Singapore-headquartered fintech Aspire has secured three financial licenses from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). The new Aspire license in…
Stablecoin transaction volumes surged 72% in 2025, reaching a record US$33 trillion and signalling growing institutional adoption for real-time settlement.…
South Korean genAI startup Upstage has raised 180 billion won (US$120 million) in a Series C round backed by major…
Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance to pilot a settlement system for tokenised government bonds in Korea, targeting the…
South Korea’s central bank is urging local cryptocurrency exchanges to adopt stock market style circuit breakers, driving a push for…
ShopBack is integrating its rewards and payments platform with point-of-sale provider Eats365, giving food and beverage merchants a streamlined way…
South Korean crypto exchange operator Dunamu and US blockchain firm Circle have signed a MoU to improve transparency in the…
South Korean digital asset exchange Bithumb has signed a MoU with Circle, the issuer of USDC, to cooperate on digital…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is facing industry calls to loosen restrictions on stablecoin issuance after granting its first…
Licensed digital asset trading platform EX.IO has signed a MoU with electronic payment provider Payment Asia to explore the use…
HKMA announced today the recipients of the Hong Kong stablecoin licence under the Stablecoins Ordinance. The much-coveted Hong Kong stablecoin…
International travelers in South Korea can now use their iPhone or Apple Watch to pay for public transport through the…
Hang Seng Bank has rolled out an e-Passbook service in Hong Kong in a bid to strengthen age-friendly banking. The…
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Gobi Partners has announced an investment in Transak, a company that provides regulated infrastructure for converting between traditional currencies and…
UnionPay has officially released the Agentic Payment Open Protocol (APOP) framework, a solution for agent-based payments designed to enable secure,…
Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK) has joined the first group of banks in Hong Kong to roll out cross-border…
Kaia DLT Foundation has announced plans to formally enable the issuance and circulation of a won-based stablecoin on its network…
Bank Indonesia and the Bank of Korea have launched cross-border QR payment connectivity between Indonesia and South Korea, allowing Indonesians…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has yet to issue its first batch of stablecoin licenses, missing an earlier target…