HKEx Now Supports SuperCharger - Hong Kong's FinTech Accelerator
- It joins other impressive supporting organizations such as Microsoft and EY as well as Founding Sponsors; Standard Chartered, Baidu and TGN.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today that it has become a supporting organization of the SuperCharger Accelerator Accelerator An accelerator or startup accelerator is defined as fixed-term programs that look to foster investment, connections, sales, and education to kindle growth in a project.Most commonly this effort constitutes a public pitch event, demos, and other forms of marketing. Startup accelerators are most commonly associated with Silicon Valley, a global hub for investing and fintech.Startup accelerators however are a global phenomenon that privately funded as an investment fund. This nature of investing he An accelerator or startup accelerator is defined as fixed-term programs that look to foster investment, connections, sales, and education to kindle growth in a project.Most commonly this effort constitutes a public pitch event, demos, and other forms of marketing. Startup accelerators are most commonly associated with Silicon Valley, a global hub for investing and fintech.Startup accelerators however are a global phenomenon that privately funded as an investment fund. This nature of investing he , a Hong Kong venture dedicated to help both FinTech start-ups and more established financial technology companies capture opportunities in growing markets of Asia.
The SuperCharger Accelerator aims to Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders on Hong Kong's traditional position as Asia’s finance and technology hub. HKEx says that the historic opening up of China’s capital markets offers tremendous opportunities across multiple asset classes, and it has been setting the pace with solutions such as the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect.
"Harnessing the vibrant creativity that Hong Kong's start-up community offers is hugely important to our future," said Charles Li, Chief Executive of HKEx. "We are excited to be partnering with the SuperCharger Accelerator and look forward to working together with its participants over the coming months, and we hope beyond."
As the core infrastructure operator of Hong Kong's financial markets, HKEx touches almost every aspect of the trade life-cycle in the region. It believes that the program will allow HKEx to share knowledge and explore collaboration with some of the leading creative minds in FinTech. It joins the previously announced supporting organizations such as Microsoft and EY as well as Founding Sponsors Standard Chartered, Baidu and TusPark Global Network.
The FinTech scene in Hong Kong has recently been very active and competition in the segment has been heating up. In July, the FinTech Innovation Lab of Hong Kong chose seven firms for its latest accelerator program.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today that it has become a supporting organization of the SuperCharger Accelerator Accelerator An accelerator or startup accelerator is defined as fixed-term programs that look to foster investment, connections, sales, and education to kindle growth in a project.Most commonly this effort constitutes a public pitch event, demos, and other forms of marketing. Startup accelerators are most commonly associated with Silicon Valley, a global hub for investing and fintech.Startup accelerators however are a global phenomenon that privately funded as an investment fund. This nature of investing he An accelerator or startup accelerator is defined as fixed-term programs that look to foster investment, connections, sales, and education to kindle growth in a project.Most commonly this effort constitutes a public pitch event, demos, and other forms of marketing. Startup accelerators are most commonly associated with Silicon Valley, a global hub for investing and fintech.Startup accelerators however are a global phenomenon that privately funded as an investment fund. This nature of investing he , a Hong Kong venture dedicated to help both FinTech start-ups and more established financial technology companies capture opportunities in growing markets of Asia.
The SuperCharger Accelerator aims to Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders on Hong Kong's traditional position as Asia’s finance and technology hub. HKEx says that the historic opening up of China’s capital markets offers tremendous opportunities across multiple asset classes, and it has been setting the pace with solutions such as the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect.
"Harnessing the vibrant creativity that Hong Kong's start-up community offers is hugely important to our future," said Charles Li, Chief Executive of HKEx. "We are excited to be partnering with the SuperCharger Accelerator and look forward to working together with its participants over the coming months, and we hope beyond."
As the core infrastructure operator of Hong Kong's financial markets, HKEx touches almost every aspect of the trade life-cycle in the region. It believes that the program will allow HKEx to share knowledge and explore collaboration with some of the leading creative minds in FinTech. It joins the previously announced supporting organizations such as Microsoft and EY as well as Founding Sponsors Standard Chartered, Baidu and TusPark Global Network.
The FinTech scene in Hong Kong has recently been very active and competition in the segment has been heating up. In July, the FinTech Innovation Lab of Hong Kong chose seven firms for its latest accelerator program.