The 2025 Hong Kong FinTech Week got underway, with Ant Group Chairman Eric Jing emphasizing that Hong Kong stands as a pivotal hub for Ant Group and a number of its subsidiaries in their pursuit of globalization. As we step into the AI era, Ant Group is actively engaging in Hong Kong's policy innovation pilot programs, boosting its strategic investments in the area to expedite its globalization journey, with Hong Kong serving as the launching pad.

Eric Jing is convinced that artificial intelligence and tokenization technologies are the primary catalysts propelling the evolution of financial services. He envisions a future where bank customers will each have their own dedicated AI customer managers, and tokenization technologies will streamline global trade, bolstering the growth of the real economy.

Over the past year, Hong Kong has been at the forefront of technological innovation applications through its 'sandbox' mechanism, with Ant Group taking part in two of these initiatives. Eric Jing lauds Hong Kong's role as a 'super-connector' and affirms that Ant Group will keep on ramping up its investment and expanding its presence in Hong Kong, setting up service systems to facilitate cross-border e-commerce.

At present, AlipayHK, an Ant Group subsidiary, has emerged as Hong Kong's largest e-wallet, while Ant Bank (Hong Kong) delivers digital banking services. In October of this year, Ant Group unveiled plans to acquire an office building that will house its Hong Kong headquarters.

This year's Hong Kong FinTech Week, held in tandem with the Entrepreneurship Festival, zeroes in on several key topics.