According to the People's Bank of China Guangdong Branch on the 24th, as of the end of January 2025, Guangdong financial institutions had handled 2603 payments for Hong Kong and Macao residents to purchase houses in mainland cities in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, with the capital equivalent to 2.993 billion yuan. With the continuous deepening of connectivity construction in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, more and more elderly people from Hong Kong and Macao choose to spend their later years in peace in the north. At present, Guangdong has achieved the direct transfer of overseas purchase funds to the relevant accounts of mainland real estate companies, without the need to open an account in a domestic bank, and has adopted the method of "paying the house payment first and supplementing materials later" to optimize the settlement and payment process for cross-border purchases. For the payment habits of Hong Kong and Macao elders using cash and swiping cards, Guangdong focuses on "food, housing, travel, travel, shopping, entertainment, and medicine" and other scenarios. Local and municipal branches and financial institutions of the People's Bank of China in the area under its jurisdiction provide service guidance on multiple payment methods, and provide foreign card payment, cross-border transfer, foreign currency exchange, etc. for Hong Kong and Macao elders by installing payment equipment in elderly care institutions. In 2024, the "Hong Kong Macau Medical Device Connect" will be expanded to 45 hospitals in mainland cities of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macau Greater Bay Area, and the "Elderly Medical Voucher" in Hong Kong will be extended to 8 medical institutions in 4 cities of the Greater Bay Area. Guangdong financial institutions have launched a special campaign to upgrade and transform their branch software and hardware to adapt to aging, providing one-stop financial services such as cross-border remittance and cross-border insurance for elderly people in Hong Kong and Macao. (New Society)