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OSL Group 2025 Revenue Hits HK$489M, Stablecoins Account For 60% Of Trading

OSL Group reported its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2025. The company said it recorded growth during t... Read more

JCB Brings Google Pay Contactless To Taiwan In First Overseas Rollout

JCB has announced that JCB-branded credit cards issued by Union Bank of Taiwan and Bank SinoPac will, for the first tim... Read more

Mastercard Completes First AI-Powered Ride Booking Transaction In Hong Kong

Mastercard has completed its first live, authenticated agentic transaction in Hong Kong, a step towards AI-powered comm... Read more

HKMA Exposes Fake Video Impersonating Chief Executive Eddie Yue In Investment Scam

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has received enquiries from members of the public concerning fraudulent social ... Read more

Southeast Asia Funding Is Recovering, But Why Are Women Only Getting 12%

If the startup world is one big pizza party, female founders are still only walking away with a single slice. Despite a... Read more

Bursa Malaysia, HKEX Launch Joint Large-Cap Index Spanning 60 Companies

Bursa Malaysia and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) are expanding cross-border market ties with a new la... Read more

OKI And Hitachi To Launch Joint Venture For ATM And Automated Equipment In October

OKI, Hitachi, and Hitachi Channel Solutions have announced that they have reached agreements to integrate their automat... Read more

The Race For Hong Kongs First Stablecoin Licenses Is Almost Over

I’ve been refreshing the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s register of licensed stablecoin issuers frequently over the... Read more

HTF Securities And Alchemy Pay Expand Hong Kong Type 1 License For Virtual Assets

Alchemy Pay has announced that, in partnership with HTF Securities Limited, it has successfully expanded HTF Securities... Read more

Ping An Digital Bank Rebrands As Deposits Exceed HK$12 Billion

Ping An Digital Bank has introduced a new brand identity, aligning more closely with its parent, Ping An Insurance. The... Read more

Futus PantherTrade Launches Full-Scale Licensed Operations In Hong Kong

Futu has announced that its wholly-owned virtual asset trading platform, PantherTrade, has begun full-scale licensed op... Read more

Mastercard Enables AI Agent To Complete Live Ride-Booking Payment In South Korea

Mastercard has completed a live, authenticated agentic transaction in South Korea, marking a key development in AI-powe... Read more

Top 10 Fintech Events In Japan, South Korea, And Taiwan To Attend In 2026

In East Asia, Mainland China represents the region’s biggest and most influential fintech markets, marked by the ubiq... Read more

DBS And Bank Of China To Deepen Cooperation On RMB, Trade, And Regional Finance

DBS and Bank of China (BOC) have announced plans to strengthen their long-standing partnership, focusing on financial i... Read more

Startale Raises US$63M Series A From SBI To Expand On-Chain Financial Infrastructure

Startale Group has completed a US$63 million Series A funding round, following a second close of US$50 million from SBI... Read more