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China’s largest state-owned lenders have cut their deposit rates on Friday, their second reduction this year as they rushed to salvage record low margins amid weakened profitability trib.al/dNGxjuO

Hong Kong is said to be losing one of its longest-serving markets regulators as Keith Choy prepares to step down trib.al/tHm66jS

Hong Kong is expected to host the world’s top bankers in the third edition of an annual summit intended to boost the city’s status as a global financial hub trib.al/6D6ffqc

🧵 The first judicial review (JR) challenging a new prison rule established under the #Article23 national security law concluded this afternoon after 2 days of debate. It was revealed in court that the powerful , immune-to-JR national security committee played a role.

Hong Kong outlined its first policy guidelines dedicated to the use of AI in finance and floated a tax break for virtual assets, part of efforts to promote itself as an Asian business center trib.al/1KsEXkz

Chinese provinces that account for about a third of the economy are enduring a worse year than the nation as a whole, succumbing to a slowdown that likely swayed the government in moving ahead with a range of stimulus measures last month trib.al/vyEZKTl

Hard conditions for an essential part of the HK labor force. Domestic ‘helpers’ battle two-week rule to stay in Hong Kong sc.mp/59sdj via South China Morning Post

Chinese food delivery drivers are increasingly having meltdowns. What is behind the pressure cooker environment in this industry?

I’ve been all over the country in the last month. And I get asked the same question, over and over again: “I disagree with Kamala’s position on the war in Gaza. How can I vote for her?” Here is my answer:

Hong Kong’s economy slowed to the weakest pace in five quarters on weakened exports and spending, underscoring external and domestic challenges trib.al/dI5qhD1

A payment system that eliminates the dollar in cross-border African transactions could save the continent as much as $5 billion in processing costs trib.al/TZGBiSZ

China will steadily promote institutional opening up of the financial service sector and the financial market, and expand connectivity between domestic and overseas financial markets, according to the central bank xhtxs.cn/YAZ

Soros Fund Management, founded by billionaire George Soros, plans to shut its Hong Kong office as part of an administrative reorganization trib.al/Bzs5HxT

Jimmy Lai broke his four-year silence and said advocating for Hong Kong independence is a "crazy idea," distancing himself from separatist calls that gained momentum during the 2019 pro-democracy protests bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In addition to not knowing who the President was when TARP passed, can someone point to one thing at all over the last several weeks that has benefitted "Main Street" or "The Working Class." Household expectations of higher unemployment is now literally at GFC levels.

With AFP News Agency this morning. Good job team! 🙌🏻

Scientists say the evidence linking climate change to individual companies' emissions is now strong enough to stand up in court bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A pardon in the United States in 2025? That'll cost you $1 million. "It’s signed," Trump told one executive who'd been convicted of fraud. "You’re cleaner than a baby’s bottom, you’re cleaner than I am." The goods from Ava Benny-Morrison and Bill Allison bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Qi Bin's speech marked a change in China’s approach toward a key pillar of Hong Kong’s economy — one that has until now has remained relatively untouched bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

HSBC is reorganizing its capital markets and corporate advisory units into a new business to grab a larger share of the booming private credit industry bloomberg.com/news/articles/…