Eddie Yue
Hong Kong to explore stablecoin use cases with Malaysia
Monetary authorities also agree to co-operate on tokenisation and local currency use
BIS announces board changes
Panetta elected chair, plus new roles for heads of RBA, BCB, BoJ and BoK
Central Banking Awards 2026: the winners in full
Awards recognise extraordinary achievements in another challenging year for central banks
Hong Kong and Macao renew co-operation efforts
De facto central banks say move will assist territories’ joint development alongside Guangdong province
UAE central bank joins Hong Kong’s bond clearing scheme
Monetary authorities say move will provide Gulf state with direct access to renminbi debt market
HKMA to double renminbi funding quota
Measure comes as Hong Kong announces collaboration with mainland over city’s gold trading system
Confidence in dollar undiminished since April, says BIS’s Shin
Institution’s head of monetary and economic policy says no hard evidence of shift from US currency
China holds and Hong Kong cuts after Fed eases
PBoC leaves seven-day repo rate unchanged as HKMA eases policy to maintain dollar peg
HKMA stablecoin regulations take effect amid ‘market euphoria’
Markets eye further gains as Hong Kong’s de facto central bank tries to damp down ‘bubble-like trend’
HKMA chief tries to temper stablecoin expectations
Yue says territory’s regulations will be tight and short-term profitability for first issuers is not guaranteed
Hong Kong’s FX interventions came at right time, say economists
Experts believe the resulting fall in interest rates has provided welcome stimulus
Hong Kong intervenes once again to protect currency peg
Intervention is HKMA’s second at weak end of HKD/USD band in less than a week, with more likely
HKMA inks agreement with AIIB on Asian EM investment
Hong Kong says agreement will support “green and technology enabled-infrastructure” in region
Mainland China and Hong Kong deepen financial ties
PBoC and HKMA announce new measures to promote renminbi use
Senior appointments in Australia and Hong Kong
RBA appoints heads of banking and economic research, while HKMA appoints financial infrastructure director
HKMA subsidises tokenised bond issuances
Issuers can receive up to HK$2.5 million each for maximum of two issuances
PBoC and HKMA to link up instant payment systems
Trial in 2025 will allow residents to make cross-border small-value transactions
HKMA sets up company to run bond settlement system
Business will run the Central Moneymarkets Unit under new governance structure
Hong Kong and Macao authorities link bond settlement systems
Direct connection could allow investors to trade wider variety of financial products
HKMA launches new measures to support struggling SMEs
Authority expands banks’ access to company data and sets up taskforce to handle financing applications
HKMA launches GenAI sandbox
Authority encourages banks to test use cases such as improved risk management and anti-fraud efforts