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HSBC has picked a name for the stablecoin it is preparing to launch: RedCoin. The move, confirmed as the bank released fresh survey data on how well its customers already understand digital-asset payments, marks one of the clearest signals yet that a major global lender is preparing to bring blockchain-based settlement into everyday retail transactions in Hong Kong. Key takeaways Among Hong Kong’s three currency-issuing banks, HSBC stands as the largest and has revealed HSBC RedCoin as the name for its upcoming stablecoin. Person-to-person transfers and person-to-merchant payments will be the focus of the initial launch, while corporate and institutional applications are slated to follow later on. Among over 1,000 Hong Kong customers surveyed, 74% were able to name at least one use case for stablecoins. Leading the recognized use cases was digital-asset trading and tokenized investments at 57%, followed by person-to-person transfers at 53%, with cross-border remittances and merchant payments tied at 52% each. HSBC launches stablecoin RedCoin for Hong Kong market HSBC’s stablecoin will carry the name RedCoin, and its first job will be handling everyday money movement between people and merchants rather than large institutional transfers. That sequencing matters: it tells us HSBC is betting that retail familiarity with digital payments, not corporate treasury demand, will be the entry point for stablecoin adoption in Hong Kong. Stablecoin naming and initial rollout focus The initial rollout of HSBC RedCoin will focus on person-to-person transfers and person-to-merchant payments. In practice, that means customers could eventually use RedCoin the way they’d use a mobile wallet or bank transfer app today — sending money to friends or paying a shop — but settled through blockchain-based rails instead of traditional card or bank-transfer networks. Expansion plans beyond retail payments HSBC has signaled that RedCoin’s reach won’t stop at consumer transactions. Once the…