Coordinating Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Responses

This panel explores legal and regulatory adaptation to the fast-evolving landscape of digital finance. It covers recent domestic and international developments promoting access to credit through innovations in digital finance and intellectual property affecting secured lending. Coordination challenges and opportunities between law and regulation will be discussed, while highlighting how emerging trends and policy approaches are transforming access to credit through technology-driven solutions, requiring holistic policy actions.

Moderator: Mr. Giuliano Castellano, AIIFL Director, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

• Ms. Carmen Chu, Executive Director (Banking Supervision), Hong Kong Monetary Authority

• Mr. David Wong, Director of Intellectual Property, Government of Hong Kong SAR, China

• Ms. Hazel Law, Associate Director, Intermediaries, Securities and Futures Commission

• Mr. Rocky Tung, Director & Head of Policy Research for the Financial Services Development Council

• Mr. Tomio Mizutani, Director, Cash Flow-Based Lending Promotion Office, Financial Services Agency of Japan