HSBC Private Banking has joined The WealthiHer Network Asia in a bid to promote gender diversity within the financial services sector.

The network – which is launching in Asia this year - aims to empower female entrepreneurs and drive the economic advancement of women across the region.

In a statement, HSBC Private Banking regional head of Asia Pacific, Siew Meng Chang, said that the bank takes gender equality in entrepreneurship very seriously.

She also highlighted recent research conducted by the bank in 2019 that suggested that a third of female entrepreneurs experience gender bias when raising capital fo...