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Airwallex Yield Service Goes Live In Hong Kong

Airwallex has officially launched Airwallex Yield in Hong Kong on 18 June 2025, which it advertises to offer businesses...

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Alipay And Rokid Launch AR Glasses Payment Function For In-Store Payments In China

Rokid has launched its latest augmented reality device, Rokid Glasses. In China, the Rokid AR payment glasses support i... Read more

InvestHKs Gulf Cooperation Council Fintech Visit Spurs Strategic Partnerships

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) reinforced its role as a global business hub through a strategic visit to the Gulf Cooperat... Read more

Can Crypto Firms Catch Up On Compliance Gaps As Regulations Evolve?

As crypto adoption accelerates, regulators are ramping up enforcement of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Tra... Read more

OneDegree Eyes Global Growth With Middle East, Europe And Africa Next

Hong Kong virtual insurer OneDegree has made significant progress in the Middle East, securing 20 contracts since enter... Read more

IFAST Introduces Bondsupermart Live With Stock-like Trading Experience For Bond Investors

To address structural inefficiencies in bond markets, iFAST introduced Bondsupermart Live, a digital bond trading servi... Read more

Hong Kong Customs Partner With University To Develop Cryptocurrency Tracing Tool

Customs officials are partnering with the University of Hong Kong to develop a Hong Kong cryptocurrency tracing tool. T... Read more

Project Nexus Empowers APAC Financial Institutions To Achieve G20 Cross-Border Payment Targets

As the global demand for faster, more affordable, and increasingly transparent cross-border payments intensifies, Proje... Read more

Ant International Targets Hong Kong And Singapore With Stablecoin License Plans

Ant International is making moves to apply for stablecoin issuer licenses in Hong Kong, according to a Bloomberg report... Read more

Taiwan Legislator Raises Concerns Over Digital ID Security And Government Response

Legislator Ko Ju-chun of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) voiced concerns over the government’s handling of cybers... Read more

South Korea Unveils Digital Asset Basic Act For Stablecoin Issuance

South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung is pushing forward with plans to allow stablecoin issuance by loc... Read more

Octopus Taps Wonder As Its Omnichannel Payment Partner Across Hong Kong

Wonder, a payment and fintech platform, has announced its partnership as the purported first omnichannel payment facili... Read more

China And UAE Ink Deal To Boost Cross-Border Payment Cooperation

China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) and the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) have si... Read more

Hong Kong Approves Banking Amendment To Boost Data Sharing In 2025

The Government welcomed the Legislative Council’s June 4 passage of the Banking (Amendment) Bill 2025, aimed at impro... Read more

Citigroup Lays Off 3,500 In China As Part Of Global Overhaul

Citigroup is cutting 3,500 tech jobs in mainland China to streamline operations and cut costs. The Citigroup China layo... Read more