HKMA's Scam Prevention Measures Under "Smart Safe" Show Progress
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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Deputy Chief Executive Arthur Yuen said on 6 November 2026 that as of September, 58,000 Hong Kong customers had used "Smart Safe" to lock up part of their deposits and block online transfers, involving nearly $10 billion. He also noted that all 28 retail banks in Hong Kong had joined the interbank information exchange platform, with the volume of information exchanged surging 14-fold. On 3DS2 authentication, Yuen said merchants decide whether to adopt it, and if a merchant does not use it, the merchant bears the related losses.
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- 香港電台·即時本地金管局：截至9月「智安存」5.8萬客戶使用 涉及金額近100億元
金管局副總裁阮國恒表示，截至9月已有5.8萬名香港客戶使用「智安存」，鎖起部分存款不允許網上轉帳，涉及金額近100億元。全港28間零售銀行已加入銀行間訊息交換平台，資訊交換量暴增14倍。他指3DS2驗證由商戶決定是否採用，若商戶不用，相關損失由商戶承擔。
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