Wise accounts are sold to expats as the cure for bank fees and the reality is more...
Clara Chow
Moved to Hong Kong from Vancouver in 2019 with a husband, two kids, and a very long spreadsheet of schools to visit. Writes the guides she wishes someone had handed her on day one, covering housing, schools, healthcare, work and the whole business of landing here. Currently navigating Year 7 admissions.
AlipayHK is the app Hong Kong locals quietly use for almost everything and most expats skip because...
Supermarket credit card rewards in Hong Kong look identical on the comparison sites and play out very...
Getting a Hong Kong credit card as a new arrival is not the sealed-door process it used...
PayMe by HSBC is one of those Hong Kong apps locals cannot imagine living without, and most...
Most New Zealanders considering Hong Kong quietly compare it to Sydney, and that is the wrong baseline....
Sending money out of Hong Kong looks simple until the first wire arrives short. Every bank, fintech...
Causeway Bay is written off as 'the shopping district' by people who have never tried to live...
Gold Coast still sits in most expat imaginations as 'where people with boats live', and the reality...
