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Asian Financial Forum concludes successfully in Hong Kong, gathering over 4,000 global business leaders and officials Leave a reply HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 28 January 2026 – The Asian Financial Forum (AFF), Asia’s flagship annual financial event, successfully wrapped up its 19th edition yesterday (January 27), following two days of high-powered discussions and intelligence sharing involving more than 4,000 business leaders and officials from over 60 countries and regions. Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) under the theme of “Co-creating New Horizons Amid an Evolving Landscape”, the AFF welcomed more than 150 distinguished speakers from around the world. Insert video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFgRJofcBqI A new Global Business Summit was held throughout day-two of the AFF yesterday, to further integrate finance with key industries and drive innovation and economic development. Co-organised by the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the HKSAR Government, the HKTDC, and the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises, the summit explored how finance empowers businesses. It also examined how Hong Kong can support Chinese Mainland enterprises to “go global”, and the prospects for foreign enterprises entering the Mainland market. In his opening remarks at the summit, Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of the HKSAR Government, highlighted trade, finance and innovation and technology as the three principal drivers of future economic growth. “Hong Kong is not just a platform that connects capital, market, projects, talent and opportunity. Hong Kong is willing to be a strategic partner to help you grow, scale up and go global,” Mr Chan said. On building a more vibrant tech ecosystem, Mr Chan said the HKSAR Government is determined to attract the world’s leading frontier-technology enterprises to establish a presence in Hong Kong. “We welcome technology and industrial enterprises to establish a

Bitget Wallet Shifts Toward an Everyday Finance App Leave a reply Pay hub anchors the redesign as wallets evolve into daily-use financial accounts built on blockchain infrastructure Bitget Wallet Shifts Toward an Everyday Finance App SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget Wallet has made a strategic shift into an all-in-one everyday finance app, refreshing its interface to place payments at the center of the app experience. The move follows the wallet surpassing 90 million users globally, highlighting the need to support more frequent, real-world financial activity at scale. It reflects a broader transition as crypto wallets move beyond investment-led use cases into daily financial accounts for spending, sending, saving, and money management. The shift comes as blockchain-based platforms increasingly challenge traditional banking apps with faster settlement, lower costs, and borderless access. The update is built around utility-first usage and a simplified approach to onchain finance, following a clear inflection point in crypto payments. Industry data shows stablecoin transactions surpassed $10 trillion in 2025, while spending across major crypto card programs rose 525% year on year, signaling a shift toward real-world use. This trend is reflected in a new Pay hub added to the app’s main navigation, enabling users to spend and move funds with fewer steps through a unified, mobile-first design. The Pay hub unifies crypto cards, QR payments, bank transfers, and in-app shopping into a single, front-facing flow, making Bitget Wallet one of the few self-custodial platforms to support all major crypto payment methods in one place. Users can spend crypto globally via cards accepted across Mastercard and Visa networks, pay locally by scanning QR codes, or transfer stablecoins directly to bank accounts where supported. By combining global and local payment options in one app, the wallet gives users the flexibility to pay anywhere