HSBC has launched RedCoin (RCHKD), its first stablecoin, on its PayMe app, letting more than 3.3 million users send money to friends and family and pay at over 100,000 merchants. Users will be able to activate a stablecoin wallet in the app over the coming days. RedCoin will be fully backed by high-quality liquid assets held in separate accounts. The rollout follows the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's April decision to grant its first stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial, a Standard Chartered-led venture. HSBC plans to add a RedCoin wallet to its Hong Kong mobile banking app later this year, allowing customers to buy tokenized investment products, including a new share class of its existing Hong Kong dollar money market fund.
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