HSBC has launched its Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, RedCoin, rolling it out to more than 3.3 million PayMe app users starting October 23. The launch makes HSBC one of the first major global banks to bring a retail-facing stablecoin to market at this scale. It arrives approximately six months after
HSBC has officially named its forthcoming Hong Kong stablecoin HSBC RedCoin. It is one of the most significant moves by a traditional bank into the digital asset space in Asia. The name reflects the bank’s Hong Kong heritage. The launch strategy is deliberately phased. It starts with person-to-person and person-to-merchant
Two major international banks, HSBC and Standard Chartered, are expected to receive some of the first stablecoin issuer licenses in Hong Kong. The move would mark an important step in Hong Kong’s effort to build a regulated digital-asset ecosystem. Hong Kong moves to regulated stablecoins. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority
The UK Treasury chose HSBC Holdings’ blockchain-based system to develop and implement a pilot program for issuing digital government bonds labeled “DIGIT.” HSBC Holdings will utilize its own Orion system to control the issuance, management, and settlement of these securities. This program will take place inside the “digital sandbox” environment
HSBC firm’s China subsidiary has begun providing e-CNY services to corporate clients, the firm said. This makes HSBC the first international bank in China to provide services related to the digital currency of the central bank, offering these services to both retail and corporate clients. The People’s Bank of China
HSBC, one of the world’s leading financial institutions, has unveiled its plans to enter the rapidly growing digital asset market. In a strategic move, the bank is set to offer a comprehensive custody service for digital assets, including tokenized securities. This new venture is being developed in collaboration with the
Two sources acquainted with the situation have reportedly confirmed that HSBC, one of the world’s major banks, is collaborating with the crypto custody technology business Fireblocks. Even before this agreement, Fireblocks had experience dealing with major institutions because of their expertise in crypto custody technologies like multi-party computation (MPC). Fireblocks
HSBC, Hong Kong’s biggest bank, is now facilitating the purchase and sale of Bitcoin ETFs listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) such as CSOP Bitcoin Futures ETF, CSOP Ethereum Futures ETF, and Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF are all available on the Hong Kong stock
This week, two major UK banks—Nationwide Building Society and HSBC Holdings Plc—tightened restrictions on retail clients’ access to cryptocurrency assets in the wake of recent scandals and regulatory cautions in the sector. The building society advised its clients on Wednesday. That the daily limit for using a debit card to
One of the leading banks, HSBC, has recently advertised several high-level roles in the cryptocurrency sector. Suggesting that it may soon join the burgeoning digital asset sector. Recent job postings indicate that the industry’s dominant financial institution is actively seeking to hire a Product Director with responsibility for managing “tokenization”
