Event

Visit the OSL Digitial Securities

Our FinTech students visited the OSL on 5 May 2023. During the visit, a seminar and discussion on “Pursuing a Career in the Financial Services Industry” was conducted by Ms. Daisy Lo, Director – Market Development of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. Mr. Davin Wu, Chief Financial Officer of OSL, also shared his views on “Capturing the Future of Digital Assets” with our students during the visit.

The visit was arranged by the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI) and the Y. Elites Association. We would like to extend special thanks to the following members of these two organizations to arrange such excellent visit experiences for our students:

Mr. Dave Chapman, Executive Director, OSL
Ms. Daisy Lo, Director – Market Development, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute
Mr. Davin Wu, CFO, OSL
Ms. Grace Yip, Vice President – HR Business Partner, OSL
Mr. Ken Lo, Deputy Chairman, OSL
Mr. Kenneth Sze, Director – Asset Management, OSL
Mr. Kevin Liem, Managing Director, Masan Capital; Council & Court Member, HKBU
Mr. Marble Pang, Senior Manager – Market Development, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute
Ms. Rachel Poon, Senior Manager – HR Business Partner, OSL
Ms. Vivien Choi, Brand Activation Manager, OSL

IFTA FinTech and Innovation Awards 2021/2022 HKBU Campus Sharing

Thank you very much to IFTA for organizing the IFTA FinTech and Innovation Awards Campus Sharing on HKBU campus for our students. We are thankful that Mr. Paul Pong, Chairman of IFTA, took time out of his busy schedule to join the event and deliver an opening speech to our students. Special thanks to the awardees, Ms Rebecca Lim, Founder and CEO of AutoML Capital, Mr. Andre Leung, Co-founder & CEO of Aereve Co. Ltd., and Mr. Anderson Woo, CEO of Artzioneer and TamJai SamGor Souper Hero NET Project Representative, for sharing their experience and insights to our students. Our students have learned a lot from them.

MSc in Finance (Fintech and Financial Analytics) Programme Orientation 2022 and Industry Sharing

The new academic year has started! More than 50 students joined the programme orientation on campus with 20 students joining online. Mr. Alan Cheung (Senior Director, Trust and AI Technologies of ASTRI), Ms Alice So (Head of Entrepreneurship of Cyberport), Ms Jenny Chow (Chairperson of Regtech Association of Hong Kong), Dr Lawrence Ma, (Founder and President of Hong Kong Blockchain Society), and Professor of Practice Samson Tai (former Distinguished Engineer & Chief Technology Officer of IBM China/Hong Kong) joined a discussion on “How Fintech transforms the finance industry”, facilitated by the Programme Director, Professor Aris Stouraitis, and the Associate Programme Director, Ms Queenie Lee. The guests also shared their industry experiences and insights with our new students. Everyone enjoyed the evening and treasured the dialogue with industry experts.

Webinar: “From Crypto to NFT where is it heading”

Thanks to Mr. Zen Fong, the Head of Cryptocurrency at Hong Kong Digital Asset Exchange (HKD.com), and Mr. Galen Law-kun, Co-Founder of Hong Kong Digital Asset Society and Founding Partner at Double Peak for a great presentation on the topic of “From Crypto to NFT where is it heading”. Our students got a lot of insights from their sharing.

Numerous Guest Lectures from the Fintech class

Thanks to Mr Emil Chan (Chairman, The Association of Cloud and Mobile Computing Professionals), Ms. Juni Yan (MD, Fintech Business, International, WeBank), Mr Raymond Mak (Associate Director, Tencent), Raymond Chan (Managing Director, 9F International Holdings), Mr Charleston Sin (Executive Director, MIT HK Innovation Node), Mr Simon Yeung (Head of Strategic Initiative, Hashkey Group) as well as Mr Walter Cheung and Frank Ho (Co-Founders, Contrendian) for sharing their experiences with our students. Special thanks to Dr. Dorothy Chau for making this happen. It was no doubt a highlight of the first trimester to the students.

Some notes from the students: "In total, there were seven different guest lectures with professionals talking about virtual banking such as WeBank, trading platforms for investment recommendations or cloud and mobile computing to name a few. As a blockchain and crypto enthusiast, I especially enjoyed the sharing of Mr. Simon A. Yeung from Hashkey Group about digital assets and NFTs" and "Through the Industry Sharing from the practitioners, we know what is expected from us as Master Students in the corporate world. I have also developed a great passion for entrepreneurship in the FinTech and Data Analytics field through the expert industry practitioners sharing".

MSc in Finance (Fintech & Financial Analytics) exhibited in the Fintech week 2021

With commitments to help develop the Fintech ecosystem, the program exhibited in the Fintech week in Hong Kong. Stay connected with the Fintech industry is vital to the programme and the students. Thanks to all visiting our booth, including but not limited to Mr. Authur Au, Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Technology and Mr. Paul Pong, Chairman and Founder of the Institute of Financial Technologists of Asia in the picture above.

Bloomberg training and sharing from Bloomberg Intelligence

Thanks to the representative from Bloomberg Intelligence for sharing the Bloomberg Fintech research with our students during our visit to Bloomberg in Central. Our students got great overview of various Fintech developments, ranging from internet banks and virtual banks to digital payments in Asia (including Japan) from the sharing. They also received comprehensive training on Bloomberg there. Thank you.

First “Lunch with Executives” event

Thanks to Mr Kenneth Chau (Chief Technology Officer of Welab), Mr Emil Chan (Chairman of FinTech Committee of Smart City Consortium) and Mr Gilbert Tse (Senior Advisor and ex-CEO of iMaobo.net) to share their thoughts on virtual banking as well as regulatory issues in relation to digitalisation with our students. Our students were excited and a lot of their questions were addressed in a relaxed setting.