Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025 Opens with AI and Tokenisation Policy Drive

Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025 opened with a strong policy focus on AI, tokenisation and cross-border innovation under the joint Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival. Officials from Hong Kong and the People’s Bank of China highlighted next-generation technologies, interoperable payments and digital RMB pilots. The HKMA unveiled its “FinTech 2030” pillars — data, AI, resilience and tokenisation — expanding the DART roadmap, while the SFC released circulars permitting licensed virtual-asset platforms to share global order books under its ASPIRe framework. Industry leaders from major global banks joined panels on AI, digital assets and financial inclusion, underscoring Hong Kong’s commitment to innovation and Mainland collaboration.