{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"132114","rtpr_id":"nGNX7rwjJp","ticker":"OWLS","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["OWLS"],"title":"OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) Reports OwlPay Harbor August Payment Volume Nearly Tripled Month Over Month","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-01T10:00:00.179Z","article_body":"ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OwlTing Group (NASDAQ:\nOWLS) (\"OwlTing\" or the \"Company\"), the operating brand of OBOOK Holdings\nInc., a global fintech company building regulated payment infrastructure,\ntoday reported August 2026 operating metrics for OwlPay Harbor, its digital\ncurrency-based platform for cross-border enterprise payments.(1)\n\nOwlPay Harbor: August 2026 headline metrics, as of August 31, 2026:(2)\n* Annualized payment volume was approximately US$255 million, compared to\napproximately US$93 million based on July 2026 activity(3)\n* August payment volume increased 174.6% compared to July 2026, the seventh\nconsecutive month-over-month increase in payment volume\n* Completed transaction count increased 89.2% compared to July 2026\n* Contracted enterprise clients reached 84, compared to 79 as of July 31,\n2026; of these, 23 completed payments on the platform during August 2026(4)\nGrowth in August reflected both a higher number of payments and an increase in\naverage payment size. Clients already live continue to expand their activity,\nand each newly activated client adds to the base.\n\nOf the 84 enterprise clients under contract at the end of August, 23 sent\npayments during the month. The other contracted clients were progressing\nthrough various stages before production activity, including compliance\nreview, technical integration, corridor testing, and phased activation.\n\n“What moves across Harbor is real-world enterprise payments, not digital\nasset trading activity. Businesses use Harbor to pay freight and shipping\ninvoices, suppliers, and manufacturers,” said Darren Wang, Founder and CEO\nat OwlTing Group. “We spent years building the regulatory, banking,\nsettlement, and compliance infrastructure required to support this activity\nbefore volume arrived. As transaction activity scales, we believe we are\nbeginning to see the operating leverage of that work.”\n\nOwlPay Harbor lets a business in one market pay a supplier, partner, or\nrecipient in another. The payer sends funds in U.S. dollars or digital\ncurrencies, and the recipient is paid in their own local currency into a bank\naccount in the destination market. OwlPay earns a fee on each payment\ncompleted on the platform, so fee revenue grows with payment volume.\n\nOwlPay Harbor entered commercial scaling in early 2026, following more than\nfive years of investment in payment technology, regulatory infrastructure,\nbanking and settlement relationships, and compliance capabilities. That\ninfrastructure was built ahead of demand, and the Company believes it can\nsupport considerably more volume without a proportionate increase in operating\ncost. The Company will continue to report these metrics consistently through\nOwlPay Harbor's commercial scaling phase and will disclose any material change\nin how a metric is defined or calculated.\n\nAbout OwlTing Group\nOwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) is the operating brand of OBOOK Holdings Inc., a\nglobal fintech company building regulated payment infrastructure, founded in\nTaiwan with subsidiaries across the United States, Japan, Poland, Singapore,\nHong Kong, Thailand, and Malaysia. Its OwlPay platform is a fiat-digital\ncurrency hybrid payment solution that helps businesses move money across\nborders in the expanding digital economy. Recognized for rapid growth and\nindustry leadership, OwlTing was ranked No. 226 on the Financial Times and\nStatista “High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2026” list with a 42% CAGR,\nand named among the key global players in the “Enterprise & B2B” category\nby CB Insights. For more information, visit www.owlting.com/portal/?lang=en.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\nThis announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\napplicable securities laws. These statements relate to future events or the\nCompany’s future financial or operating performance and involve known and\nunknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ\nmaterially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Forward-looking\nstatements can often be identified by words such as “may,” “will,”\n“expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “believe,”\n“estimate,” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are\nbased on the Company’s current expectations and assumptions and speak only\nas of the date of this announcement. The Company undertakes no obligation to\nupdate any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Investors\nare cautioned not to place undue reliance on these statements and are\nencouraged to review the risk factors described in the Company’s filings\nwith the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.\n\nOwlTing Group Media Relations\npr_office@owlting.com\n\nOwlTing Group Investor Relations\nir@owlting.com\n\n(__________________________________________________1) All money transmission\nservices in the United States are provided by OwlTing USA, Inc. (NMLS ID:\n2324336), a wholly owned subsidiary of OBOOK Holdings Inc.\n(2) All operating metrics in this announcement are unaudited and are derived\nfrom the Company's internal records as of the data extraction date, and cover\nthe calendar month of August 2026 unless otherwise stated. Amounts for prior\nperiods reflect data as of the current extraction date and may differ from\namounts previously reported, which reflected data available at the time of the\napplicable announcement. Percentage changes presented in this announcement are\ncalculated from unrounded underlying data derived from a single data\nextraction.\n(3) Annualized payment volume is calculated by dividing completed payment\nvolume on OwlPay Harbor during the applicable calendar month by the number of\ndays in that month and multiplying the result by 365. Annualized payment\nvolume for July 2026 is presented on a basis consistent with the August 2026\nfigure and derived from the same data extraction; the Company previously\nreported annualized payment volume of approximately US$96 million for July\n2026, based on data available at the time of that announcement. Annualized\npayment volume is a derived operating measure. It does not represent actual\nhistorical annual payment volume, contracted payment volume, revenue, or\nfinancial guidance, and it should not be used to project future payment volume\nor revenue. Completed payment volume in any reference period may not be\nrepresentative of any other period.\n(4) Enterprise client counts are unaudited and derived from the Company's\ninternal records, including clients with an executed Services Agreement and/or\nfee schedule with the Company. Clients completing payments during the month\nrefers to contracted enterprise clients that completed at least one payment on\nOwlPay Harbor during the calendar month. The number of clients completing\npayments in any given month may vary. The enterprise client count as of July\n31, 2026 was previously disclosed. See \"OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) Reports\nOwlPay Harbor July Payment Volume Increased 107.6% Month Over Month,\" issued\nAugust 3, 2026 via GlobeNewswire at\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/03/3337383/0/en/owlting-group-nasdaq-owls-reports-owlpay-harbor-july-payment-volume-increased-107-6-month-over-month.html.\n\nA photo accompanying this announcement is available at\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6a25e123-5a77-47d7-8cc9-a2d46f002faa\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f044d335-9e0f-4fe4-8ffd-3414828e326f)\nOwlPay Harbor Annualized Payment Volume August 2026.png \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6a25e123-5a77-47d7-8cc9-a2d46f002faa/en)\nOwlPay Harbor annualized payment volume by month, January to August 2026.\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX7rwjJp","title":"OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) Reports OwlPay Harbor August Payment Volume Nearly Tripled Month Over Month","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"OWLS","created":"2026-09-01T10:00:00.179Z","tickers":["OWLS"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OwlTing Group (NASDAQ:\nOWLS) (\"OwlTing\" or the \"Company\"), the operating brand of OBOOK Holdings\nInc., a global fintech company building regulated payment infrastructure,\ntoday reported August 2026 operating metrics for OwlPay Harbor, its digital\ncurrency-based platform for cross-border enterprise payments.(1)\n\nOwlPay Harbor: August 2026 headline metrics, as of August 31, 2026:(2)\n* Annualized payment volume was approximately US$255 million, compared to\napproximately US$93 million based on July 2026 activity(3)\n* August payment volume increased 174.6% compared to July 2026, the seventh\nconsecutive month-over-month increase in payment volume\n* Completed transaction count increased 89.2% compared to July 2026\n* Contracted enterprise clients reached 84, compared to 79 as of July 31,\n2026; of these, 23 completed payments on the platform during August 2026(4)\nGrowth in August reflected both a higher number of payments and an increase in\naverage payment size. Clients already live continue to expand their activity,\nand each newly activated client adds to the base.\n\nOf the 84 enterprise clients under contract at the end of August, 23 sent\npayments during the month. The other contracted clients were progressing\nthrough various stages before production activity, including compliance\nreview, technical integration, corridor testing, and phased activation.\n\n“What moves across Harbor is real-world enterprise payments, not digital\nasset trading activity. Businesses use Harbor to pay freight and shipping\ninvoices, suppliers, and manufacturers,” said Darren Wang, Founder and CEO\nat OwlTing Group. “We spent years building the regulatory, banking,\nsettlement, and compliance infrastructure required to support this activity\nbefore volume arrived. As transaction activity scales, we believe we are\nbeginning to see the operating leverage of that work.”\n\nOwlPay Harbor lets a business in one market pay a supplier, partner, or\nrecipient in another. The payer sends funds in U.S. dollars or digital\ncurrencies, and the recipient is paid in their own local currency into a bank\naccount in the destination market. OwlPay earns a fee on each payment\ncompleted on the platform, so fee revenue grows with payment volume.\n\nOwlPay Harbor entered commercial scaling in early 2026, following more than\nfive years of investment in payment technology, regulatory infrastructure,\nbanking and settlement relationships, and compliance capabilities. That\ninfrastructure was built ahead of demand, and the Company believes it can\nsupport considerably more volume without a proportionate increase in operating\ncost. The Company will continue to report these metrics consistently through\nOwlPay Harbor's commercial scaling phase and will disclose any material change\nin how a metric is defined or calculated.\n\nAbout OwlTing Group\nOwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) is the operating brand of OBOOK Holdings Inc., a\nglobal fintech company building regulated payment infrastructure, founded in\nTaiwan with subsidiaries across the United States, Japan, Poland, Singapore,\nHong Kong, Thailand, and Malaysia. Its OwlPay platform is a fiat-digital\ncurrency hybrid payment solution that helps businesses move money across\nborders in the expanding digital economy. Recognized for rapid growth and\nindustry leadership, OwlTing was ranked No. 226 on the Financial Times and\nStatista “High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2026” list with a 42% CAGR,\nand named among the key global players in the “Enterprise & B2B” category\nby CB Insights. For more information, visit www.owlting.com/portal/?lang=en.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\nThis announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\napplicable securities laws. These statements relate to future events or the\nCompany’s future financial or operating performance and involve known and\nunknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ\nmaterially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Forward-looking\nstatements can often be identified by words such as “may,” “will,”\n“expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “believe,”\n“estimate,” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are\nbased on the Company’s current expectations and assumptions and speak only\nas of the date of this announcement. The Company undertakes no obligation to\nupdate any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Investors\nare cautioned not to place undue reliance on these statements and are\nencouraged to review the risk factors described in the Company’s filings\nwith the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.\n\nOwlTing Group Media Relations\npr_office@owlting.com\n\nOwlTing Group Investor Relations\nir@owlting.com\n\n(__________________________________________________1) All money transmission\nservices in the United States are provided by OwlTing USA, Inc. (NMLS ID:\n2324336), a wholly owned subsidiary of OBOOK Holdings Inc.\n(2) All operating metrics in this announcement are unaudited and are derived\nfrom the Company's internal records as of the data extraction date, and cover\nthe calendar month of August 2026 unless otherwise stated. Amounts for prior\nperiods reflect data as of the current extraction date and may differ from\namounts previously reported, which reflected data available at the time of the\napplicable announcement. Percentage changes presented in this announcement are\ncalculated from unrounded underlying data derived from a single data\nextraction.\n(3) Annualized payment volume is calculated by dividing completed payment\nvolume on OwlPay Harbor during the applicable calendar month by the number of\ndays in that month and multiplying the result by 365. Annualized payment\nvolume for July 2026 is presented on a basis consistent with the August 2026\nfigure and derived from the same data extraction; the Company previously\nreported annualized payment volume of approximately US$96 million for July\n2026, based on data available at the time of that announcement. Annualized\npayment volume is a derived operating measure. It does not represent actual\nhistorical annual payment volume, contracted payment volume, revenue, or\nfinancial guidance, and it should not be used to project future payment volume\nor revenue. Completed payment volume in any reference period may not be\nrepresentative of any other period.\n(4) Enterprise client counts are unaudited and derived from the Company's\ninternal records, including clients with an executed Services Agreement and/or\nfee schedule with the Company. Clients completing payments during the month\nrefers to contracted enterprise clients that completed at least one payment on\nOwlPay Harbor during the calendar month. The number of clients completing\npayments in any given month may vary. The enterprise client count as of July\n31, 2026 was previously disclosed. See \"OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) Reports\nOwlPay Harbor July Payment Volume Increased 107.6% Month Over Month,\" issued\nAugust 3, 2026 via GlobeNewswire at\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/03/3337383/0/en/owlting-group-nasdaq-owls-reports-owlpay-harbor-july-payment-volume-increased-107-6-month-over-month.html.\n\nA photo accompanying this announcement is available at\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6a25e123-5a77-47d7-8cc9-a2d46f002faa\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f044d335-9e0f-4fe4-8ffd-3414828e326f)\nOwlPay Harbor Annualized Payment Volume August 2026.png \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6a25e123-5a77-47d7-8cc9-a2d46f002faa/en)\nOwlPay Harbor annualized payment volume by month, January to August 2026.\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-01T10:00:00.284902576Z","server_sent_at_ms":1788256800284},"received_at":"2026-09-01T10:00:00.372Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"121012","press_release_id":"132114","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Transaction & Payment Processing Services","sector":"Financials"},"redFlags":["Only 23 of 84 contracted clients are actively processing payments","Operating metrics are unaudited and derived from internal records"],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"OwlTing Group reported strong August 2026 metrics for its OwlPay Harbor platform, with annualized payment volume reaching approximately $255 million, up from $93 million in July.\n\nThis represents a 174.6% month-over-month increase, marking the seventh consecutive period of growth, while transaction counts rose 89.2%.\n\nThe company added five new contracted enterprise clients, bringing the total to 84, with 23 actively processing payments during the month.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":true,"suggestedAngle":"Triple-digit MoM growth drives OwlPay Harbor annualized volume to $255M."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"active_clients_aug":23,"contracted_clients_aug":84,"contracted_clients_jul":79,"transaction_count_growth":"89.2%","mom_payment_volume_growth":"174.6%","annualized_payment_volume_aug":"$255 million","annualized_payment_volume_jul":"$93 million"}},"quotedText":"What moves across Harbor is real-world enterprise payments, not digital asset trading activity.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Darren Wang","role":"Founder and CEO"}],"products":["OwlPay Harbor","OwlPay platform"],"companies":[{"name":"OwlTing Group","ticker":"OWLS"},{"name":"OBOOK Holdings Inc."},{"name":"OwlTing USA, Inc."}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"US$255 million","context":"August 2026 annualized payment volume"},{"amount":"US$93 million","context":"July 2026 annualized payment volume (restated)"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":4,"reasoning":"Exceptional operational growth with annualized payment volume nearly tribling (174.6% increase) month-over-month and a consecutive seven-month growth streak, signaling strong product-market fit and operating leverage."},"tickerRelevance":{"others":[],"primary":"OWLS"},"globalImportance":25,"audienceRelevance":20,"eventTypeSecondary":[],"importanceComponents":{"tickerTier":"small-mid-cap","eventGravity":"high-momentum-operational-metrics","sectorWeight":"fintech"}},"event_type":"operations_update","event_type_secondary":null,"sentiment":"bullish","material_impact_score":4,"narrative":"OwlTing Group reported strong August 2026 metrics for its OwlPay Harbor platform, with annualized payment volume reaching approximately $255 million, up from $93 million in July.\n\nThis represents a 174.6% month-over-month increase, marking the seventh consecutive period of growth, while transaction counts rose 89.2%.\n\nThe company added five new contracted enterprise clients, bringing the total to 84, with 23 actively processing payments during the month.","key_figures":{"customDimensions":{"active_clients_aug":23,"contracted_clients_aug":84,"contracted_clients_jul":79,"transaction_count_growth":"89.2%","mom_payment_volume_growth":"174.6%","annualized_payment_volume_aug":"$255 million","annualized_payment_volume_jul":"$93 million"}},"named_entities":{"people":[{"name":"Darren Wang","role":"Founder and CEO"}],"products":["OwlPay Harbor","OwlPay platform"],"companies":[{"name":"OwlTing Group","ticker":"OWLS"},{"name":"OBOOK Holdings Inc."},{"name":"OwlTing USA, Inc."}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"US$255 million","context":"August 2026 annualized payment volume"},{"amount":"US$93 million","context":"July 2026 annualized payment volume (restated)"}]},"model_name":"glm-4.7","prompt_hash":"sha256:727b4b9429a443af","schema_hash":"sha256:05005c02d9cffac9","created_at":"2026-09-01T10:01:08.141Z","global_importance":25,"audience_relevance":20,"importance_components":{"tickerTier":"small-mid-cap","eventGravity":"high-momentum-operational-metrics","sectorWeight":"fintech"}},"durationMs":67759,"modelName":"glm-4.7"}}