Hong Kong FinTech Week targets 45,000 attendees
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Summary
Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK 2026 will be held from November 2 to 6 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, with organisers expecting more than 45,000 participants from over 120 economies, alongside more than 800 exhibitors and startups and over 30 delegations from mainland China and overseas markets. The event’s main forum will open on November 2 and will include 10 thematic forums, while senior executives from HSBC, Standard Chartered and Bank of China are scheduled to attend
Key Points
- Invest Hong Kong said the event is entering its second decade and will focus on three engines: “Finance+”, “AI+” and helping enterprises expand overseas
- Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui Ching-yu (許正宇) said this year’s theme is “Fintech Hub, Connecting the World to Create the Future”
- Hui said the recent APEC finance ministers’ meeting in Hong Kong discussed digital infrastructure financing, giving this year’s FinTech Week added significance
- The main forum at the Convention and Exhibition Centre will run alongside 10 specialist forums covering policy, AI, financial AI and green technology
- The Global Fast Track programme has received more than 700 applications from Hong Kong, the mainland, Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania
Why It Matters
For Hong Kong, the event is a platform to present its fintech capabilities to international investors, companies and policymakers while linking global capital with Asian liquidity. It also gives startups and scale-ups a route to commercialise technology faster and pursue overseas markets through a high-profile international gathering in the city.