Hong Kong’s Property Recovery Has a Volume Problem

Four claims about the 2026 rebound, checked line by line against the Rating and Valuation Department index and the Land Registry contract count AsiaPresswire – In September 2026 the private domestic price index read 320.8, up 0.19% on the month and 9.3% on the year. Rents read 212.2, an all time high, up 0.47% on […]

The UAE’s Instant Payment Rail Won the Wallet and Missed the Till

Aani reached 12.5 million registered users, 74 licensed institutions and 774,000 merchants by April 2026, then processed 25,000 phone number transfers a day AsiaPresswire – Twelve and a half million registered users. Seventy four licensed institutions. Eighty five percent of the banking system. Seven hundred and seventy four thousand merchants. Three seconds to settle. That […]