Hong Kong

EghtesadOnline: Banking for companies that do business with Iran–as well as for Iranians themselves–is likely to get even more complicated in the near future.

EghtesadOnline: Hong Kong on Tuesday said it would establish a regulatory regime known as a "sandbox" for financial technology innovation in the banking sector, amid fears the city is losing ground to China, Australia and Singapore in the fintech race.

EghtesadOnline: On the sweltering night of Aug. 5, thousands of residents gathered near Hong Kong ’s main government complex for an event billed as the city’s first pro-independence rally. Chan Ho-tin, a 25-year-old founder of the newly formed Hong Kong National Party and organizer of the event, spoke of a “quiet revolution” with independence supporters “infiltrating” government and the ranks of the police force.