The Academy has funded four exciting projects in FinTech with a total of HK$3.3M in the first year. These projects highlight a wider range of areas of expertise than that would be found in any other HK universities, and also addressing timely issues like financial fluctuations due to COVID-19 and next-generation digital currency.
Digital Finance, Financial Inclusion and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
PI: Prof. Douglas Arner, HKU Co-Is: Dr. Giulian Castellan, HKU Prof. Ross P. Buckley, UNSW, Australia Prof. Dirk A. Zetzsche, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
HKU Coin: Towards Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Cryptocurrency with Accountability
PI: Dr. Allen Au, HKU
Financial Volatility and Digital Finance
PI: Prof. Lin Chen, HKU
A visualization assisted abnormal trading detection system for multi-crypto currencies
PI: Prof. SM Yiu, HKU Co-I: Prof. TW Lam, HKU