“Launched in October of last year at TechCrunch Disrupt in Beijing, 8 Securities is the first online investing tool in Hong Kong. It combines social elements (like tracking your favorite traders) with a trading portal where you can select markets, trading tools, news, and research.

“Change does not come until the conventional way of doing things is disrupted for the better… and that is our mission,” the company notes.””

While 8Securities is based and founded in HK, most American media cannot tell the difference between HK and China even if they had a cup of noodles poured on them in the MTR.

But I digress…

This is great for Mikaal Abdulla founder of 8Securities as well as bringing a spotlight onto the Hong Kong start-up scene.

Check out the other start-ups at the story linked above.