Webinar: The Deepfake Threat And What APAC Financial Institutions Are Doing About It
Generative AI is making fraud more convincing and easier to scale. Reports of Gen AI-enabled scams rose 456% between Ma... Read more
CIMB And China CITIC Bank To Boost China-ASEAN Banking Links
CIMB has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with China CITIC Bank to improve financial connectivity between China and the ... Read more
Agentic Commerce And The Trust Problem Nobody Has Solved
AI is getting better at helping us shop. The next step is much bigger: making payments on our behalf. That sounds conve... Read more
Animoca Brands And HKSTP To Host Demo Day For Agentic AI Startups
Animoca Brands and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) are co-hosting a demo day for local a... Read more
Hong Kong Tightens Investment Account Rules For Mainland Chinese Clients
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued guidelines for banks to manage the onboarding and ongoing monitoring... Read more
HKMA Sets Up Tokenised Bond Expert Group To Support Market Development
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has established a Tokenised Bond Expert Group to drive further adoption and sca... Read more
ZA Bank And Industrial Bank Launch Southbound Wealth Scheme
ZA Bank has partnered with Industrial Bank to launch its Cross-boundary Wealth Management Connect Southbound Scheme ser... Read more
TenPay Global Enables Remittances To China For Non-Chinese Users
Tencent‘s cross-border payment platform, TenPay Global, has launched a remittance service tailored for non-Chinese ci... Read more
XTransfer And Societe Generale Partner To Enhance Trade Settlement Infrastructure
XTransfer has partnered with European bank Societe Generale to develop cross-border payment and currency settlement sol... Read more
XTransfer And BBVA Partner On Cross-Border Payments In Latin America And Europe
XTransfer has signed a MoU with global financial group BBVA to deepen cross-border payment infrastructure across Latin ... Read more
Hong Kong Banks Urged To Upgrade Defenses For AI-Driven Cyberattacks
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has reminded authorised institutions to review their cyber defenses against fro... Read more
Manulife And Alibaba Cloud To Establish AI Hub For Insurance In Hong Kong
Manulife has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to establish a joint AI hub in Hong Kong. The collaboration will focus on dev... Read more
RedotPay Connect Enables Merchants To Accept Stablecoins And Settle In Fiat
RedotPay has launched its first B2B product, RedotPay Connect, allowing enterprise merchants to accept stablecoin payme... Read more
HKMA Shares Strategic Priorities For 2026, Outlining Fintech, Infrastructure Modernization Efforts
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has released its annual report, reviewing trends and key events in monetary and... Read more
Hong Kong Records Highest Fraud Loss In Asia Despite Declining Fraudulent Activity
Despite recording low and decreasing fraud rates, Hong Kong is experiencing disproportionately high digital fraud losse... Read more