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 MoreHang 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
Standard Chartered Launches Real-Time FPS Payments For Offshore Firms And Paytech
Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK) has joined the first group of banks in Hong Kong to roll out cross-border pay... Read more
Kaia Sets First-Half 2027 Timeline For Won-Based Stablecoin Launch
Kaia DLT Foundation has announced plans to formally enable the issuance and circulation of a won-based stablecoin on it... Read more
Indonesia And South Korea Begin Cross-Border QRIS Payments In Local Currencies
Bank Indonesia and the Bank of Korea have launched cross-border QR payment connectivity between Indonesia and South Kor... Read more
Hong Kong Misses March Deadline For First Stablecoin Licenses, No Issuers Approved
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has yet to issue its first batch of stablecoin licenses, missing an earlier tar... Read more
Hong Kong Sees Digital Wallets Surpass Cards For The First Time
Digital wallets have surpassed cards for the first time in the city’s payments landscape, according to the Global Pay... Read more
HSBC Appoints Max Xu And Samuel Chen To Lead Wealth And Private Banking In China
HSBC has appointed Max Xu as Head of International Wealth and Premier Banking (IWPB), HSBC China, and Samuel Chen as He... Read more
OSL Group 2025 Revenue Hits HK$489M, Stablecoins Account For 60% Of Trading
OSL Group reported its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2025. The company said it recorded growth during t... Read more
JCB Brings Google Pay Contactless To Taiwan In First Overseas Rollout
JCB has announced that JCB-branded credit cards issued by Union Bank of Taiwan and Bank SinoPac will, for the first tim... Read more
Mastercard Completes First AI-Powered Ride Booking Transaction In Hong Kong
Mastercard has completed its first live, authenticated agentic transaction in Hong Kong, a step towards AI-powered comm... Read more
HKMA Exposes Fake Video Impersonating Chief Executive Eddie Yue In Investment Scam
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has received enquiries from members of the public concerning fraudulent social ... Read more