Hong Kong stories

UK homes using the ivie smart meter app almost halved gas cooking in December 2025, helping cut overall household energy use by 5.5%.

BAI wins contract to build private 5G radio network and mobile coverage for the new driverless Sydney Metro West underground line.

HAESL selects HCLTech to build a new SAP-based digital engine MRO platform in Hong Kong, boosting traceability and real-time visibility.

Experts say the Stablecoin Act may be the right chance for Canada to catch up in the evolution of Web3 infrastructure.

Asia-Pacific startup founders are growing older but no less ambitious, with most over 45 and four in ten still chasing unicorn valuations.

AI use is now near universal in Singapore, but few organisations can show strong returns as data complexity and security risks bite.

Australian banks report the region’s worst compliance screening disruption, as ageing systems and manual workloads strain checks and onboarding.

Global public safety LTE and 5G spending will climb from USD $5bn in 2025 to over USD $6.3bn annually by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.

Singapore and Shenzhen launch a blockchain-based data validation trial, starting with cross-border checks on business owners’ credit reports.

DayOne eyes 560 MW data centre near Helsinki in Nurmijärvi, promising up to 1,000 construction jobs and 700 long-term skilled roles.

Airwallex buys Korean fintech Paynuri, securing key licences to launch local payments and FX services for Korean and global businesses.

Airwallex acquires Korean fintech Paynuri, securing local payment and FX licences as it accelerates its expansion across Asia-Pacific hubs.

Industrial 3D printer shipments return to growth as aerospace demand and a strong China rebound lift high-end metal systems in 2025.

REGnosys warns of a fresh 2026 regtech wave as global rule rewrites loom and London fights to defend its fintech edge from rising rivals.

Animoca backs GROW’s Hong Kong wealth arm in a strategic deal to build a regulated Asia platform spanning crypto and traditional assets.

DTCC maps an ambitious 2026 plan, deepening tokenisation and AI while overhauling risk, collateral and post-trade ahead of Europe’s T+1 shift.

Enreach and Cataleya team up to launch a white-label UCaaS platform for APAC service providers, targeting booming cloud comms demand.

Carlsberg deepens Meituan tie-up, linking Black Pearl fine dining with on-demand beer delivery across China and wider Asian markets.

US-based Semify has bought Hong Kong’s Dragon Metrics to expand its global AI-led SEO and reporting services across non-Google markets.

AirTrunk will pour AUD $5bn into a second Melbourne hyperscale campus, boosting its local AI and cloud data capacity beyond 630MW.