First of Hong Kong's new online-only banks starts operating


HONG KONG: ZA bank, a unit of China's ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co. began operating on Tuesday, it said in a statement, the first of Hong Kong's new online only banks to do so.

Hong Kong last year issued eight so-called virtual banking licences to companies including Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial, and consortia involving Standard Chartered and Tencent.

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