Hong Kong MPF Authority Suspends eKYC Registration on eMPF Platform

Hong Kong’s MPF Authority has suspended eKYC registration on the eMPF platform after fraudsters used forged smart identity cards to impersonate scheme members, chairwoman Ayesha Macpherson Lau said.

She said no personal data was leaked from the system.

The suspension of Hong Kong MPF eKYC registration follows the discovery that about 80% of users had registered via the government’s iAM Smart digital identity app, with the remainder using eKYC.

With enhanced authentication being rolled out for iAM Smart, all new registrations will now be routed through the app.

Users unable to register via iAM Smart can visit eMPF service centres from Feb 2 for assisted registration.

The authority has also tightened MPF withdrawal checks, requiring additional verification for users previously registered through eKYC.