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Podcast: How to Lend Money to Strangers
Episode: A Hong Kong market update with Dr Francis Lau
Description: Hong Kong is a small market, smaller still in the shadow of the Chinese Mainland market which we explored in episode 4 of How to Lend Money to Strangers. That said, its high concentration of low-risk/ high-income consumers make it a useful training ground for lenders looking to target prime and better customers.In this thirteenth episode 13 of HTLMTS I speak to Dr Francis Lau about the strength of the residential housing market post-COVID, about the emergence of virtual banks, and the growing line of competitors for credit card issuers.The KPMG report on Hong Kong b...