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Hecto Financial joins global stablecoin OpenUSD alliance, expands payment infrastructure

Hecto Financial will join Open Standard, a global corporate alliance for the dollar-based stablecoin OpenUSD (OUSD), as a network partner, it said on Wednesday. The alliance includes about 160 companies such as Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Coinbase. Hecto Financial said it is reviewing plans to use OUSD for overseas remittances and corporate payments and settlement, and to offer different infrastructures such as Circle Payments Network and OUSD depending on clients and countries.

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Dunamu to expand beyond exchange into onchain finance infrastructure, linking Korea and global markets

Dunamu plans to expand its business beyond a digital asset exchange into onchain financial infrastructure that financial firms such as banks, brokerages and payment companies can use. Chief Executive Oh Kyung-seok said at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 that blockchain is evolving into infrastructure used by traditional finance. He said Korea needs accessibility, connectivity and exportability to compete globally, and that Dunamu aims to link Korea to global onchain finance.

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Expired credit cards can still be used for contactless payments, \'zombie card\' flaw found

A vulnerability has been found that allows some expired credit cards to be used again for contactless payments. A University of Massachusetts Amherst research team presented a “zombie card” attack at USENIX Security Symposium 2026. The team said expiry information may not be consistently protected and verified across the terminal, payment network and card issuer. In tests, the attack succeeded with Visa contactless Kernel 3 in some settings.