In conjunction with 2019 Hong Kong Fintech Week and Hong Kong’s Legal Week 2019 called by the Hong Kong Law Society, Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), Fintech Association of Hong Kong, the APAC Regtech Network (comprising the Regtech Committees of the Fintech Associations of Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia) and ACMI cordially invite regtechs from around the world to come to Hong Kong to meet with regulators, regulated entities and advisors to share their innovative technological solutions to improve efficiencies and to combat financial crime at

World Regtech Summit@HK on November 5, 2019 (Tuesday)

On his first day as HKMA Chief Executive on October 2, 2019, Eddie Yue highlighted that “HKMA will strengthen the collaboration between banks and technology companies in fostering a more diversified ecosystem for regulatory technology, or RegTech, which will help reduce compliance costs with the aid of technology”.

Regtech is the secret sauce that can assist financial institutions, fintechs and virtual asset service providers alike and many regulators around the world are encouraging adoption of such responsible innovation. Details of the inaugural World Regtech Summit@HK are as follows:

• Venue: PwC Experience Centre, 20/F, East Town Building, 41 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai (above Pacific Coffee)
• Time: 2pm – 5pm
• Introduction 1: Brian Tang (Fintech Association of Hong Kong’s Regtech Committee Co-Chair; LITE Lab@HKU and
• ACMI Founder)
• Introduction 2: Regulator (invited)
• Panel 1: Insights from thought leading authors of The REGTECH Book – Doug Arner (HKU Faculty of Law); Benedicte Nolens (SC Venture Chief Compliance Officer); Malcolm Wright (Diginex Chief Compliance Officer)
• Panel 2: Regtech around the world – Takeshi Kito (Fintech Association of Japan’s Regtech Committee Chair); Mo Harvey (Enterprise Ireland)
• Pitches: 3-minute pitches from regtechs, including AuditXPRT (UK), Chekk (France), Cynopsis (Singapore), Doan (Ireland), Entersoft (Australia), Emotics (Hong Kong), Fernago (Ireland), PwC’s Intelligent Archive (Hong Kong), Know Your Customer (Hong Kong/ Ireland); LeapXpert (Hong Kong), MyComplianceOffice (Ireland), with more to come!

This will be followed by networking and the opportunity to:

• visit mini table booths of participating regtechs
• book signing by authors of the REGTECH Book (Wiley, 2019)

The event is free for regulators, regulated entities and advisors on a first-come-first-served.

Sponsoring opportunities are available to cover direct costs (eg, F&B, videography, book copies).

Overseas regtechs participating will also receive complimentary tickets for general admission to Hong KongFintech Week (November 6-8, 2019)!

Interested regtechs and sponsors should contact WorldRegtechSummitHK@asiacmi.com ASAP!