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Circle CEO Says China Could Launch Yuan Stablecoin In 3 To 5 Years As Trade Grows

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

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Naver IPO Timeline Set As Dunamu Merger Targets Nasdaq Debut

Preparations for a Naver IPO are underway following an agreement between Naver Financial and cryptocurrency exchange op... Read more

TransUnion Urges Lenders To Rethink Credit Risk For Gig Workers In Hong Kong

TransUnion is urging lenders to update their risk assessment models, revealing that gig workers in Hong Kong exhibit st... Read more

Citi And Endowus Roll Out HK$4,000 Wealth-Linked Credit Card Campaign

Citi and digital wealth platform Endowus have launched a joint credit card promotion in Hong Kong, expanding the Citi E... Read more

Aspire Secures SFC License In Hong Kong To Launch SME Yield Product

Singapore-headquartered fintech Aspire has secured three financial licenses from the Securities and Futures Commission ... Read more

Why Stablecoins May Become The Backbone Of 24/7 Global Trade

Stablecoin transaction volumes surged 72% in 2025, reaching a record US$33 trillion and signalling growing institutiona... Read more

South Koreas Upstage Raises US$120M, Becomes First GenAI Unicorn In Country

South Korean genAI startup Upstage has raised 180 billion won (US$120 million) in a Series C round backed by major Asia... Read more

Ripple And Kyobo Life Insurance Test Tokenised Government Bonds In South Korea

Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance to pilot a settlement system for tokenised government bonds in Korea, ta... Read more

South Korea Central Bank Calls For Circuit Breakers After US$43 Billion Bithumb Error

South Korea’s central bank is urging local cryptocurrency exchanges to adopt stock market style circuit breakers, dri... Read more

ShopBack Pay Hong Kong Integrates With Eats365 For Merchant POS

ShopBack is integrating its rewards and payments platform with point-of-sale provider Eats365, giving food and beverage... Read more

Tourists Can Now Pay For Public Transport Using IPhone, Apple Watch In S. Korea

International travelers in South Korea can now use their iPhone or Apple Watch to pay for public transport through the ... Read more

Hang Seng Launches NFC E-Passbook For 1+ Million Passbook Customers

Hang Seng Bank has rolled out an e-Passbook service in Hong Kong in a bid to strengthen age-friendly banking. The Hang ... Read more

Why 95% Of AI Pilots Fail In Banking And How Banks Can Get ROI

Why do so many AI pilots fail in banking even when the technology itself works? In this episode, Vincent Fong, Fintech ... Read more

Gobi Partners Invests In Transak To Expand Regulated Digital Asset Payments In Asia

Gobi Partners has announced an investment in Transak, a company that provides regulated infrastructure for converting b... Read more

UnionPay Launches Agentic Payment Framework To Standardise AI-Driven Transactions

UnionPay has officially released the Agentic Payment Open Protocol (APOP) framework, a solution for agent-based payment... Read more