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Malaysia And Hong Kong Deepen Business Capital Market Ties For Regional Growth

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) hosted its flagship event, Think Business Think Hong Kong 2026 (TBTHK),... Read more

Reap Kicks Off Hyperliquid USDC Funding Rail For Corporate Treasuries

Global fintech Reap announced yesterday that it now supports USDC funding via Hyperliquid. The Reap Hyperliquid USDC mo... Read more

Fintech Segment Drives First Q2 Profit In Eight Years For Rakuten

Japanese online shopping mall operator Rakuten Group Inc has earned its first quarterly net income in six years, accord... Read more

Binance Pay And TBCASoft Enable QR Payments Across Merchant Networks In Japan

Binance Pay has partnered with TBCASoft to enable QR code payments through the HIVEX Network, starting with a planned r... Read more

OSL Launches AgentPay For AI Agent Stablecoin Payments

OSL Group has launched AgentPay, a stablecoin payment infrastructure designed to enable AI agents to execute autonomous... Read more

The Biggest AI Governance Gap In APAC Lies In Proof And Traceability

AI has outgrown the role of an assistant, now moving money, approving transactions, and carrying out multi-step tasks w... Read more

HSBC Sells Tokyo HQ As It Prepares For 2029 Relocation

HSBC has sold its Tokyo headquarters building to a unit of Mitsubishi HC Capital, according to Bloomberg. The sale come... Read more

Why Multi-Currency Cards Need More Than Card Issuing

Tap a multi-currency card in Tokyo, and the payment looks no different from any other card transaction. Behind the tap,... Read more

China CITIC Bank Names Wang Junwei As CEO

China CITIC Bank International (CNCBI) has appointed Wang Junwei as its Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer,... Read more

Binance Sues RedotPay Over Alleged US$473M User Diversion Scheme

Binance-affiliated companies have filed a lawsuit against RedotPay in a Hong Kong court, accusing the crypto payments f... Read more

South Korea Digital Regulation Startups Face Mounting Funding Hurdles

Digital Prosperity Asia and Oxford Economics have released a study on the financial impact of digital regulations on st... Read more

New Players, Technologies Fuel Surge In Digital Payment Competition

In the past decade, the market for retail digital payments has witnessed heightened competition across various economie... Read more

SFC Restricts HK$125M In Client Assets Over Suspected IPO Fraud Scheme

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a restriction notice to Futu Securities International (Hong Kong... Read more

HashKey Looks To Expand In Singapore With APEX Acquisition

HashKey is seeking to acquire APEX to expand its institutional trading and clearing operations in Singapore. Its wholly... Read more