HSBC and Standard Chartered pressed by Hong Kong to take on crypto clients
香港监管机构敦促汇丰、渣打等银行接受加密货币客户
Regulators are pushing for banks to accept more exchanges as clients in quest to develop digital assets industry
香港正在努力将自己打造成全球加密货币产业中心。香港金管局施压多家银行，要求其接受加密货币交易所客户。
Hong Kong’s banking regulator is pressuring lenders including HSBC and Standard Chartered to take on crypto exchanges as clients, even as US regulators crack down on the industry.At a meeting last month, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority questioned the UK-based lenders and Bank of China on why they were not accepting crypto exchanges as clients, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
香港银行业监管机构正在向汇丰(HSBC)和渣打银行(Standard Chartered)等多家银行施压，要求它们接受加密货币交易所作为客户，尽管美国监管机构正在打击该行业。
Due diligence on potential customers should not “create undue burden”, particularly “for those setting up an office in Hong Kong to look for the opportunities here”, the HKMA said to the banks in an April 27 letter seen by the Financial Times.
三位知情人士表示，在上月的一次会议上，香港金融管理局(HKMA)质询了上述两家总部位于英国的银行以及中国银行(Bank of China)为何不接受加密货币交易所作为客户。
Banks do not have a ban on crypto clients, but they are reluctant to take on exchanges over fears they could be prosecuted if the platforms are used for money laundering or other illegal activity.
英国《金融时报》看到，香港金管局4月27日在一封信中对这些银行表示，对潜在客户的尽职调查不应“造成过度负担”，尤其是“对于那些在香港设立办事处以在本地寻找机会的客户”。
