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KB Kookmin Card and SBI Holdings to explore AI identity checks and crypto payments

  • —KB Kookmin Card and SBI Holdings plan tests of AI verification and crypto payments for Japanese tourists
  • —SBI DigiTrust is testing stablecoin QR payments across roughly 1.2 million merchants via NICE
  • —KB Kookmin Card completed a stablecoin payment pilot at CU stores and joined Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program
  • —No formal agreement between KB Kookmin Card and SBI Holdings exists, and no product has launched
Why it matters: The tests will show whether stablecoins and AI verification can cut cross-border payment costs in Asia.
Source: Crypto Briefing
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