WeLab has closed a US$220 million Series D strategic financing round, comprising a mix of debt and equity.…

Japanese electronics group Sony has partnered with insurtech company bolttech to launch My Sony Care+, an embedded protection…

The Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) will co-organise the 19th Asian Financial…

The South Korean government plans to introduce a second-phase digital asset bill this year, which will establish a…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced on 9 January that the Financial Secretary has approved a two-year…

UnionPay International (UPI) and Samsung Electronics have launched a joint mobile payment service based on an “NFC–QR code…

South Korea’s plan to legalise a bank-led, won-denominated stablecoin is facing political resistance. The push is deepening long-standing…

The 19th Asian Financial Forum (AFF), co-organised by the Hong Kong SAR government and the Hong Kong Trade…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) announced on 30 December…

HashKey listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, becoming the first digital…

TRM has published new research showing that North Korea-linked actors were responsible for more than half of the…

The South Korean government announced on Thursday (19 December) that it will establish an interagency task force to…

Hong Kong is a city that takes financial security seriously, boasting one of the highest insurance penetration rates…

RedotPay, a global stablecoin-based payment fintech, has closed a US$107 million Series B round, bringing its total capital…

Aspire has released its Hong Kong Ecommerce Pulse Check 2025, highlighting that while mid-sized ecommerce merchants remain broadly…

Do Kwon, the crypto tycoon behind the 2022 collapse of TerraUSD and Luna, caused an estimated US$40 billion…

Startale Group and SBI Holdings have signed a MoU to jointly develop and launch a fully regulated Japanese…

KakaoBank, South Korea’s largest internet-only bank, is accelerating its global expansion through a deepened partnership with Superbank. Superbank…

Ant International, HSBC, and Swift have completed a Proof of Concept (POC) demonstrating the cross-border transfer of tokenised…

a16z crypto, the crypto-focused arm of Andreessen Horowitz, has announced its expansion into Asia with the opening of…

Trio AI, a Hong Kong-based AI infrastructure service provider, has signed a MouU with AbbyPay, a POS-free digital…

Banks have been the backbone of merchant acquiring. Their regulatory strength, trusted brands, and long-standing merchant relationships established…

KPay now allows its Hong Kong merchants to accept in-person contactless payments using Tap to Pay on iPhone.…

Licensed crypto exchange HashKey Group is intending to raise as much as HK$1.67 billion in its Hong Kong…

Endowus, an independent wealth advisor and investment platform in Asia, has launched its Income Enhanced Portfolio, available to…

Citi and PAObank have partnered to enable PAObank to offer a real-time foreign exchange (FX) service for its…

Aspire, an all-in-one finance platform for businesses, has introduced fast, low-cost international payments in Hong Kong. Wise Platform,…

Alipay+ reported an 18% increase in supported QR code payment transactions. Total payment volume (TPV) in South Korea…

SoéPay now enables its Hong Kong merchants to accept in-person contactless payments through Tap to Pay on iPhone.…

The South Korean government plans to impose bank-level, no-fault compensation rules on cryptocurrency exchanges. The move follows a…

Insurtech Insights Asia 2025, a major regional forum for insurance technology stakeholders, concluded on Friday (5 December) at…