With Covid-19 cases surging again, Japan is betting heavily on oral treatments to keep serious infections and deaths at bay

Chongqing Ant Consumer Finance is already under pressure from Beijing to absorb the group’s two micro-loan businesses Jiebei and Huabei

Credit rating agency S&P Global ruled after the firm won approval from lenders to delay a $725m senior unsecured note payment due on Thursday

There was an air of uncertainty across the region’s equity markets with price worries, tapering concerns and Covid’s impact continuing to weigh

Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority is canvassing views on rules for crypto assets and says it could take no action at all – or ban cryptocurrencies and stablecoins altogether

US investment bank Goldman Sachs estimates high-yields firms have $3.6 billion worth of bonds maturing by the end of the month

Hong Kong rose by 2.8%, following Jerome Powell's reassurances over rate hikes, and Tokyo was up just under 2% too

Non-fungible tokens – crypto assets representing a digital item such as an image, video, or even land in virtual worlds – surged in popularity last year

The Baltic nation has found itself the target of trade curbs after it allowed the island to open a de-facto embassy in its capital Vilnius under its own name

Investors predict the US Federal Reserve could post as many as three or four interest rate rises in 2022 to curb soaring prices

Hong Kong stocks ended the week on a positive note as traders shrugged off worries about fresh Covid outbreaks and the prospect of higher US interest rates

Tech firms led the losses and Tokyo plunged almost 3% with Sony diving 6.9% and Tokyo Electron falling more than 3%