Korbit is a South Korean cryptocurrency firm base in Seoul and launched in 2013. It was the first exchange to launch a Bitcoin-Korean Won (BTC/KRW) market. It’s primary features include facilitating buying, selling, and secure storage of a broad spectrum of digital assets, encompassing major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum, alongside numerous altcoins, primarily through KRW pairings.
Beyond these core trading functions, Korbit users can engage in crypto-to-crypto trading, utilize the platform’s dedicated digital asset wallet, and participate in staking services to earn rewards on their holdings. Korbit also operates a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace and provides tools such as automated trading, recurring investment options, and bundled asset purchases.
Korbit employs employs robust security measures including multi-factor authentication and substantial cold wallet storage. The exchange is committed to full compliance with South Korea's stringent financial regulations, encompassing comprehensive anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) procedures and collaboration with domestic financial institutions such as Shinhan Bank for verified real-name accounts.
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The eftpos solution by Australian Payments Plus provides a cost effective, secure and flexible payment infrastructure for Australian businesses. It supports real time debit transactions, tap to pay on mobile devices, eftpos QR payments and least cost routing, which allows merchants to automatically direct debit transactions through the lowest cost network to help reduce the cost of acceptance.
Australian Payments Plus has worked with Google to enable least cost routing in Google Wallet, with ANZ and Suncorp the first issuers to offer this capability. It is also partnering with Giesecke and Devrient to develop eftpos Click to Pay with integrated least cost routing, an online checkout service that uses tokenisation to protect card credentials and is scheduled for rollout from early 2026 following pilot trials.
These developments enhance payment efficiency, improve security, support domestic data sovereignty and align with Reserve Bank of Australia findings that least cost routing can materially reduce merchant debit acceptance costs.
Cask Capital is an investment platform connecting investors with opportunities to own premium whisky casks of the highest quality as well as intrinsically related digital tokenized assets. It positions whisky casks as a tangible alternative asset class and facilitates the purchase of full or fractional ownership of these casks which are often sourced from renowned Scottish distilleries.
A core element of Cask Capital's operation is the use of tokenization utilizing the Hedera blockchain. This allows digital tokenized ownership of real-world casks and enhances transparency and accessibility in the competitive whisky investment market. Once acquired, the physical casks are held in regulated, bonded warehouses in Scotland, where the whisky matures over time. Their clear provenance, aging profile, and value growth make them ideal for fractional ownership on-chain.
Cask Capital provides services for the management and storage of these exclusive, curated assets which are fully-backed and insured. The value of the investment is tied to the maturation process and market demand for aged whisky.
Shinhan Bank is one of South Korea's largest and oldest commercial banks, with a history dating back to 1897. It offers a comprehensive range of financial services, including personal and corporate banking, foreign exchange, wealth management, and investment banking with a focus on digital innovation. It is a member of the Hedera Governing Council.
Its parent company is the Shinhan Financial Group, a major financial holding company in Korea with a significant domestic market share and an expanding international presence across Asia, Europe, and North America.
Shinhan Bank offers a blockchain-based loan management platform through a partnership with the Small Business Market Promotion Corporation (SEMAS). It has also launched a blockchain credentialing system for verifying loan documents and an integrated blockchain-based Decentralized ID (DID) for its mobile banking app, SOL.
Additionally, Shinhan Bank previously partnered with Standard Bank to develop a cross-border remittance system using stablecoins built on the Hedera distributed blockchain network. This enables the issuance and trading of stablecoins pegged to national currencies such as the South Korean won and South African rand utilizing Hedera's Token Service (HTS) and Consensus Service (HCS).
WiPay is a financial technology company based in the Caribbean, founded in 2016. It’s dedicated to driving financial inclusion by providing a secure and accessible platform for online payments, bridging the gap between traditional banking services and the large unbanked population in the region.
WiPay offers a comprehensive suite of payment solutions for both businesses and individuals. Its core services include online payment processing for e-commerce, credit card terminals for in-person transactions, and a system for creating and managing digital vouchers. The platform also supports recurring payments and subscriptions, providing a full suite of tools for merchants. For consumers, WiPay offers the COLOUR app, a "super app" for peer-to-peer payments, bill payments, and other financial services.
WiPay launched the WiCoin Settlement Network, the Caribbean's first multi-territory settlement network, on the Hedera mainnet. This initiative leverages Hedera's high-throughput, low-cost, and secure infrastructure to facilitate a new level of financial interoperability across the Caribbean.