorks Capital

14:55 - 15:15

Funding from Supporting Infrastructure in Hong Kong

Speakers:

Mr Victor YIM, Head of Fintech, Cyberport

Ms Josephine CHAN, Senior Manager, New Ventures Development, Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation

15:15 - 15:40

Alternative Financing empowered by Commercial Data Interchange (CDI)

Speakers:

Ms Cacarol LAM, Head of Business & Digital Development Department, Wholesale Banking Division, The Bank of East Asia, Limited

Mr Hannah HUI, Deputy Chief Executive (Business), PAObank

Mr Eric FAN, Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Transformation, Shanghai Commercial Bank

15:40 - 16:05

How Banks facilitate SME Lending

Speakers:

Mr Andy LI, General Manager, Corporate Banking, Fusion Bank

Mr Philip CHAN, Head of Wholesale Digital, Hang Seng Bank

Mr Eric CHU, Head of Ecommerce and Digital Scored Lending, Business Banking, HSBC

16:10 - 16:35

How Fintechs help SMEs Improve Cash Flow and Reduce Cost

Speakers:

Mr Ian LEE, General Manager & North APAC Sales Leader, Aspire

Mr Percy HUNG, Founder & CEO, Choco Up

Mr Chris LAU, Head of Hong Kong, Commercial, Olea

16:35

Questions and Answers

 

 

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