In July, Tencent’s super-app WeChat ran a trial that enabled passengers of two Spring Airlines flights between Shanghai…

Standard Chartered Bank announced the launch of the eXellerator innovation lab in China, that brings together employees, corporate…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) unveiled today in a media statement, the progress of its Open API…

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), the government’s top financial regulator, will resume a new round of procedures…

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission is said to have issued it virtual banking licences to three consortiums, according to…

New data from Juniper Research has found that the volume of domestic money transfers via mobiles will exceed 203…

The Financial Services Commission of  South Korea has approved an additional 5 companies to be part of its…

As China emerges as a tech powerhouse, successful concepts from Chinese tech giants are being studied and replicated…

Eddie Yue, who currently serves as the Deputy CEO of HKMA will succeed Norman Chan as the new…

In China, platforms and services like Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay have brought facial recognition payments to…

ZhongAn, a leading insurtech company in China, today announced new senior leadership appointments. Former General Manager and Joint…

Infinium Limited, the virtual bank jointly owned by Tencent, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Hillhouse Capital and Perfect…

South Korea’s attempts to put itself on the map in the world of blockchain seem to be bearing…

China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has revealed at the 4th Global Fintech (Beijing Summit)…

Octopus cards will soon be usable virtually via an iPhone, according to the city’s e-payments giant. With the…

KPMG and Alibaba Entrepreneurs Funds’ joint report has made it official—fintech is ranked as Hong Kong’s strongest innovation…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to play a key role in the future of financial services and more…

South Koreans are increasingly going cashless as more people turn to e-wallets in South Korea for both online…

It’s been several months now since the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the 8 licensees granted approval…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR), France’s central bank,…

Sony and Daiwa Capital announced the establishment of Innovation Growth Ventures (IGV), a joint venture company created to…

Chinese conglomerate Ping An Insurance is applying blockchain-driven smart contracts across the full range of its operations—banking, securities,…

Last week, Facebook unveiled plans for a new cryptocurrency called Libra. Set to launch as early as 2020,…

Xero, the global small business platform announced a partnership with Stripe to develop new innovations that help small…

Samsung SDS introduced customers’ common pain points in adopting blockchain and announced its blockchain business direction and the…

Credit Suisse today announced a collaboration with Privé Technologies (Privé), a Hong Kong-based digital wealth management solutions platform…

Diginex Group announced that a unit of its group Diginex AM has been granted a license a Type…

South Korea’s banking industry is embracing digital transformation with 65.7% of the country’s financial institutions pursuing various business…

In his recently published e-book, George Harrap co-founder of Hong Kong based blockchain remittance startup Bitspark, pointed fingers…

The government of Hangzhou unveiled a plan to build the eastern Chinese city into an international fintech hub…

Due to the worryingly slow development of digital banking in Hong Kong, regulator Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) granted…