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Shinhan Card and SBI to test yen stablecoin payments for tourists

  • —Pilot covers card payments via crypto wallets and bank-free wallet-to-wallet transfers
  • —Travel between Korea and Japan topped 10 million arrivals in the first eight months
  • —Korea is Japan's top tourist source with 7.42 million arrivals; Japan sent 2.7 million
  • —SBI VC Trade won electronic payment instrument registration in March 2025
Why it matters: Major Asian card issuers and banks are moving stablecoins into real-world payments, expanding demand for regulated digital currencies.
Source: Bit2Me News
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