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HSBC Rolls Out Privé World Legend Mastercard To Hong Kong Clients

HSBC Hong Kong has launched the HSBC Privé World Legend Mastercard, becoming the first bank in the Asia Pacific region... Read more

Kakao Reports Record First Quarter Profit As Payment Division Surges

South Korean internet giant Kakao reported a 13.2% year-on-year increase in first-quarter net profit, supported by stro... Read more

Mox Bank Achieves Q1 Breakeven And Launches Mox+ Wealth Tier

Mox achieved financial breakeven in the first quarter of 2026 and has launched a new wealth management tier to drive su... Read more

RedotPay AI Stablecoin Payments Go Live On Tempo Blockchain

RedotPay is integrating with the Tempo blockchain to support RedotPay AI stablecoin payments, allowing automated agents... Read more

Visa Completes AI Agent Payments Trial With BOCHK In Hong Kong

Visa and Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK) have completed testing for AI agent payments in Hong Kong. The trial enabled... Read more

HKMA Warns Of Fake Stablecoins As Licensed Issuers Have Yet To Launch Tokens

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has warned the public about fake stablecoins in Hong Kong, specifically flaggin... Read more

Tazapay Secures Money Service Operator License In Hong Kong

Singapore-based cross-border payments company Tazapay has secured a Money Service Operator (MSO) license in Hong Kong. ... Read more

Livi Bank Posts First Full-Year Profit In 2025 As Loans Rise 49%

Hong Kong digital bank livi bank reported a full-year profit of HK$21 million for 2025. For the year, total operating i... Read more

FWD Group Reports US$720M In New Business Sales As Expansion Continues

FWD Group reported a 4% year-on-year increase in new business sales to US$720 million for the first quarter of 2026, dr... Read more

WeLab Bank 2025 Revenue Hits HK$942M After Securing First-Half Profitability

WeLab Bank achieved profitability in the first half of 2025 and reported a 35% year-on-year revenue increase to HK$942 ... Read more

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