The Credit Data Smart programme will enable people to get a free report from Nova Credit, PingAn OneConnect Credit and TransUnion Credit ‘It gives the entire system much more resilience [...]

26th January 2024 – (Hong Kong) Authorities have apprehended four men in the Mong Kok district, suspected of offering loans at an exorbitant interest rate of 1,000% per annum. This [...]

The Privacy Commissioner has called on the government to regulate credit reference databases after finding breaches by a Kowloon Bay software company put at risk the personal data of some [...]

Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung says Softmedia Technology Company allowed money lenders access to database for as little as HK$2 Softmedia claims its database is largest of its kind in Hong [...]

A tech company was accused by the privacy watchdog yesterday of allowing 680 money-lending companies to check the credit data of about 180,000 borrowers without authorization. The Office of the [...]

The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said that the operations of credit reference platforms are currently not regulated by any financial industry-related legislation. A technology company which holds data on [...]