EVENT

Visit to The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC)

HSBC is one of the most prominent bank around the world, it is always great to learn from the renowned international bank.

On 25th March 2024, our programme has the honour to arrange a in-depth visit to HSBC, allowing our students to understand more about the bank, from the internal working culture and atmosphere, to the long and decorated history, expanding their horizon.

Let's revisit the day with photos.

Guided Tour to HSBC Archive	Photo taking after the in-depth history visit
Students concentrated in sharing by HSBC leaders	Group photo taking to conclude the tour

Visit to Cyberport

Our Division arranged a visit to Cyberport with a view to introducing the vision and mission of Cyberport, as well as its endeavours to support entrepreneurs and start-ups in particular those related to FinTech, opportunities for students, etc. The visit includes an introduction to Cyberport, presentations/discussions with start-ups followed by a guided tour.

We are honoured to invite Mr. Victor Yim, the Head of FinTech, Cyberport to host the event, giving 30 of our MSc FinTech students a insipiration welcome remark and introduction of Cyberport, marking the start of a fruitful visit. Our students benefits from the sharing by Mr. Victor Yim, Prof. Floyd Newsum and Ms. Honnus Cheung, and followed by an in-depth guided tour to Cyberport.

Here's some details of the event.

Date: 30 Jan 2024

Time:  3:00pm - 5:00pm

Welcome Remarks & Introduction of Cyberport Mr. Victor Yim, Head of FinTech, Cyberport	Presentation (1) - Robotics Process Automation HK Limited Adjunct Assitant Professor, Floyd Newsum, Founder and Director, RPA HK LTD
Presentation (2) – On-Us Ms. Honnus Cheung, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer	Group photo
Cyberport visiting tour	Cyberport visiting tour

CEFAR GBA CONNECT PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE SHARING SERIES

The first talk under the newly launched CEFAR GBA Connect Programme Executive Sharing Series was held on 20 November. Mr. Hong Wei Zhu, Payment Cloud President of Yeahka shared his insights under the topic “From Payment to Metaverse – Transformation of Offline Consumption in a Decade”. Mr. Eros Ye, Programme Lead of the CEFAR GBA Connect Programme and Director of Technology Centres China, Digital Business Services of HSBC China moderated the talk. Over 70 undergraduate and postgraduate FinTech students attended the talk and shared fruitful discussions with the speaker and the moderator after the event.

2022-2023 MSc fintech Grduation Dinner

With the Graduation Dinner, 10 Nov 2023 came to a close in a fine evening.

Not only our graduates gathered together, our teachers and honour guest also joined the nice dinner, having a good chat and share their thoughts on the future.

Let's re-visit the night together, you can also download more photos of the night here.

2022-2023 alumni sharing on job seeking

The 10 Nov 2023 continued in the afternoon, with 4 of our alumni sharing their successful experience to our current students, especially on job seeking, preparing our current students of the coming challenges after graduation.

We certainly hope the sharing could be of use to our students,  nurturing their excellence beyond academic performance.

2022-2023 Msc & pgd graduation ceremony

10 Nov 2023 is a memorable and busy day of our 2022-2023 Graduate Class,  having 3 activities to attend to.
The day started off with the Graduation Ceremony, where our gradutes being awarded their degree.

After the ceremony, our graduates gathered happily to take photos together, with our Programme Director, Prof. C.K. Chan.

Regulators' Briefing Session for MSc Financial Technology students of 2023-24

To provide students with a good understanding of the financial services regulatory framework in Hong Kong, the programme has arranged a workshop on 20 Oct 2023.

Conducted by four regulators in HK including Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Insurance Authority (IA) and Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA), the workshop is a success and provided our students more knwoledge on the financial services regulatory framework.

Let's re-visit the workshop together.

hang seng hypothetical e-hkd campaign

One of the major initiatives in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) FinTech 2025 strategy is to explore the launch of eHKD as part of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) project. As one of the banks participating in the trial, Hang Seng Bank invited our students to participate in the Hang Seng Hypothetical e-HKD Pilot Campaign.

Hang Seng conducted a CBDC Real-Life Simulation event, provided an opportunity to showcase the practical applications of an e-HKD, also simulate a real-world usage of an e-HKD by allowing our students to make purchases at selected merchants in CUHK via an e-HKD wallet.

Our students not only get a chance to participate in a trial campaign, also enjoyed an afternoon tea and snack at Vegetarian Food Shop and Coffee Corner at Benjamin Franklin Centre (BFC).

Let's have a look back to this enjoyable event on 11 Sep 2023!

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Msc/pgd fintech inauguration ceremony 2023-24

Everyear, our Division looks to educate more professionals and elites for the industry, which is no difference this year, MSc FinTech has garnered interest from the globe and admitted more than 100 students for 2023-24 academic year.

On 31 Aug 2023, we held an Inauguration Ceremony for our new MSc FinTech admittees, welcoming them to joining our programme and get ready for the new challenges and excitement from the programme.

The eventful ceremony is certainly enjoyed by all our guests and students, let's have a review of the day.

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