Ant Bank (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Ant Financial, started its trial operation on March 3 1. A spokesman for Ant Bank said that the bank was put into trial operation on the same day and was tested by the financial technology supervision sandbox (FSS) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. A bank spokesman said that at this stage, only relatives and friends invited by bank employees will participate. After the trial operation is completed, the bank will continue the next round of preparatory work, when a definite official opening time will be announced.
Ant bank begins trial operation
A spokesman for Ant Bank said that the trial operation of Ant Bank officially started today, and it was carried out under the financial technology supervision sandbox (FSS) supervised by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. At this stage, only relatives and friends invited by bank employees are allowed to participate. After the trial operation is completed, the bank will continue the next round of preparatory work, when the exact official opening time will be announced.
On the same day, Tianxing Bank, a joint venture between Xiaomi Group and Shangcheng Group, officially started its trial operation. Star Bank will open about 2,000 places to employees, relatives and friends of Star Bank, Xiaomi Hongkong and Shang Cheng Group to participate in the trial operation.
In terms of deposits, during the trial operation of Star Bank, Hong Kong dollar demand deposits will be priced at a ladder interest rate, and depositors of 500,000 to 6.5438+0 million yuan will enjoy an annual interest rate as high as 654.38+0%.
Xie, CEO of WeLab Bank, said that internal tests are being conducted, including employees of the bank and WeLab Group, totaling about 200 people. Debit cards and savings products have been initially conceived, and we hope to put them into trial operation as soon as possible.