Hong Kong
China
India
Korea
Vietnam
Singapore
Kazakhstan
Israel
Qatar
UAE
Germany
Netherlands
Austria
Kenya
Rwanda
This year, 1 FinTech entered and 4 left the market, bringing the total number of FinTech companies to 705.
This year, 8 FinTech companies had funding rounds, raising a total of 282.8m USD. The average round size was 35.35m USD. That's down from 638m USD across 3 rounds in 2025.
The top three FinTech categories in Hong Kong are Blockchain and Digital Assets (120), Payment and Remittance (98), and Crypto and DeFi (89), which demonstrates the city's ambition to become Asia's leading hub for virtual assets and digital-asset regulation, alongside its long-standing strength in cross-border payments.
Categories of Hong Kong FinTechs
As of 14 August 2026
Total
705
Blockchain and Digital Assets 120
Payment and Remittance 98
Crypto and DeFi 89
Capital Markets 69
Data Analytics and AI 58
Asset and Wealth Management 45
Insurance 36
Regulatory and Compliance 29
Banking Software and API 20
Lending 15
Investment 14
Sustainable Finance 12
SME Finance 11
Accounting and Invoicing 10
Banking 10
POS 10
Personal Finance 9
Digital Identity 9
Trade and Supply Chain Finance 8
Other FinTech 7
Marketing and Loyalty 5
Social and Education 5
Real Estate 5
Crowdinvestment 4
Marketplace 4
Cybersecurity 3
Hong Kong FinTech Unicorns
As of 14 August 2026
| Name | Founding Year | Category | Most recent valuation [$ bn] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Futu Securities International Listed | 2012 | Capital Markets | 13.3 |
| Airwallex | 2015 | Payment and Remittance | 8.0 |
| FWD Listed | 2013 | Insurance | 4.8 |
| WeLab | 2013 | Banking Software and API | 2.0 |
| Micro Connect | 2021 | SME Finance | 1.7 |
| HashKey | 2018 | Blockchain and Digital Assets | 1.2 |
| FinVolution Listed | 2019 | Data Analytics and AI | 1.2 |
| ZA Bank | 2019 | Banking | 1.0 |