South Korea’s KB Kookmin Card is teaming up with Japan’s SBI to try something new: using AI agents for identity verification while also exploring cross-border crypto payments. In the future, Japanese tourists might be able to shop in Korea with stablecoins even faster than by exchanging yen for won.

These longtime rivals have been wary of each other’s fiat currencies, yet they’re joining hands on-chain first. The stablecoin payments story is getting a real-world test in Asia. Don’t underestimate a “tourist pilot”—if it works, it could become a new model for cross-border payments.

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