https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alibaba-listing-hongkong/alibaba-to-pioneer-paperless-listing-in-break-with-hong-kong-norm-idUSKBN1XO14W

Alibaba's planned $13.4 billion share sale will be Hong Kong's first paperless stock market listing, a source with knowledge of the matter said, breaking with a long-held tradition of investors placing stock orders in bank branches.