BEIJING, Sept. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (“Baidu” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BIDU; HKEX: 9888 (HKD Counter) and 89888 (RMB Counter)), a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, today announced that the Company’s Class A ordinary shares traded on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Hong Kong Stock Exchange”) have been included in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program, effective today, September 7, 2026 (Beijing time). The previously announced inclusion of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares in the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program also became effective today. Eligible investors in the Chinese Mainland now have direct access to the trading of Baidu’s Class A ordinary shares through both programs.

The inclusion of Baidu’s Class A ordinary shares in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program is pursuant to the Announcement on Adjustment of the List of the Eligible Stocks in Hong Kong Stock Connect under the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect issued by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on September 7, 2026.

Taken together, the inclusion in the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect marks an important step toward expanding the Company’s reach among Chinese Mainland investors and is expected to further diversify its investor base and enhance the liquidity of its shares.

Baidu appreciates the continued support of its shareholders and investors and remains committed to driving sustainable growth and creating long-term value for shareholders.

About the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect

The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect is a mutual stock market access mechanism between the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong under which the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange have established technical connectivity to enable investors in the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong to trade eligible shares listed on the other’s market through their local securities companies or brokers.

About the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect

The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect established a two-way trading link between the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The stock connect allows qualified Chinese Mainland investors to access eligible Hong Kong shares (Southbound) as well as Hong Kong and overseas investors to trade eligible A-shares (Northbound), subject to a certain amount of daily quota.

About Baidu

Founded in 2000, Baidu’s mission is to make the complicated world simpler through technology. Baidu is a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, trading on Nasdaq under “BIDU” and HKEX under “9888”. One Baidu ADS represents eight Class A ordinary shares.

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The gap between what organisations control and what people trust may be larger than many realise.

SINGAPORE, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Every day, consumers decide whether to trust a website, email, link or digital service. What they rarely see is where an organisation’s official digital presence ends and similar-looking identities begin.

For most people, trust is not determined by ownership records or technical boundaries. It is shaped by what appears familiar, legitimate and connected to the organisation they believe they are engaging with. As digital interactions continue to grow, the gap between what organisations control and what people trust may become increasingly important.

The inaugural ONESECURE’s The State of Digital Trust in Singapore 2026 found that each reference organisation domain was associated with a median of 151 similar-looking domains across the public internet. The study analysed 120,702 distinct lookalike domains associated with 448 reference organisation domains and found that 82% had observable internet or email infrastructure, or both. While this does not indicate malicious activity, it demonstrates how external identities can possess the technical characteristics needed to establish an online presence that people may encounter and interact with.

While organisations typically have visibility over the websites, systems and accounts they own, customers, employees and members of the public make trust decisions based on what they encounter online. Similar-looking identities can exist beyond those organisational boundaries, creating a broader challenge around how trust is recognised, monitored and governed.

“People don’t experience organisations through asset inventories or security diagrams. They experience them through names, emails, websites and links,” said Edmund How, Managing Director of ONESECURE Asia. “The findings suggest organisations may need to think differently about trust. The challenge is no longer just securing what belongs to you. It’s understanding what exists around you, recognising when an external identity becomes relevant, and having a consistent way to determine when action is needed.”

The report found external identity exposure across multiple sectors, including financial services, healthcare, education, public services, transportation and information services, suggesting the issue is not confined to any single industry.

While the findings are drawn from a Singapore-focused dataset, the underlying question is relevant wherever people rely on digital identities to access services, conduct transactions and engage with organisations online regardless of geography.

Understanding and monitoring that broader identity landscape may become an important part of how organisations safeguard trust, protect reputation and fulfil their responsibilities to the people they serve.

If Singapore’s benchmark is 151 distinct lookalike domains per organisation, what could yours be? The question is not simply what your organisation owns, but whether you understand the wider identity landscape that exists around it.

Download the full ONESECURE’s The State of Digital Trust in Singapore 2026 report.

About ONESECURE Asia

ONESECURE Asia, headquartered in Singapore, is a managed security services provider helping organisations strengthen security and resilience as digital risks evolve. Its capabilities span managed security operations and Webyith, a digital trust platform designed to protect the integrity and authenticity of digital environments. Bringing together technology, intelligence and human expertise, we serve as a trusted and accountable partner in addressing critical security gaps across Asia.

Visit www.onesecureasia.com

About This Report

The State of Digital Trust in Singapore 2026 examines observable external digital identity exposure across 448 Singapore-focused reference organisation domains as of August 2026.

The analysis covers 144,134 observed domain records, representing 120,702 distinct lookalike domains after exact self-domain records were excluded. It assesses domain registration, DNS resolution, mail-routing configuration and supporting infrastructure patterns.

The research distinguishes exposure from investigative or operational relevance. A lookalike domain is not automatically malicious, and observable infrastructure or registration characteristics do not by themselves indicate phishing, abuse or malicious intent. They provide context for understanding which external identities may warrant closer examination.

The findings represent a Singapore-focused, point-in-time baseline, not a population-wide survey or measure of confirmed malicious activity. Lookalike volumes may be influenced by reference-domain characteristics and study methodology; comparisons should not be interpreted as rankings of malicious activity or security performance.

The study provides a basis for organisations to better understand, prioritise and govern external digital identity exposure beyond environments they directly control.

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Inaugural forum from Singapore’s Responsible Fintech Institute, title-sponsored by Remi Technology, puts AI, stablecoins and financial inclusion on a single agenda

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia and SINGAPORE, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) today opened registration for the inaugural Asia Fintech Forum 2026, a one-day summit on Friday, 2 October at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur.

The forum will bring together 40 speakers from regulators, banks and fintech firms across Asia, and is expected to draw 1,000 delegates. Remi Technology, the Singapore-headquartered cross-border settlement provider, joins as title sponsor.

Convening under the theme “Architecting Asia’s Financial Frontier: AI, Digital Assets, and Inclusive Banking,” the forum is RFI’s first flagship event outside Singapore. The choice of Kuala Lumpur is deliberate: Malaysia is licensing a new generation of digital banks while ASEAN member states negotiate the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), and the forum’s regulatory track is built around that gap between national rulemaking and regional interoperability.

Confirmed speakers include Mohammad Ridzuan Abdul Aziz, Chief Executive Officer of Aeon Bank; Aaron Tang, General Manager of Luno Malaysia; Kenneth Chan, Chief Executive Officer of Webull Malaysia; Victoria Wymark of PwC South East Asia; and Affendi Rashdi, Director-General, and Ja’afar Rihan, Head of Islamic Business Development at Labuan Financial Services Authority. The full roster of the speakers is published at https://asiafintech.org/#speakers.

“Asia is writing the rules for digital finance faster than any other region, and it is writing them in several places at once — a stablecoin framework in Hong Kong, digital banking licences in Malaysia, payment corridors out of Singapore,” said Chia Hock Lai, Chairman of RFI. “The risk is not that innovation outpaces regulation. The risk is that a dozen regulators solve the same problem a dozen different ways, and the cost of that lands on consumers and on any firm trying to operate across borders. We chose Kuala Lumpur for our first forum because that conversation has to happen where the market is growing, not only where the rules are already written.”

Main-stage sessions, hands-on workshops, and closed-door roundtables span:

ASEAN fintech and the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA)Agentic AI in financial servicesStablecoin clearing, settlement and cross-border paymentsIslamic fintech and digital bankingReal-world asset (RWA) tokenisation and its legal frameworksPost-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) migration and defense strategies for banksStrategic fintech branding, positioning, and market communicationGovernance standards and institutional frameworks for permissionless blockchains in APAC (Project Pigeon)Digital banks and financial inclusion

“Banks do not need another payment rail that routes around them. They need settlement infrastructure that runs inside their own compliance perimeter,” said Sam Su, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Remi Technology. “That argument only gets properly tested in a room that has regulators and bank treasurers in it, not just builders. That is why we are title sponsor: this is one of the few forums in the region that puts all three on the same agenda on the same day.”

“Malaysia has long flown under the radar in regional fintech, and hosting this forum in Kuala Lumpur—with the backing of regional regulators and industry leaders—signals its coming of age,” said Farah Jaafar, Co-Chair of the organising committee, Independent Non-Executive Director of Webull Securities (Malaysia), and Co-Chair of the Women in Fintech group within the Asia Fintech Alliance. “We built this agenda for practitioners, not the conference circuit. Malaysia brings critical pillars the regional dialogue needs: a mature Islamic finance ecosystem and proactive regulators willing to give digital models room to scale.”

“Real-world asset tokenisation and next-generation capital markets cannot scale in silos; they require shared liquidity, robust custody, and cross-border regulatory clarity,” said Calvin Ng, Chairman of NexStox. “As both strategic partner and venue sponsor, NexStox is proud to anchor this dialogue at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur. The Asia Fintech Forum provides the institutional bridge APAC needs to transition tokenised assets and digital market infrastructure from pilot concepts into live capital deployment.”

NexStox, RegTank, Sumsub and VerifyVASP join as sponsors.

Supporting partners include the Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA), International Digital Economics Association (IDEA), the Digital Assets Association (DAA), Thailand Fintech Association (TFA), Fintech Philippines Association (FPA), Hong Kong Fintech Industry Association (HKFTA), Unified Fintech Forum (India), ACCESS Malaysia, Fintech Association of Malaysia (FAOM) and Taiwan Fintech Space.

Registration is now open at https://asiafintech.org/. Exhibition packages and speaker nomination forms are available on the same site.

Media accreditation: Journalists may request onsite access, interview slots with RFI and sponsor spokespeople, and the full press kit (logos, speaker headshots, agenda) from the contact below.

About Responsible Fintech Institute

The Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) is a global nonprofit organisation based in Singapore. Its goal is to create a safe, trustworthy and reliable future for digital finance by building the digital utilities that support responsible innovation. RFI brings together public and private sector stakeholders to help build the rules and technology needed for new digital financial tools, and to make the digital asset sector sustainable and inclusive. Learn more at responsiblefintech.org.

About Remi Technology

Remi Technology is a Singapore-based fintech company that delivers stablecoin clearing and settlement infrastructures for banks and financial institutions worldwide. Find us at www.remitech.ai or www.linkedin.com/company/remi-tech.

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