Sharing

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.

Open Banking 101: Is this the next big thing in Hong Kong?

Thanks to Jonathan Cheung, Director of Open Banking & API, Standard Chartered Bank to share the global landscape and use-cases on Open Banking during the FinTech course. Students were excited about the latest development of the banking industry and delighted to have the insightful exchange of ideas with the industry expert.

A series of Industry Experts speaking in our Financial Technology course

Eight speakers have been invited to share their experiences in the Financial Technology course. Thanks to Mr Sammy Kam, Technical Director of Octopus Cards Limited for kick starting the series and our visiting lecturer Dr Dorothy Chau, Director of Tencent, for making this happened. Students enjoyed visualizing the applications of theories taught directly from the industry experts and they are delighted to have more speakers coming in the subsequent lessons.

HKBU x IAPP x IFTA FinTech Seminar
HKBU x IAPP x IFTA FinTech Seminar
HKBU x IAPP x IFTA FinTech Seminar
HKBU x IAPP x IFTA FinTech Seminar

HKBU x IAPP x IFTA FinTech Seminar: Is GDPR a threat to Blockchain innovation?

Thanks Commissioner Wong (Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data), Eva Kwok (Cyber Risk Advisory Partner of Deloitte), Eric Chan (Chief Public Mission Officer of Cyberport Hong Kong) and Jason Lau (Chief Information Security Officer of Crypto.com) hief Information Security Officer of Crypto.com for their wonderful and insightful Thought Leadership sharing last night. The great turn out of over 100 people proves that "GDPR vs Blockchain" is a concern for many of us in the field. The panelists gave us lots of practical advice on Security/Privacy and Blockchain, and reference frameworks which we could apply in the real projects. Looking forward to the next HKBU FinTech Event.