HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s banking regulator has issued four more online-only banking licenses to units of Alibaba, PingAn and smartphone maker Xiaomi, as well as to a JV involving Tencent, ICBC and Hillhouse Capital.
These bring the number of so-called virtual banking licenses issued by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority this year to eight.
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