Financial authorities plan to impose significant sanctions on virtual asset exchange Bithumb for breaching anti-money laundering obligations. The…

HSBC Hong Kong has introduced a new Passbook Consolidation feature on the HSBC HK App, allowing customers to…

PAObank has launched a new wealth service, offering a dual-advantage solution that allows customers to switch between investing…

China said it will inject 300 billion yuan (US$44 billion) into state-owned banks this year to guard against…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Insurance Authority (IA), and Mandatory Provident Fund…

South Korean regulators and lawmakers have agreed to cap major shareholder stakes in cryptocurrency exchanges at 20%, despite…

Know Your Customer Limited, a provider of automated business verification solutions, has partnered with DBS Hong Kong to…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) have met to discuss…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) held a meeting on March…

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is testing the use of blockchain technology for central bank settlements, marking a…

DBS China can now act as lead underwriter for non-financial corporate bonds in the China Interbank Bond Market…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Korea is accelerating infrastructure investment this year. It is also expanding into the public…

Japanese payments app PayPay is aiming for a valuation of up to US$13.4 billion in its US IPO…

WeChat Pay HK has become the first e-wallet to offer cross-boundary instant payments via Payment Connect, the linkage…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the Shanghai Data Bureau (SDB), and the National Technology Innovation Center for…

Futu confirmed that it increased its investment in Airstar Bank in September last year, subscribing HK$500 million for…

HSBC Singapore has announced two senior appointments aimed at strengthening its China corridor proposition, as it seeks to…

I needed some time wrap my head around the 2026-27 Hong Kong Budget, and I’m glad I did.…

Statrys, a Hong Kong-based fintech company providing integrated accounting, business accounts, and company creation solutions, has introduced a…

Startale Group and SBI Holdings have launched JPYSC, a trust bank-backed Japanese yen stablecoin for institutional and cross-border…

ZA Bank and Nasdaq have announced a collaboration aimed at enhancing digital wealth management in Hong Kong and…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) CMU OmniClear and the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) are set to begin…

Hong Kong will issue its first licenses for fiat-referenced stablecoin issuers in March and introduce new legislation later…

MSIG USA and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI Japan), together referred to as MSIG, have joined a new insurance-backed…

RedotPay is reportedly exploring an IPO in the US that could raise more than US$1 billion, according to people…

South Korea’s central bank has reiterated that regulators should initially permit only licensed commercial banks to issue won-denominated…

Hong Kong’s fintech story is a resounding success: 95% of banks are already using some form of it.…

AI adoption during the 2026 Chinese New Year drove a sharp rise in usage across Ant Group’s consumer…

Hong Kong offers one of Asia’s most structured and secure environments for cryptocurrency trading. Unlike unregulated markets, the…

At the DAT Summit Hong Kong, EDENA Capital Partners launched the Autonomic Financial OS. The company describes it…

Naver has announced measures following an incident in which around 15,000 users’ activity histories on Knowledge iN were…