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…
Digital wallets have surpassed cards for the first time in the city’s payments landscape, according to the Global Payments Report…
HSBC has appointed Max Xu as Head of International Wealth and Premier Banking (IWPB), HSBC China, and Samuel Chen as…
OSL Group reported its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2025. The company said it recorded growth during…
JCB has announced that JCB-branded credit cards issued by Union Bank of Taiwan and Bank SinoPac will, for the first…
Mastercard has completed its first live, authenticated agentic transaction in Hong Kong, a step towards AI-powered commerce. This follows the…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has received enquiries from members of the public concerning fraudulent social media posts impersonating…
If the startup world is one big pizza party, female founders are still only walking away with a single slice.…
Bursa Malaysia and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) are expanding cross-border market ties with a new large-cap index…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) on 27 March 2026…
OKI, Hitachi, and Hitachi Channel Solutions have announced that they have reached agreements to integrate their automated equipment businesses, including…
I’ve been refreshing the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s register of licensed stablecoin issuers frequently over the past few days, hoping…