An image by Hana Financial Group on the its plan to strengthen digital asset ecosystem and global cooperation drive / Courtesy of Hana Financial Group

Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo / Corutesy of Hana Financial Group

Hana Financial Group has partnered with global digital asset firms Circle and Crypto.com to promote stablecoin-based payments for foreign visitors in the country, the group said Thursday.

It is the latest effort by Hana to test real-world use cases for digital assets in the payment ecosystem here, part of a broader strategy to better prepare for the institutional bank-led adoption of won-denominated stablecoins.

The initiative led by the group’s card subsidiary, Hana Card, will enable foreign customers…