London-based 9fin is launching its AI-powered debt market intelligence platform in the APAC region. The company is establishing…

Hang Seng Bank has launched an end-to-end digital application process for the 80% Guarantee Product under Hong Kong’s…

Global insurtech bolttech has appointed Kohei Watanabe as General Manager for Japan, with responsibility for the country’s business,…

Hang Seng Investment and HSBC have launched a tokenised unlisted class of the Hang Seng Gold ETF in…

Singapore-headquartered payment and treasury management platform SUNRATE has signed an agreement with the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises…

Alipay has launched a service that lets OpenClaw-type AI agents make purchases and complete payments with user approval.…

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) launched a new regulatory framework to pilot the secondary trading of tokenised…

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Futian District People’s Government of Shenzhen have signed a Memorandum of…

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is in talks with investors to raise at least US$300 million at a…

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire predicts that China could roll out a yuan stablecoin within three to five years…

Preparations for a Naver IPO are underway following an agreement between Naver Financial and cryptocurrency exchange operator Dunamu…

TransUnion is urging lenders to update their risk assessment models, revealing that gig workers in Hong Kong exhibit…

Citi and digital wealth platform Endowus have launched a joint credit card promotion in Hong Kong, expanding the…

Singapore-headquartered fintech Aspire has secured three financial licenses from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). The new Aspire…

South Korean genAI startup Upstage has raised 180 billion won (US$120 million) in a Series C round backed…

Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance to pilot a settlement system for tokenised government bonds in Korea,…

South Korea’s central bank is urging local cryptocurrency exchanges to adopt stock market style circuit breakers, driving a…

ShopBack is integrating its rewards and payments platform with point-of-sale provider Eats365, giving food and beverage merchants a…

South Korean crypto exchange operator Dunamu and US blockchain firm Circle have signed a MoU to improve transparency…

South Korean digital asset exchange Bithumb has signed a MoU with Circle, the issuer of USDC, to cooperate…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is facing industry calls to loosen restrictions on stablecoin issuance after granting…

Licensed digital asset trading platform EX.IO has signed a MoU with electronic payment provider Payment Asia to explore…

HKMA announced today the recipients of the Hong Kong stablecoin licence under the Stablecoins Ordinance. The much-coveted Hong…

International travelers in South Korea can now use their iPhone or Apple Watch to pay for public transport…

Hang Seng Bank has rolled out an e-Passbook service in Hong Kong in a bid to strengthen age-friendly…

Gobi Partners has announced an investment in Transak, a company that provides regulated infrastructure for converting between traditional…

UnionPay has officially released the Agentic Payment Open Protocol (APOP) framework, a solution for agent-based payments designed to…

Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK) has joined the first group of banks in Hong Kong to roll…

Kaia DLT Foundation has announced plans to formally enable the issuance and circulation of a won-based stablecoin on…

Bank Indonesia and the Bank of Korea have launched cross-border QR payment connectivity between Indonesia and South Korea,…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has yet to issue its first batch of stablecoin licenses, missing an…