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KB Card and SBI to test stablecoin payments for Japanese tourists in South Korea

  • —MOU signed on October 13 by KB Kookmin Card, SBI Holdings, Everspin and SBI Everspin
  • —Tests will cover stablecoin payments by Japanese tourists at South Korean merchants
  • —KYA Trust Gateway platform will verify AI agents' permissions for payments via KB Pay
  • —Everspin reports 25 billion cumulative threat detections across 150+ financial institutions
Why it matters: Major Japanese and South Korean financial groups are testing stablecoin settlement and AI-agent payments, a potential real-world demand channel for stablecoins in Asia.
Source: Cryptonews.net
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