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PAObank Secures Licenses To Launch Wealth Management Services

PAObank has been granted Type 1 (dealing in securities) and Type 4 (advising on securities) licenses by the relevant re... Read more

DFSA And HKMA Highlight Sustainable Debt Growth In MENA And APAC

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulator of the Dubai International Financial Centre (D... Read more

AMINA HK Secures SFC Type 1 License For Professional Crypto Services

AMINA (Hong Kong) (AMINA HK), a subsidiary of Swiss FINMA-regulated AMINA, has received a Securities and Futures Commis... Read more

Japan To Reclassify Crypto As Financial Products, Cut Tax Rates

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has finalised plans to reclassify certain cryptocurrencies as financial produ... Read more

Tencent Launches TenPay Global Checkout For Weixin Mini Programs In SG, Macau

Tencent has launched TenPay Global Checkout, a new payment solution for Weixin Mini Program merchants operating interna... Read more

Japan Weighs New Rules For Crypto System Providers After Major Hacks

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is considering introducing a prior notification system for companies that pro... Read more

Top 15 Fintech Events To Attend In Hong Kong In Q4 2025 Until Q3 2026

Hong Kong stand as one of the most prominent fintech hubs in the world, home to a vibrant community of over 1,200 finte... Read more

Hong Kong Fintech Week X StartmeupHK Festival 2025: United For A Decade Of Innovation And Scaling

The ​Hong Kong Fintech Week x StartmeupHK Festival (HKFW x SMUF) 2025 concluded on 7 November 2025, following a dynam... Read more

HK Expands Digital Asset Drive With Multi-Currency Blockchain Bond Sale

Hong Kong is preparing to market a new series of “digitally native” bonds denominated in multiple currencies, furth... Read more

Hong Kong Fintech Week 2025: Top Highlights And Announcements

At the 2025 edition of Hong Kong Fintech Week, which ran from November 03 to 07, the financial sector, the technology c... Read more

Korean Financial Groups Partner With Tech Firms As Stablecoin Market Expands

Major holding companies in South Korea are accelerating efforts to forge partnerships with major tech firms, notably Na... Read more

JPXI Strengthens Market Infrastructure Through AWS Collaboration

JPX Market Innovation & Research (JPXI), with the support of Amazon Web Services (AWS), has made significant progre... Read more

JCB And Agoda Partner To Boost Inbound Travel To Japan

JCB International, the international arm of JCB and Agoda have entered into a three-year partnership, announced during ... Read more

Stripe And NEC Explore Integration Of Face Recognition Payments

Stripe and NEC Corporation have begun exploring the integration of the Stripe Reader S700 payment terminal, part of the... Read more

XTransfer Partners With Bank SinoPac HK To Expand Cross-Border Payment Services

XTransfer has entered into a collaboration with Bank SinoPac, through its Hong Kong Branch, to expand international ope... Read more