For decades, accepting card payments meant investing in dedicated hardware, like a separate terminal for every checkout point.…

Alibaba has expanded its push into agentic AI with the launch of Accio Work, a plug‑and‑play “AI taskforce”…

Hong Kong’s digital banks, operating for over five years, continue to face losses, making business consolidation or parent…

Digital assets were designed around decentralisation, yet the responsibility for securing them increasingly sits with institutions. Banks, fintechs,…

GTN, a Dubai-based fintech firm, has obtained a Type 1 license from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)…

South Korea’s Naver said it plans to deploy AI agents across all of its services within the year,…

WeLab Bank CEO Tat Lee is reportedly set to move into a group-level role as Head of Banking…

Grab has agreed to acquire the Taiwan delivery business of Delivery Hero SE’s foodpanda for US$600 million in…

Adyen has expanded its partnership with Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong’s home airline. The collaboration, which began in 2014,…

Huawei and Yowpay, a Luxembourg-based fintech specialising in SEPA instant payments, have announced a partnership to launch the…

China plans to expand access to its digital yuan by allowing 12 additional banks to handle the currency,…

SBI VC Trade, the digital asset arm of SBI Holdings, is launching a USDC lending product that provides…

Bank Indonesia (BI) has confirmed that Japanese visitors to Indonesia can now use QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesian…

Crypto.com has partnered with KG Inicis, Payment Gateway (PG) and Value Added Network (VAN) provider in South Korea,…

Bithumb will face a six-month partial business suspension and a 36.8 billion won (around US$28 million) penalty over…

Ant Group is nearing the completion of its acquisition of Bright Smart Securities & Commodities Group, a deal…

FWD Group has announced several senior leadership appointments. David Junius will join the company as Managing Director and…

Mastercard has announced a collaboration between its money movement platform, Mastercard Move, and Bank of Shanghai to support…

The South Korean government is expanding its global AI partnerships beyond OpenAI, as it reviews potential policy cooperation…

PayPay’s shares surged in a highly anticipated Nasdaq debut on Thursday (March 12), opening roughly 19% above their…

People familiar with the matter say HSBC and a joint venture led by Standard Chartered will likely be…

The taxi industry is moving decisively toward digital payments as the mandatory Hong Kong taxi e-payment requirement, set…

SUNRATE has changed the name of its China-licensed entity from Transfar Pay to SUNRATE Pay following following regulatory…

Financial authorities plan to impose significant sanctions on virtual asset exchange Bithumb for breaching anti-money laundering obligations. The…

HSBC Hong Kong has introduced a new Passbook Consolidation feature on the HSBC HK App, allowing customers to…

PAObank has launched a new wealth service, offering a dual-advantage solution that allows customers to switch between investing…

China said it will inject 300 billion yuan (US$44 billion) into state-owned banks this year to guard against…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Insurance Authority (IA), and Mandatory Provident Fund…

South Korean regulators and lawmakers have agreed to cap major shareholder stakes in cryptocurrency exchanges at 20%, despite…

Know Your Customer Limited, a provider of automated business verification solutions, has partnered with DBS Hong Kong to…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Hong Kong Association of Banks (HKAB) have met to discuss…