Hong Kong virtual lender Airstar Bank has officially rebranded to EleBank, signalling a strategic shift towards wealth management and integrated…
Banma Intelligence and Alipay have launched an AI cockpit solution that introduces in-car voice payments to smart vehicles at the…
Vietnam and South Korea have launched cross-border QR payments that allow Korean users to pay merchants in Vietnam through participating…
WeChat Pay has integrated its service with national QR code networks in five Asian countries, simplifying cross-border WeChat Pay payments…
The global transition finance ecosystem is gaining momentum. According to new research by the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and…
Global payments bank Banking Circle will now handle cross-border transactions and settlement flows for South Korean payment service provider PayGate.…
Digital infrastructure company Equinix is partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to launch the Equinix AI Discovery Hub in Hong…
Chinese tech giants Tencent and Alibaba are in discussions to invest in AI startup DeepSeek, The Information reported, citing four…
Well Link Bank and FWD Macau have launched a bancassurance partnership in Macau, allowing the bank to distribute FWD’s insurance…
Digital asset platform OSL Group has partnered with Circle to expand access to the USDC stablecoin across its international platforms.…
London-based 9fin is launching its AI-powered debt market intelligence platform in the APAC region. The company is establishing teams in…
Hang Seng Bank has launched an end-to-end digital application process for the 80% Guarantee Product under Hong Kong’s SME Financing…
Global insurtech bolttech has appointed Kohei Watanabe as General Manager for Japan, with responsibility for the country’s business, including profit…
Hang Seng Investment and HSBC have launched a tokenised unlisted class of the Hang Seng Gold ETF in Hong Kong.…
Singapore-headquartered payment and treasury management platform SUNRATE has signed an agreement with the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES) to…
Alipay has launched a service that lets OpenClaw-type AI agents make purchases and complete payments with user approval. The feature…
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) launched a new regulatory framework to pilot the secondary trading of tokenised SFC-authorised investment…
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Futian District People’s Government of Shenzhen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is in talks with investors to raise at least US$300 million at a valuation of…
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire predicts that China could roll out a yuan stablecoin within three to five years to expand…