Project Ensemble 24/7 Settlement: Ensemble TX Adds Tokenised CeBM
Project Ensemble 24/7 settlement: since 2 November 2026 Ensemble TX settles tokenised deposits in tokenised CeBM. What HK banks and payment firms should check.
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HKMA Payment Card Statistics: Inside the Q2 2026 Card Data
On 18 September 2026 the Hong Kong Monetary Authority published its payment card statistics for the second quarter of 2026, and the headline is a large round number: 31.03 million credit cards in circulation by the end of the quarter. The HKMA payment card statistics look like a simple scoreboard, but every line on the…
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Hong Kong SVF Regime: Licensing and Reporting Under the PSSVFO
On 18 September 2026 the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) published its stored value facility (SVF) statistics for the second quarter of 2026: 90.38 million SVF accounts in use, around 2.2 billion transactions worth HK$264.7 billion in the quarter, and HK$21.8 billion of user money held as SVF deposit and float at quarter-end. Those figures…
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HKMA FPS Enhancement: The 9 August 2026 Outage Window
On Sunday 9 August 2026, Hong Kong’s Faster Payment System (FPS) is scheduled to suspend all real-time services for ten hours. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) confirmed on 3 August 2026 that the FPS will be unavailable from 1:00 am to 11:00 am Hong Kong time while Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (HKICL), the…