HSBC brings its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin to PayMe
RedCoin’s announced rollout adds stablecoin wallets to an existing payments app. Further banking-app and investment features remain planned.
Reported development: · AI-assisted, source-linked brief
In brief
- HSBC announced RedCoin availability through PayMe on 23 October.
- PayMe’s potential audience is not a count of active stablecoin users.
Payments inside an existing app
HSBC announced its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, RedCoin, on PayMe on 23 October. The bank said users would be able to activate wallets over the following days for transfers to other users and payments to participating merchants. HSBC describes a potential audience of more than 3.3 million PayMe users; that figure should not be read as the number of people already holding the token.
The next stages are still plans
The release also outlines plans for stablecoin-wallet functionality in HSBC’s Hong Kong banking app and access to tokenized investment products later in the year. Those proposed additions are separate from the PayMe launch. The development offers a concrete example of a bank putting a digital-currency product into a familiar consumer interface, with adoption still to be measured.
Sources and verification
Company-announcement brief. Rollout plans and addressable users are attributed to HSBC and are not independent adoption measurements.
- HSBC RedCoin launches today ↗HSBC Hong Kong · Primary document · 23 Oct 2026
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