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OKI And Hitachi To Launch Joint Venture For ATM And Automated Equipment In October

OKI, Hitachi, and Hitachi Channel Solutions have announced that they have reached agreements to integrate their automat...

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The Race For Hong Kongs First Stablecoin Licenses Is Almost Over

I’ve been refreshing the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s register of licensed stablecoin issuers frequently over the... Read more

HTF Securities And Alchemy Pay Expand Hong Kong Type 1 License For Virtual Assets

Alchemy Pay has announced that, in partnership with HTF Securities Limited, it has successfully expanded HTF Securities... Read more

Ping An Digital Bank Rebrands As Deposits Exceed HK$12 Billion

Ping An Digital Bank has introduced a new brand identity, aligning more closely with its parent, Ping An Insurance. The... Read more

Futus PantherTrade Launches Full-Scale Licensed Operations In Hong Kong

Futu has announced that its wholly-owned virtual asset trading platform, PantherTrade, has begun full-scale licensed op... Read more

Mastercard Enables AI Agent To Complete Live Ride-Booking Payment In South Korea

Mastercard has completed a live, authenticated agentic transaction in South Korea, marking a key development in AI-powe... Read more

Top 10 Fintech Events In Japan, South Korea, And Taiwan To Attend In 2026

In East Asia, Mainland China represents the region’s biggest and most influential fintech markets, marked by the ubiq... Read more

DBS And Bank Of China To Deepen Cooperation On RMB, Trade, And Regional Finance

DBS and Bank of China (BOC) have announced plans to strengthen their long-standing partnership, focusing on financial i... Read more

Startale Raises US$63M Series A From SBI To Expand On-Chain Financial Infrastructure

Startale Group has completed a US$63 million Series A funding round, following a second close of US$50 million from SBI... Read more

Alvin Feng Sets Out Huaweis Vision For AI-Driven Banking At MWC 2026

Discussions about the future of banking often revolve around digital channels, cloud migration and mobile apps. At Mobi... Read more

SBI VC Trade Launches USDC Lending Service For Retail Investors In Japan

SBI VC Trade, the digital asset arm of SBI Holdings, is launching a USDC lending product that provides regulated access... Read more

Japan-Indonesia QRIS Payments Now Fully Enabled For Cross-Border Use

Bank Indonesia (BI) has confirmed that Japanese visitors to Indonesia can now use QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesian ... Read more

Crypto.com Partners With KG Inicis To Enable Digital Asset Payments In South Korea

Crypto.com has partnered with KG Inicis, Payment Gateway (PG) and Value Added Network (VAN) provider in South Korea, to... Read more

Bithumb Faces Record 36 Billion Won Penalty Over AML Breaches

Bithumb will face a six-month partial business suspension and a 36.8 billion won (around US$28 million) penalty over re... Read more

Ant Group Nears China Approval To Complete HK$2.8 Billion Bright Smart Deal

Ant Group is nearing the completion of its acquisition of Bright Smart Securities & Commodities Group, a deal first... Read more