{"id":172464,"date":"2025-07-29T10:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172464&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:50:16","slug":"saga-bank-signs-trade-pact-with-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/saga-bank-signs-trade-pact-with-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Saga Bank Signs Trade Pact With Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga Bank will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council on August 15 to support regional exporters. The bank will assist 14 local firms at the Food Expo Pro 2025 in Hong Kong, offering support with negotiations and follow-up services. Employees from Saga Bank and its regional trading subsidiary will be on-site to facilitate meetings. The bank aims to expand exports of local products, including carbon-reduction technologies and wood materials, though it has no current plans for overseas branches. <\/span><b>\u00a0Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagabank.co.jp\/news\/release\/files\/release_20250728_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga Bank<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172460\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_saga-bank-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1280%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Saga Bank Signs Trade Pact With Hong Kong\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_saga-bank-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_saga-bank-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_saga-bank-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_saga-bank-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saga Bank will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council on August 15 to support regional exporters&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172464","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}