For years, China has promoted Shanghai and Hong Kong as twin engines for its financial sector: Shanghai as…

HashKey Exchange, one of the licensed virtual exchanges in Hong Kong, expanded its bank deposit services to 32…

South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung is pushing forward with plans to allow stablecoin issuance by local…

Wonder, a payment and fintech platform, has announced its partnership as the purported first omnichannel payment facilitator for…

China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) and the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) have signed…

The Government welcomed the Legislative Council’s June 4 passage of the Banking (Amendment) Bill 2025, aimed at improving…

Citigroup is cutting 3,500 tech jobs in mainland China to streamline operations and cut costs. The Citigroup China…

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will soon introduce virtual asset derivatives trading for professional investors. The…

In a major cross-border crackdown, Hong Kong police and law enforcement agencies from six countries and regions arrested…

Online brokerage Tiger Brokers intends to increase its Hong Kong headcount by two times to capture more offshore…

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its guidance on acceptable non-face-to-face (NFTF) account opening approaches, reflecting…

NTT Docomo, the mobile arm of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), has announced plans to acquire online bank…

Visa, a digital payments provider, has announced a partnership with ZA Bank to roll out Click to Pay…

PAObank today announced the appointment of Ronald lu as its new Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, effective…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 29 May 2025 with the…

Brad Jones has stepped down as CEO of PayMe by HSBC, effective 23 May 2025, after two years…

Alibaba Cloud, part of the Chinese technology company Alibaba Group, plans to rapidly establish a global cloud computing…

Citigroup announced on 22 May 2025 that it has launched Citi AI, a suite of tools for its…

Ant International has launched a tokenised deposit solution in collaboration with HSBC. This move enables real-time HKD and…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced on 22 May 2025 that its Commercial Data Interchange (CDI) is…

The Hong Kong government welcomed the Legislative Council’s passing of the Stablecoins Bill today, 21 May 2025. The…

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd, announced that its subsidiary, Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance…

FWD Group, an insurance company backed by billionaire Richard Li Tzar-kai, submitted a new application for an initial…

In a fresh crackdown on crypto-related crime in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong police arrested 12 individuals for…

Adyen and JCB Co., Ltd. have launched JCB’s card-on-file (COF) tokenisation service, designed to improve the security of credit…

A recent Worldpay report indicated that the digital wallets Hong Kong has could dominate its payment landscape by…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the launch of the 2025 Green Fintech Competition on 9 May…

HSBC Hong Kong announced the launch of it refreshed HSBC HK App on 7 May 2025, set to…

Chubb Life Hong Kong introduced the Health Up Insurance Plan (Health Up) on 7 May 2025. The Chubb…

Ant Group, a subsidiary of China’s Alibaba Group, is reportedly planning to list its overseas branch, Ant International,…

TOPPAN Edge is partnering with Partisia to develop a fully privacy-focused digital identity using Partisia’s Decentralised Identity technology. The…