Despite the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's efforts toThe director of commercial and client services at HSBC-owned Hang Seng Bank isin the Hong Kong Economic Journal as saying that licenced cryptocurrency companies can only register a "simple" bank account, without defining which services are banned.
The Securities and Futures Commission has limited personnel, and banks are unwilling to accept cryptocurrency companies as clients, despite there being no restrictions. Major institutions like HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Bank of China have been asked by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to accept cryptocurrency exchanges as clients.
OSL and Hash Blockchain are the only two virtual asset trading platforms that currently have licenses from Hong Kong's security regulator.Related Articles