Business trendsHong Kong startups lead region's charge into virtual banking
Lessons for Singapore as digital challengers to HSBC lure customers
ZA, a recently licenced "virtual" bank in Hong Kong, is part of Asia's surge into digital banking. (Source photos by AP and screenshot from ZA bank's website)
STELLA WONG and NARAYANAN SOMASUNDARAM, Nikkei staff writers
December 8, 2020 14:51 JST
HONG KONG -- ZA Bank, Hong Kong's first virtual bank, has just 200 employees in a white and mint-green themed open-plan office on the southern fringes of Hong Kong's main island -- a far cry from HSBC Holdings' grand headquarters in the Central business district, where two lion statues guard the entrance.