Japan’s National Police Agency will add QR codes to traffic tickets from July 2027, letting offenders pay minor fines by credit card, smartphone app or online banking instead of queuing at a bank. Here is how it will work and what it means for Japan’s cashless push.
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Bursa-listed Revenue IF has signed a three-year exclusive framework deal with China’s WeSure to build cross-border and insurance payment services in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, covering premium collection and claims payouts. No financial terms or launch dates have been disclosed yet.
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Bank Indonesia will start sandbox trials of cross-border QRIS payments with Hong Kong and Timor-Leste in Q4 2026, adding to six live markets including Malaysia, as QRIS growth cools to 75.80% with 70.6 million users and 49.4 million merchants.
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Hong Leong Bank has added China QR payments to its HLB Connect app through UnionPay International. Customers can pay at over 120 million UnionPay and Weixin Pay merchants, and spending from a pre-converted yuan balance carries no transaction fees.
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HSBC has begun a phased rollout of RedCoin, a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, to more than 3.3 million PayMe users. Here is how the licensed, one-for-one backed token works, why it is a first for Hong Kong’s new stablecoin rules, and what to watch next.
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Bank Negara Malaysia and the Bank of Thailand have joined BLOOM, a Singapore-led programme on settling cross-border payments with tokenised deposits and regulated stablecoins. Nothing changes for consumers yet, but Malaysian banks, wallets and exporters could benefit as common regional rules take shape.
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Singapore’s DBS has switched on QR payments in Taiwan for its PayLah! e-wallet, giving more than 3 million users access to over 250,000 merchants on the TWQR network, with full network coverage, two-way payments and a merchant-scan option planned for 2027.
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Malaysian payment provider Axaipay and Italy’s Incomedia have launched AxaiCart+, which pairs the WebSite X5 Pro site builder with a ready-connected gateway so small sellers can take cards, FPX, DuitNow QR and e-wallet payments without signing up for a separate processor.
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Shinhan Card has signed a deal with two SBI Group units to test whether Japanese visitors can pay in South Korea with a yen stablecoin, and whether the same digital tokens can speed up trade settlement between the two countries.
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More than five million Malaysians have used GOfinance, the investment hub inside the TNG eWallet, putting a combined RM3.57 billion into money market funds, digital gold and shares. Here is what the milestone means for consumers, banks and the e-wallet race.
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