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
FWD Group Announces New CFO, Group Chief Actuary And Thailand CEO
FWD Group has announced several senior leadership appointments. David Junius will join the company as Managing Director... Read more
Mastercard, Bank Of Shanghai Launch Direct Cross-Border Payment Network
Mastercard has announced a collaboration between its money movement platform, Mastercard Move, and Bank of Shanghai to ... Read more
South Korea Expands AI Partnerships As Government Explores Cooperation With Anthropic
The South Korean government is expanding its global AI partnerships beyond OpenAI, as it reviews potential policy coope... Read more
PayPay Shares Jump 19% In Nasdaq Debut, Valuing Fintech At US$12.7B
PayPay’s shares surged in a highly anticipated Nasdaq debut on Thursday (March 12), opening roughly 19% above their o... Read more
HSBC And Standard Chartered Venture Reportedly Among First For Hong Kong Stablecoin Licenses
People familiar with the matter say HSBC and a joint venture led by Standard Chartered will likely be among the first f... Read more