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Webinar – Redefining Payment Checkouts: The Road Ahead In APAC

In APAC, online payments are dominated by digital cashless payments. 87% of payments on Southeast Asia’s e-commerce p... Read more

Alibaba Cloud Unveils New AI Models And Upgrades At Apsara 2025

Alibaba Cloud announced new large models and infrastructure upgrades at its annual Apsara Conference 2025. The updates ... Read more

Top Firms And Advisers Shine At The IFAST Wealth Advisers Awards 2025 Ceremony

iFAST Financial HK successfully hosted the iFAST Wealth Advisers Awards 2025 (iWAA) on 11 September 2025. The event bro... Read more

Huawei Cloud Unveils AI Compute Upgrades, New Services At CONNECT 2025

On the second day of HUAWEI CONNECT 2025, Zhang Ping’an, Huawei’s Executive Director of the Board and CEO of Huawei... Read more

South Korea, BlackRock Partner To Position Nation As Asias AI Capital

South Korea and BlackRock have entered into a partnership to position the nation as the “AI capital in Asia” throug... Read more

CFA Institute Warns Of Risks From Opaque AI In Finance

As financial institutions increase their use of AI, opaque decision-making systems risk undermining public trust, regul... Read more

Kaia And LINE NEXT To Launch Asia-Focused Stablecoin Web3 Super-App

Kaia DLT Foundation (Kaia), a blockchain-based organisation, and LINE NEXT, the venture arm of Japan-based LINE Corpora... Read more

ZA Bank Surpasses One Million Users

ZA Bank has exceeded one million users as of the first half of 2025, marking a notable milestone in Hong Kong’s digit... Read more

Adrian Cheng Launches ALMAD Group After Exiting New World

Entrepreneur Adrian Cheng announced the launch of ALMAD Group, a new venture headquartered in Hong Kong and focused on ... Read more

HKMA Pushes Project Ensemble, Banks To Adopt Tokenised Deposits

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) will advance Project Ensemble and encourage commercial banks in the city to int... Read more

Singapore And Hong Kong Regulators Deepen Cooperation On Bank Oversight

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have signed a Memorandum of Under... Read more

XTransfer, SPD Bank Shanghai Partner To Boost Cross-Border Trade For SMEs

XTransfer has entered into a strategic partnership with SPD Bank’s Shanghai Branch, announced at the “XTransfer Tra... Read more

PayPay To Be Accepted At Over 2 Million Merchants In South Korea Via Alipay+

From late September 2025, Japan’s largest cashless payment service, PayPay, will be accepted at more than two million... Read more

Lenovo Hong Kong And Cyberport Partner To Support Startups

Lenovo Hong Kong has announced the signing of a MoU with Cyberport, aimed at supporting Hong Kong’s innovation and te... Read more

PAObank Partners With CPAIHK To Integrate Banking And Insurance Services

PAObank, in which Ping An Insurance holds a stake, is marking its fifth anniversary with a new strategic partnership wi... Read more