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Anthea Raises US$22M For ETH-Denominated Life Insurance Launch

Anthea Holding, a global crypto-fintech group offering life insurance products denominated in cryptocurrencies through ... Read more

Weixin Reports 21% Rise In Cross-Border Payments As Holiday Travel Rebounds

Visa-free access to destinations such as Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand helped boost spending by Chines... Read more

HSBC Proposes To Take Hang Seng Bank Private With HK$155 Per Share Offer

HSBC announced that it, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limite... Read more

Who Owns Their Digital Identity, Owns The Future

Everywhere you look today, identity is the real currency. Whether you’re opening a bank account or applying for gover... Read more

Banking After Hours: Do Digital Banks Tackle Fraud Differently?

Fraud and scams are on the rise in Southeast Asia, from job scams and forced scam centers to deepfake impersonations an... Read more

Asia Insurance Goes Live With CoverGos Digital Health Insurance Platform

Asia Insurance, a general insurer in Hong Kong and Macau, has gone live with CoverGo’s next-generation, end-to-end he... Read more

HK Launches GoGlobal Task Force For Mainland Enterprises Overseas Expansion

Hong Kong has launched the Task Force on Supporting Mainland Enterprises in Going Global (GoGlobal Task Force) to stren... Read more

YY Group Partners With Obita On Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure

Obita, a Hong Kong-based enterprise-level cross-border payments and digital financial network, has signed a MoU with YY... Read more

HKMA And HKSTP Launch IADS Developer Hackathon

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), in collaboration with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (... Read more

Visa Expands Click To Pay Across Major Hong Kong Payment Platforms

Visa has announced that several major payment platforms in Hong Kong, including Adyen, AsiaPay, OpenRice, Worldpay and ... Read more

WeLab Bank Posts HK$460 Million In H1 2025 Revenue As Profitability Continues

Hong Kong’s WeLab Bank remained profitable in the first half of 2025, reporting revenue of about HK$460 million, a ye... Read more

ZA Bank Turns Profitable In First Half Of 2025 With HK$49 Million Earnings

Hong Kong’s ZA Bank has swung into the black, reporting a HK$49 million interim profit for the six months to June 202... Read more

WeLab Bank Launches AI-Powered FX Service In Hong Kong With 11 Major Currencies

WeLab Bank has launched what it says is Hong Kong’s first AI-powered foreign exchange service, offering customers cos... Read more

Visa Names Former AWS Exec Elaine Chang To Oversee Greater China

Visa has named Elaine Chang as its new Group General Manager for Greater China, replacing Shirley Yu, who will retire a... Read more

Alibaba Cloud Founder: AI Needs New Breakthroughs, Mass-Market Applications

Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from theory to practice, propelled by advances in computing power and the increa... Read more