FinTech

Capital.com's Singapore unit has received a MAS capital markets licence and plans to begin onboarding local clients in early 2027.

Thunes has expanded its UnionPay connection to support instant payouts of up to $10,000 daily to cards across 79 mainland Chinese banks.

HSBC plans to open a Hong Kong AI and emerging technology institute with HKUST as its anchor academic partner in early 2027.

Ant International has achieved real-time cross-bank liquidity management with three banking partners in Hong Kong, using tokenised deposits under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's EnsembleTX program.

Animoca Asset Management (AD) Limited, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands, has received a Financial Services Permission from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market, allowing it to manage collective investment funds in or from the financial center.

Sunrate has introduced a programmable virtual commercial card that lets authorized AI agents execute business payments under predefined controls.

Malaysia's lender Hong Leong Bank (HLB) is expanding its cross-border payment ecosystem by integrating Alipay+ through Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), establishing an extensive overseas QR payment networks directly within the HLB Connect App.

HugoHub, a Singapore-based financial infrastructure platform, has secured its first live deployment with a regulated bank, as Pakistan’s digital retail bank HugoBank opened its first pilot customer account on the platform on Sept 25, 2026.

The launch of a cross-border digital payment link between China and Laos marks an important step in regional financial integration, demonstrating how central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can connect with conventional payment networks while preserving local-currency settlement, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said on Monday. 

JCB International, the international operations subsidiary of Japan's JCB, and Hanoi Metro, the operator of the city's metro railway, have signed a memorandum of understanding to introduce JCB transit on Hanoi's urban railway network.