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Ripple And Kbank Roll Out Institutional Digital Asset Wallet In South Korea

Ripple has partnered with Kbank to deploy an institutional digital asset wallet in Korea, equipping the internet bank w... Read more

In 9 Months, Bank Muamalat Built A Digital Bank That Outperformed 70 Branches

What does it take to launch a full digital bank in under a year and have it outperform 70 physical branches? Bank Muama... Read more

Hana, Posco And Dunamu Partner To Launch Blockchain Remittance Platform

South Korean financial and trading giants have partnered with blockchain developer Dunamu to build a blockchain remitta... Read more

7 Banks Join Visa Agentic Ready For AI Payments In Hong Kong

Visa has introduced Visa Agentic Ready in Hong Kong, a testing programme designed to help card issuers validate AI-driv... Read more

HKMA Expands SME Support With HK$450B Fund And Faster Loan Approvals

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the banking sector have introduced a new round of SME support measures, inc... Read more

Vietnam And South Korea Launch Cross-Border QR Payments

Vietnam and South Korea have launched cross-border QR payments that allow Korean users to pay merchants in Vietnam thro... Read more

WeChat Pay Integrates With Local QR Networks In 5 Asian Countries

WeChat Pay has integrated its service with national QR code networks in five Asian countries, simplifying cross-border ... Read more

Global Transition Finance Ecosystem Gains Momentum

The global transition finance ecosystem is gaining momentum. According to new research by the Hong Kong Institute for M... Read more

Banking Circle Taps PayGate To Ease KRW Cross-Border Payments Into South Korea

Global payments bank Banking Circle will now handle cross-border transactions and settlement flows for South Korean pay... Read more

Equinix AI Discovery Hub Opens In Hong Kong For Enterprise AI

Digital infrastructure company Equinix is partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to launch the Equinix AI Dis... Read more

Tencent, Alibaba Eye DeepSeek Stake As AI Startup Tops US$20B Valuation

Chinese tech giants Tencent and Alibaba are in discussions to invest in AI startup DeepSeek, The Information reported, ... Read more

Well Link Bank And FWD Launch Bancassurance Partnership In Macau

Well Link Bank and FWD Macau have launched a bancassurance partnership in Macau, allowing the bank to distribute FWD’... Read more

OSL And Circle Partner To Launch New USDC Trading Zone

Digital asset platform OSL Group has partnered with Circle to expand access to the USDC stablecoin across its internati... Read more

9fin Launches AI Debt Data Platform In APAC Following $170M Series C

London-based 9fin is launching its AI-powered debt market intelligence platform in the APAC region. The company is esta... Read more

Hang Seng Rolls Out 10-Second Digital SME Loan Approvals In Hong Kong

Hang Seng Bank has launched an end-to-end digital application process for the 80% Guarantee Product under Hong Kong’s... Read more