Why Stablecoins May Become The Backbone Of 24/7 Global Trade
Stablecoin transaction volumes surged 72% in 2025, reaching a record US$33 trillion and signalling growing institutiona... Read more
South Koreas Upstage Raises US$120M, Becomes First GenAI Unicorn In Country
South Korean genAI startup Upstage has raised 180 billion won (US$120 million) in a Series C round backed by major Asia... Read more
Ripple And Kyobo Life Insurance Test Tokenised Government Bonds In South Korea
Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance to pilot a settlement system for tokenised government bonds in Korea, ta... Read more
South Korea Central Bank Calls For Circuit Breakers After US$43 Billion Bithumb Error
South Korea’s central bank is urging local cryptocurrency exchanges to adopt stock market style circuit breakers, dri... Read more
ShopBack Pay Hong Kong Integrates With Eats365 For Merchant POS
ShopBack is integrating its rewards and payments platform with point-of-sale provider Eats365, giving food and beverage... Read more
Tourists Can Now Pay For Public Transport Using IPhone, Apple Watch In S. Korea
International travelers in South Korea can now use their iPhone or Apple Watch to pay for public transport through the ... Read more
Hang Seng Launches NFC E-Passbook For 1+ Million Passbook Customers
Hang Seng Bank has rolled out an e-Passbook service in Hong Kong in a bid to strengthen age-friendly banking. The Hang ... Read more
Why 95% Of AI Pilots Fail In Banking And How Banks Can Get ROI
Why do so many AI pilots fail in banking even when the technology itself works? In this episode, Vincent Fong, Fintech ... Read more
Gobi Partners Invests In Transak To Expand Regulated Digital Asset Payments In Asia
Gobi Partners has announced an investment in Transak, a company that provides regulated infrastructure for converting b... Read more
UnionPay Launches Agentic Payment Framework To Standardise AI-Driven Transactions
UnionPay has officially released the Agentic Payment Open Protocol (APOP) framework, a solution for agent-based payment... Read more
Standard Chartered Launches Real-Time FPS Payments For Offshore Firms And Paytech
Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK) has joined the first group of banks in Hong Kong to roll out cross-border pay... Read more
Kaia Sets First-Half 2027 Timeline For Won-Based Stablecoin Launch
Kaia DLT Foundation has announced plans to formally enable the issuance and circulation of a won-based stablecoin on it... Read more
Indonesia And South Korea Begin Cross-Border QRIS Payments In Local Currencies
Bank Indonesia and the Bank of Korea have launched cross-border QR payment connectivity between Indonesia and South Kor... Read more
Hong Kong Misses March Deadline For First Stablecoin Licenses, No Issuers Approved
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has yet to issue its first batch of stablecoin licenses, missing an earlier tar... Read more
Hong Kong Sees Digital Wallets Surpass Cards For The First Time
Digital wallets have surpassed cards for the first time in the city’s payments landscape, according to the Global Pay... Read more