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Japan Post Bank To Launch Digital Yen By 2026

Japan Post Bank announced it will introduce a digital yen by the end of fiscal 2026 to make digital financial transacti... Read more

Obita Raises Over $10M To Build Stablecoin Payment Network

Obita, an enterprise-level cross-border payment and digital financial network, has completed an angel funding round exc... Read more

Futu Opens Largest Flagship Store In Causeway Bay

Futu Securities International (Hong Kong), a technology-focused broker in Hong Kong, has opened its largest flagship st... Read more

HKMA Grants Restricted Banking License To ABN AMRO Clearing Bank

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced that it has granted a restricted banking license to ABN AMRO Clearing... Read more

IDC China Announces 2025 Fintech List

The IDC Financial Insights team has for many years focused on global fintech innovation, closely tracking developments ... Read more

HSBC Fined HK$4.2M Over Disclosure Breaches In Research Reports

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and imposed a fine of HK$4.2 million on HSBC for breaching ... Read more

Philippines: The Hidden Fintech Gem You Cant Afford To Miss | Lito Villanueva

The Philippines is the fastest-growing digital economy and home to one of Southeast Asia’s most valuable fintech unic... Read more

SBI And Chainlink Partner On Blockchain And Digital Asset Use

SBI Group, one of Japan’s largest financial conglomerates with assets exceeding the equivalent of US$200 billion, has... Read more

China Considers Yuan-Backed Stablecoins To Advance Global Currency Push

China is considering permitting the use of yuan-backed stablecoins for the first time in a move that could support wide... Read more

Financial Sanctions: LSEG Risk Intelligence Answers Your Key Questions

Financial sanctions are essential government tools for achieving foreign policy objectives – and compliance is mandat... Read more

Korea Development Bank Leads $45M Bridge Round For Upstage

South Korea’s Upstage has secured a US$45 million Series B bridge round supported by Korea Development Bank (KDB), Am... Read more

HashKey Capital Partners With Tiantu AM To Explore Virtual Asset Funds

HashKey Capital has signed a memorandum of strategic collaboration with Tiantu Asset Management (Tiantu AM), a wholly o... Read more

You Can Now Make Alipay Payments With AR Glasses

RayNeo and Ant Group have announced a partnership to develop digital payment solutions for global use. The collaboratio... Read more

JICA Goes Live With Finastras Loan IQ In First Japan Deployment

Finastra has announced that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has gone live with its Loan IQ platform. ... Read more

Japan Set To Approve First Yen-Backed Stablecoin

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is preparing to approve the issuance of the country’s first yen-backed stab... Read more