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Stripe Sets 2027 Launch For Business Lending In Japan

Stripe will launch Stripe Capital, its business funding product, in Japan in 2027. It shared the plan at Stripe Tour To...

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SFC And SC Malaysia Launch A Single Filing Route For Dual IPOs

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) have launched a Single Submissi... Read more

HSBC Names Hong Kong Stablecoin RedCoin Ahead Of Payments Rollout

HSBC has named its planned Hong Kong stablecoin HSBC RedCoin ahead of a phased rollout starting with everyday payments.... Read more

Visitors To Japan Can Now Use Binance Pay At PayPay Merchants

Eligible Binance Pay users from overseas can now pay at PayPay-supported merchants across Japan when they visit. The pa... Read more

Banks Approve First HKMA IP Sandbox Loans Of Up To HK$39 Million

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced on 30 September that banks in its IP Financing Sandbox have approved ... Read more

WeLab Bank Posts HK$492M Revenue In First Half Of 2026

WeLab Bank reported an adjusted profit of approximately HK$14.6 million for the first half of 2026, excluding around HK... Read more

Mox Bank Reaches Profitability For The First Time In H1 2026

Mox Bank recorded a profit before tax of HK$8.63 million in the first half of 2026. This is its first interim profit in... Read more

ZA Bank Profit Reaches HK$70.6 Million In First Half Of 2026

ZA Bank’s first-half net profit rose 44% year on year to HK$70.6 million as growth in wealth management drove fee inc... Read more

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL): Lifeline Or Debt Trap? | Alain Yee, ShopeePay (MY) CEO

BNPL is a lifeline for Malaysians shut out of formal credit, or a fast route into debt, depending on who you ask. Shope... Read more

Ping An Digital Bank Reports Growth In Assets And Deposits

Ping An Digital Bank‘s total assets rose 133% year-on-year to more than HK$15.6 billion as of 30 June 2026. At the sa... Read more

Plantos Agentic AI CFO Takes Aim At The SME Lending Gap

Planto, a leading financial technology company specialising in AI-driven banking solutions, officially unveiled its whi... Read more

Hong Kong And Indonesia Explore QR Payment Interoperability

Hong Kong and Indonesia are exploring QR payment interoperability between the two markets. The Hong Kong Monetary Autho... Read more

Who Raises The Alarm, If Synthetic Identity Fraud Has No Victim?

Synthetic identity fraud is one of the fastest-growing fraud types globally, where fraudsters fabricate a person who ne... Read more

SFC Hong Kong Strategic Action Plan Backs Citys Five-Year Plan

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has unveiled a strategic action plan. It supports the city’s Fi... Read more

Tencent Launches TenPayGo Payment App For Travellers In China

Tencent has launched TenPayGo, a payment app for overseas visitors to mainland China. ITHome (IT之家) reported that i... Read more