Seoul Meets Hong Kong: Meet Korea’s Next Fintech Breakouts

Seoul Meets Hong Kong: Fintech Founders & DealsK-Fintech Hong Kong Demo Day 2026 · A Hong Kong FinTech Week × StartmeupHK Festival side event Five of Korea’s most promising fintech founders are coming to Hong Kong with one goal: to meet the investors, banks and partners who can help them grow across Asia. Each company has been selected and mentored for three months, already works with leading Korean financial institutions such as Woori Bank, Samsung Securities, Hanwha Life and KB Financial Group, and arrives with a clear ask: a paid proof of concept, a distribution partner or a funding round. Join us for an afternoon of sharp pitches, direct Q&A and networking with Korea’s next fintech exporters. 📍 Venue: The Harbourview, 2/F, The Function Room, Wan Chai🕒 Time: Doors open 14:30 · Programme 15:00 – 17:30🗣 Language: English AGENDA 14:30 Registration and welcome 15:00 Opening remarks from InvestHK and the Korea Fintech Center 15:20 Five founder pitches, each followed by Q&A 16:15 Networking MEET THE STARTUPS (in pitch order) 1. Bluevisor Systems (Highbuff AI)Train every front-line banker like your best one, 24/7, no trainer needed.An AI role-play simulator where bank and insurance staff practise customer conversations and get instant feedback, already deployed at Hanwha Life.Looking for: reseller partners and PoCs with banks and insurers. 2. Credos PartnersMaking small loans and ESG assets bankable for global investors.Securitization and blockchain tokenization that turn ESG and small-loan assets into investments global investors can buy, with a Hong Kong platform launching in 2026.Looking for: banks, asset managers, family offices and digital asset partners. 3. CanopyPayday, whenever your employees need it.Korea’s first Earned Wage Access service, letting employees draw wages they’ve already earned before payday. It’s used by around 50 employers, including Hanwha, with partners KB Financial Group, IBK and K bank.Looking for: employers and financial institutions for PoCs, as a base for ASEAN expansion. 4. MoneyStationNew revenue for zero-fee brokers: premium AI signals inside their own app.An embedded AI analytics engine live on more than ten Korean platforms, including Woori Bank, Samsung Securities and the Korea Exchange, and expanding with Shinhan Securities Vietnam and ViewTrade in the US.Looking for: brokers, banks and exchanges as distribution partners, plus Series A investors. 5. SIGONELogins with nothing to steal.Passwordless authentication built on the ITU-T X.1284 and X.1286 standards, so banks, insurers and asset managers can approve logins without ever transmitting a secret that can be stolen.Looking for: two paid PoC customers, a system integrator, a regulatory advisor and a strategic investor. WHO SHOULD ATTENDVCs and investors, accelerators, banks, insurers, asset managers, and corporate and strategic partners active in fintech, AI, payments, wealth management, digital assets and RegTech. Registered guests receive the English pitch decks and company profiles before the event. ORGANIZERS Hosted by: Korea Fintech Center (Financial Services Commission of Korea) Operated by: KMAC and Brinc Korea Local partner: InvestHK & HSITP