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Comparing COVID-19 and fintech in Hong Kong and China

Fintech Beat, Ep. 48

A man walks past an HSBC advertisement outside its headquarters in Hong Kong on Feb. 18.
A man walks past an HSBC advertisement outside its headquarters in Hong Kong on Feb. 18. (Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images file photo)

Fintech Beat talks to internationally renowned University of Hong Kong professor Douglas Arner to understand differences in Big Tech, fintech and digitization in Hong Kong, mainland China and the wider Asia region as countries face the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Correction: An earlier version of this report misstated the name of the university where Douglas Arner works.

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