Releases

Statistics of Payment Cards Issued in Hong Kong for First Quarter 2015

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) published today statistics of payment cards issued in Hong Kong for the first quarter of 2015. The payment card statistics (see Annex) include quarterly data on credit and debit cards issued in Hong Kong under the credit and/or debit card schemes of the eight payment card scheme operators. (Note 1)  The HKMA began to publish the payment card statistics on...

HKSAR Government’s Sukuk Offering

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (the “HKSAR Government”) today announced the successful offering of its second sukuk (the “Sukuk”) under the Government Bond Programme.  The Sukuk, with an issuance size of US$1 billion and a tenor of 5 years, is the second USD-denominated sukuk issued by the HKSAR Government, subsequent to the...

Consultation Conclusions on Enhancements to the Deposit Protection Scheme Released

The Government released today (May 8) the consultation conclusions in relation to the proposals to enhance the Deposit Protection Scheme (DPS) to achieve a faster payout for the sake of better banking stability. The relevant proposals include – (i)  adopting a gross payout approach to determine compensation (i.e. a depositor will be compensated an amount up to the DPS protection limit, without...

Tender results of the re-opening of 5-year Government Bonds under the Institutional Bond Issuance Programme

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), as representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSAR Government), announces that a tender of 5-year Government Bonds through the re-opening of existing 5-year Government Bond issue 05GB2002 under the Institutional Bond Issuance Programme was held today (Wednesday).   A total of HK$3.2 billion 5-year Government Bonds were...

Second Hong Kong-Malaysia Dialogue on Offshore Renminbi Business

The Second Hong Kong-Malaysia Private Sector Dialogue on Offshore Renminbi (RMB) Business* was successfully held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia today (27 March). The Dialogue, which aimed to foster closer collaboration between Hong Kong and Malaysia on the development of RMB business, was led by Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and involved senior representatives of...