SBI Holdings To Acquire Bitbank In US$289M Crypto Expansion
SBI Holdings has agreed to acquire Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank in a deal valued at approximately US$289 million, w...
Read More4 Ways Hong Kong Banks Fight Financial Crime Using AI, According To HKMA
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wants banks to use AI in financial crime as a way to counter cyberattacks and s... Read more
Ripple Launches RLUSD Stablecoin In Japan Through SBI Group
Ripple has launched its US dollar-denominated stablecoin, Ripple USD, in the Japanese market. The expansion follows reg... Read more
SBI And Startale Launch Trust Bank-Backed Yen Stablecoin JPYSC In Japan
SBI Group has introduced its trust based stablecoin JPYSC in partnership with Singapore-based fintech company Startale ... Read more
Visa Study: Digital Wallets Lead Greater Bay Area Payment Preferences
Visa has released its latest Consumer Payment Attitudes Study, highlighting how payment seamlessness is linked to a shi... Read more
European And South Korean Banks Form Project Pangea For FX Settlement
Chainlink, South Korean infrastructure provider FairSquareLab, the Unified Korea Alliance (UniKA), and European stablec... Read more
Reap Adds Circles USYC To Enable Yield On Corporate Treasury Balances
Reap has integrated Circle‘s tokenised money market fund, USYC, into its corporate spend platform. The move allows gl... Read more
Tencent Tests WeChat AI Assistant To Compete In China Super App Race
Tencent has started testing a new AI assistant named Xiaowei for its WeChat platform, as reported by Bloomberg. The sup... Read more
WeLab Is Shopping For Banks In Southeast Asia, Malaysia Captures Its Eyes
WeLab is on the lookout for banks to buy in Southeast Asia. WeLab Southeast Asia expansion plans could possibly involve... Read more
Payment Asia Integrates PayMe By HSBC For Hong Kong Merchants
Payment Asia is integrating with PayMe by HSBC to allow its merchant network to accept payments directly from the digit... Read more
HSBC Launches TradeCash In Hong Kong To Accelerate Trade Finance Access
HSBC has launched a digital trade finance tool called HSBC TradeCash, allowing businesses in Hong Kong to upload sales ... Read more
HKEX And HKMA Launch Pilot On E-HKD For After-Hours Margin Payments
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have launched a joint pilot... Read more
Can You Trust AI Agents To Stay Within Your Intent?
Checking someone’s ID at the door of a nightclub tells you who they are, but it does not tell you how they will behav... Read more
China CITIC Bank Taps Tencent Cloud For Fintech 2.0 Banking Push In Hong Kong
Tencent Cloud has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China CITIC Bank International (CNCBI) to support the d... Read more
Payful Launches Cloud-Based Visa Charge Card Programme Via BPC SmartVista
Chinese cross-border payment company Payful has launched a cloud-native Visa charge-card programme for corporate and me... Read more