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WeLab And HKIC Team Up To Redefine Fintech With AI Across Asia

The Hong Kong Investment Corporation Limited (HKIC) and fintech platform WeLab announced a strategic partnership on 10 ... Read more

Standard Chartered And OKX Launch Collateral Mirroring Programme For Digital Assets

Standard Chartered and OKX, a cryptocurrency exchange and global on-chain technology company, have announced the launch... Read more

PayPals Xoom And Tenpay Global Enable Weixin Pay Cross-Border Transfers

Starting 9 April 2025, Weixin Pay users will be able to receive cross-border transfers from Xoom, a PayPal service spec... Read more

Futu Launches Deepseek-Powered Tools To Simplify Research For Retail Investors

Online broker Futu introduced AI-powered tools using DeepSeek, a Hangzhou-based start-up. Futu joins around 20 Chinese ... Read more

Visa Study: 77% In APAC Switch Remittance Providers For Better Rates, Ease Of Use

Cross-border payments are now entrenched in the global economy, with 771 million people using them every year, accordin... Read more

HKMA Issues Staking Guidelines For Crypto Custody Service Providers

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has released guidelines for authorised institutions interested in providing sta... Read more

70% Of Hong Kong Executives Expect Financial Crime Risks To Rise In 2025: Kroll

Kroll, an independent provider of global financial and risk advisory solutions, released findings from its Kroll 2025 F... Read more

Hong Kong Emerges As A Prominent Fintech Hub With A Thriving And Maturing Sector

Hong Kong has established itself as a thriving fintech hub, boasting a mature and expanding sector. A new report produc... Read more

Latest Banking Bill To Enhance Secure Information Sharing Between Authorised Institutions

The Government published the Banking (Amendment) Bill 2025 in the Gazette on 28 March 2025. The Bill aims to improve th... Read more

OSL Wealth Launches In Hong Kong, To Offer Crypto Investment Solutions

OSL Group, a publicly listed company focused on crypto assets, announced the launch of OSL Wealth on 3 April 2025. This... Read more

9GAG Founder Acquires Howking Tech, Aims For Public Virtual Asset Ecosystem

Ray Chan, co-founder of the meme platform 9GAG, officially completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Howking ... Read more

Visa And ZA Bank Debut Click To Pay In APAC For Faster Checkouts

ZA Bank offers Click to Pay with Visa as a standard card feature from 1 April 2025, enabling cardholders to have a fast... Read more

ZA Bank Names Founding Member Calvin Ng As New CEO

ZA Bank appoints Calvin Ng as its new CEO, effective 27 March 2025. Calvin, who has served the bank for over six years,... Read more

Tencent Officially Launches T1 Reasoning Model In Chinas Competitive AI Landscape

Tencent has officially unveiled its T1 reasoning model, marking a significant step forward in the increasingly competit... Read more

Ping An Insurance Achieves A 47.8% Rise In 2024 Net Profit

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (Ping An) announced on 19 March 2025 its financial results for the yea... Read more