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MetaComp launches the world’s first AI agent governance framework for regulated financial services

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Introduced at Money20/20 Asia, the StableX Know Your Agent Framework establishes how AI agents are identified, authorised, monitored and held accountable to provide financial services in payments, compliance, and wealth management — authored in Singapore, designed for the world

BANGKOK, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MetaComp Pte. Ltd. (MetaComp), today launched the StableX Know Your Agent (KYA) Framework – a governance framework for AI agents operating in regulated financial services in payments, compliance, and wealth[1] workflows authored by a licensed financial institution and believed to be the first of its kind globally. MetaComp is Asia’s pioneer in unified Web2.5 digital financial solutions bridging fiat and stablecoin capabilities across payments, treasury, and wealth[1] management through a group-level platform. The KYA framework is open for adoption by financial institutions, regulators, and network partners.

Introduced at Money20/20 Asia, the StableX Know Your Agent Framework establishes how AI agents are identified, authorised, monitored and held accountable to provide financial services in payments, compliance, and wealth management — authored in Singapore, designed for the world.

The announcement was made at Money20/20 Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, alongside the expansion of MetaComp’s AgentX agentic financial services Skill ecosystem, the first such ecosystem from a regulated financial institution, which will be available across Claude, Claude Code, OpenClaw, and other compatible AI platforms from 21 April 2026 at www.metacomp.ai.

Ms Tin Pei Ling, Co-President, MetaComp said:

“AI agents are already operating in financial services — initiating payments, making compliance decisions, managing portfolios. And yet there is no agreed standard for who those agents are, what they are permitted to do, or who is accountable when they act outside their mandate. KYA is our active contribution to establish that standard for regulated financial services. It governs agents across their full lifecycle — identity, authorisation, behaviour monitoring, and how they interact with each other — within a single architecture.”

To understand why this matters in practice, take something as fundamental as identity. When a human leaves an organisation, their access is revoked. When an AI agent completes a transaction, its identity and permissions do not automatically expire. It can persist in a system long after its mandate has lapsed — with no verified identity anchor, no accountability chain, and no mechanism to intervene. “Also, the longitudinal behavioural trail, if without safeguards such as time limits or privacy protection, risks being tracked and exploited. Hence, holistic lifecycle governance is imperative,” she added.

The Governance Gap Agentic Finance Has Yet to Close

Financial institutions globally are deploying AI agents to initiate payments, execute compliance decisions, and manage portfolios, yet fewer than one in three organisations have adequate governance and controls in place to oversee them, according to McKinsey’s 2026 State of AI Trust survey. Similarly, PwC’s Global AI Performance Study 2026, found that while Singapore businesses outperform the global average on AI adoption (67 per cent report a higher risk appetite for AI investment versus 41 per cent globally), only 47 per cent have a documented responsible AI framework, compared to 63 per cent among global AI leaders.

In January 2026, Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) published the world’s first cross-sector governance framework for AI agents. Budget 2026 built on this with the establishment of a National AI Council chaired by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, designating finance as one of four national AI mission sectors and committing to regulatory sandboxes for AI innovation.

Ms Tin Pei Ling added:

“We developed KYA drawing on IMDA’s Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI, and we went back to IMDA directly to seek their feedback. We are in active engagement with other regulators and stakeholders. We are not presenting this as a finished answer. We are publishing it openly, because this is not a problem any one institution can resolve on its own. We are asking financial institutions, regulators, and technology partners to adopt it, challenge it, and build on it with us.”

To the best of MetaComp’s knowledge and based on publicly available information, no licensed financial institution has published a governance architecture addressing agent identity, authorisation, action scope, behavioural monitoring, risk scoring, audit trails, and agent-to-agent governance in a single framework specifically for regulated payments, compliance, and wealth[1] workflows.

KYA governs AI agents across their full operational lifecycle, to establish who the agent is, what it is permitted to do, what it actually does and how it interacts. The framework is organised across four pillars: Agent Identity and Registration; Authority and Permission Control; VisionX Behaviour Monitoring and Risk Intelligence; and Ecosystem and Interaction Governance, which extends the FATF Travel Rule to agent-to-agent transactions.

Under the KYA framework, every AI agent is anchored to a verified identity linked to a real-world individual or institution through a tamper-resistant registry, ensuring clear accountability from the outset. Each agent operates within strictly defined permissions – governing what it can access, decide, and execute – with built-in safeguards that require human escalation when actions exceed approved thresholds.

The framework goes beyond traditional controls by introducing continuous, real-time monitoring of agent behaviour, assessing not just what actions are taken, but how they are executed and whether outcomes align with intent. As agents operate, their risk profiles are dynamically updated, enabling proactive risk management. All activities and interactions are securely authenticated and recorded, creating a comprehensive, end-to-end audit trail that delivers full transparency and traceability for regulators, institutions, and ecosystem participants.

KYA extends its governance to agent-to-agent interactions, building on the principles of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Travel Rule by requiring the exchange of verified identity and transaction information not only between institutions, but also across agent-initiated and agent-to-agent activities within a unified architecture. This ensures that every interaction remains traceable, attributable, and compliant by design.

The framework governs all agents operating within the StableX Network, including those accessing MetaComp’s capabilities through the AgentX Skill ecosystem. Financial institutions and developers can access MetaComp’s regulated infrastructure (compliance, payments, and wealth[1] management) directly through the AI platforms they already use, including Claude, Claude Code, and other compatible platforms via Model Context Protocol (MCP).

The ecosystem’s first Skill, the VisionX Know Your Transaction (KYT) Skill, packages the Web2.5 VisionX Engine into a single agent-callable compliance layer combining more than four blockchain analytics vendors in parallel. New Skills across cross-border payments, treasury, and wealth[1] management will be available by late Q2 2026.

The Compliance Foundation and the Evidence Behind It

The framework sits on top of a compliance architecture that MetaComp has validated across real-world transaction flows. Cross-border transactions today increasingly span both traditional banking rails and blockchain networks within a single transfer. FATF data from June 2025 shows that 73 per cent of jurisdictions have passed Travel Rule legislation, but 59 per cent have taken no supervisory or enforcement action.

Ms Summer Yu, Group Chief Compliance Officer, Alpha Ladder Group, said: “Today’s compliance frameworks were designed for a world where humans initiate transactions. That assumption no longer holds. Our analysis of more than 7,000 real-world transactions shows that even in hybrid fiat and blockchain environments, relying on a single screening tool can leave up to 25% of high-risk exposures undetected. In an agent-driven environment, these risks multiply, and without a defined identity layer, clear authorisation boundaries, or shared accountability standards, the control framework simply does not exist. VisionX Web2.5 closes the visibility gap. KYA establishes the governance layer. Both are essential, and both must be in place before agentic finance can scale safely.”

Today’s announcement continues a period of sustained momentum for MetaComp. Since closing US$35 million across two Pre-A funding rounds within three months, the group has launched the Web2.5 VisionX Engine, established a joint venture with Maqam International Holding to connect Abu Dhabi’s real asset base to Asian capital markets through the StableX Network, and now introduced the KYA Framework as the governance layer for the next phase of institutional agentic finance. Capital is being deployed across all three dimensions: deepening compliance capabilities, expanding regulated payment corridors across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, and building the institutional standards that the agentic era requires.

[1] All products and/or services in relation to securities and capital market products are offered and operated solely by Alpha Ladder Finance Pte. Ltd.

About MetaComp

MetaComp is Asia’s pioneer in unified Web2.5 digital financial solutions, bridging fiat and stablecoin capabilities across payments, treasury, and wealth management on an institutional, group-level platform. Licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a Major Payment Institution to provide Digital Payment Token (DPT) and Cross-border Money Transfer (CBMT) services, MetaComp serves more than 1,000 institutional and accredited clients across major financial hubs globally.

In 2025, the group-level platform processed over US$10 billion in payment and OTC volume across 13+ stablecoins, operating at a monthly run rate exceeding US$1 billion. Through the StableX Network, institutions move, convert and manage capital across fiat and stablecoin rails within a compliant, unified Web2.5 financial architecture. Treasury and investment services are provided through Alpha Ladder Finance Pte. Ltd., MetaComp’s MAS-licensed affiliate holding Capital Markets Services (CMS) and Recognised Market Operator (RMO) licences, with wealth AUM surpassing US$500 million across its solutions.

MetaComp has raised US$35 million in its Pre-A funding rounds to date and achieved full-year net profitability in 2025, reflecting strong institutional demand for regulated Web2.5 financial solutions.

Learn more at www.mce.sg, or follow MetaComp on X @MetaCompHQ or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/metacompsg).

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Hyundai Motor Group Accelerates Autonomous Driving Innovation with AI-Powered Data Flywheel

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Hyundai Motor Group hosts “HMG Autonomous Driving Media Day”, outlining its roadmap for the next era of autonomous driving; first showcase of Level 2++ technologyDual-Track strategy accelerates Level 2+ production through NVIDIA collaboration while internalizing key autonomous driving technologies through proprietary Atria AI
…NVIDIA solutions-based Level 2+ production targeted for the H1 2028 and Level 2++ in H2 2028, followed by Atria AI-powered Level 2++ vehicles in H2 2029
…Progressive sensor standardization across Hyundai Motor, Kia, 42dot and Motional brings together autonomous driving capabilities across the GroupData Flywheel strategy establishes a virtuous cycle of data collection, training, validation and deployment to continuously advance AI capabilities
…Expands the Group’s data ecosystem by leveraging its annual sales of 7 million vehicles and Data Union framework, while implementing a data-centric development framework based on hard example mining, continuous training and SER
…Real-world Level 4 pilot to launch in Gwangju by year-end in partnership with Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to secure large-scale validation data42dot shares Vision-Language-Action (VLA)-based autonomous driving technology that integrates visual information and language-based reasoning to guide driving decisions
…VLA research focuses on addressing edge cases, while parallel development of end-to-end (E2E) autonomy and VLA models enhances technical stability and scalability
…VLA model validation currently underway, with on-road testing and the full development process scheduled to run through early next yearNew Atria AI urban driving videos — an executive ride-along, one-take footage, and edge-case handling — are live on the Group’s YouTube channel

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) announced that it has put its Data Flywheel into full operation, marking a new phase in its autonomous driving technology strategy. The system creates a virtuous cycle of data collection, AI training, validation and deployment to secure a competitive advantage through accelerated learning and technology development.

During the Group’s “HMG Autonomous Driving Media Day” at 42dot headquarters in Gyeonggi Province, Korea, the Group presented its autonomous driving development strategy, technology roadmap, key achievements and implementation plans. The presentation underscored the Group’s strategic positioning in the global autonomous driving technology competition and detailed how integrated data and AI systems form the foundation for next-generation vehicle technology.

At the event, the Group identified the Data Flywheel as a key element of its autonomous driving competitiveness and shared the operational framework and execution strategy that transforms large-scale real-world driving data into continuous technology improvements.

42dot also introduced key technologies and the development progress for the Group’s proprietary autonomous driving artificial intelligence, Atria AI, while outlining the background and future plans for its Vision-Language-Action (VLA) technology development initiative.

In line with the event, the Group unveiled footage of an Atria AI-equipped SDV Testbed navigating complex urban traffic without driver intervention. Operating at a Level 2++ capability, the autonomous driving system showcased in the footage illustrates how the Data Flywheel is enabling a continuous cycle of learning, validation and performance improvement. The footage is available on the Group’s official YouTube channel.

“Autonomous driving competition is no longer about comparing specific features. Competitiveness is determined by how much data you secure, how quickly you learn and how effectively you can reflect those results in actual products and services. At its core, autonomous driving competitiveness comes down to having systems that enable continuous, rapid learning. Hyundai Motor Group will develop autonomous driving technology that customers can trust, based on a virtuous cycle of data, AI and validation. Our goal is to ensure the safety and quality levels customers can trust while we learn and improve rapidly.” – Minwoo Park, President and Head of Advanced Vehicle Platform (AVP) Division at Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of 42dot

About Hyundai Motor Group

More information about Hyundai Motor Group can be found at: http://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com or Newsroom: Media Hub by Hyundai, Kia Global Newsroom, Genesis Newsroom

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Allstream Energy Partners Nominated in Multiple Categories for Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators

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Nomination Categories for Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators in AI & Automation, Advertising, Marketing & PR

HOUSTON, Sept. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Allstream Energy Partners has been nominated in multiple categories for Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators program, recognizing organizations redefining their industries through innovation, leadership, and emerging technologies.

The company received nominations in six categories:

Best Workplaces for Innovators North AmericaAI, Automation and Machine Learning ExcellenceAdvertising, Marketing and PRSmall & Mighty CompaniesInnovative Leader of the Year: Efrain Garcia, Founder and CEOInnovative Team of the Year

The nominations recognize Allstream’s investment in proprietary AI-driven marketing technologies, digital publishing solutions, and workflows designed to change how energy companies build visibility, authority, and customer engagement.

Where Oil and Gas Digital Marketing Meets Publishing

Allstream Energy Partners has developed an agency-plus-publisher model combining digital marketing, content creation, industry communications, media publishing, executive networking, and business development.

As artificial intelligence changes how buyers discover suppliers, manufacturers, engineering firms, service companies, and technology providers, Allstream helps clients position themselves to be recommended—not simply found.

Its integrated capabilities include AI marketing strategy, AI-optimized website development, SEO for Oil and Gas, Answer Engine Optimization, Generative Engine Optimization, AI search visibility, content marketing, industry publishing, public relations, social media, paid search, email marketing, event promotion, podcasting, branding, and digital advertising.

Innovation Built for Energy

Unlike a general marketing agency, Allstream was built specifically for oil and gas, energy, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and industrial markets. Each founder brings 27 years of experience supporting sales, business development, capital projects, technical services, industrial marketing, and digital strategy.

This experience gives Allstream an understanding of how technical buyers evaluate suppliers, how projects move through the market, and how engineering, procurement, operations, and executive teams consume information.

The company continues investing in proprietary methodologies that combine industry knowledge, journalism, publishing, AI optimization, communications, and business development strategy. As AI becomes an important starting point for supplier research and vendor discovery, Allstream helps organizations evolve beyond traditional SEO.

“Marketing has fundamentally changed,” said Efrain Garcia, Founder and CEO of Allstream Energy Partners. “Our team recognized early that AI would transform how buyers discover companies, evaluate expertise, and make purchasing decisions. These nominations reflect our commitment to innovation and our mission to help the energy industry succeed in an AI-first world.”

About Allstream Energy Partners

Allstream Energy Partners is a Houston-based, AI-powered marketing and media company serving the energy and industrial supply chain. Through SEO, GEO, AEO, AI-optimized websites, publishing, strategic communications, networking events, and business partnerships, Allstream helps Oil and Gas companies strengthen their brands, improve visibility across search engines and AI platforms, and generate qualified business opportunities.
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Krelva Accepted Into the HBS Foundry Bootcamp at Harvard Business School

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Foster Britton spent four years learning to trade. Jerry Klamm grew a website to $100,000 a month in high school. Their bootstrapped, pre-launch company, Krelva, joins the new program in October and opens Krelva Meet, small live rooms where day traders trade the market together at their respective skill levels.

BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Krelva, a bootstrapped, pre-launch Buffalo company built for futures day traders, has been accepted into the HBS Foundry Bootcamp at Harvard Business School, a new online program for founders working toward their first check. Foster Britton started trading in 10th grade, at 15, before settling on futures trading. Jerry Klamm, 19, built Geometry Spot at 16, grew it to more than 175 million pageviews and $100,000 a month in revenue before he finished high school, and left the University at Buffalo to run Krelva full time.

“Krelva Meet is the room I wish I had at 15.” Foster Britton, co-founder, Krelva

Krelva exists because of how hard Britton’s first four years were. Trading is highly complex, the internet is full of people teaching it, and most of what a beginner finds is confusing, contradictory, or sold by someone with something to sell. The question is never whether there is enough information. It is where to start and who to listen to.

“I started trading in 10th grade, in forex before anything else, and it took me four years to get it right,” Britton said. “It was not that the charts were hard. It was that there is so much online, most of it is confusing, and there is no way to know where to start or who to listen to.”

Today Krelva has two things. The first is a free beginner course that shows people where to start; it teaches the basics without promising anyone a payday. The second is Krelva Meet, which opens in October at $50 a month with a 14-day free trial: a new way to trade Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 futures, not alone and not in a crowd of strangers, but in a small live room with people at your own verified level.

Krelva Meet started with a frustration anyone who has spent time in a trading Discord will recognize. People post their results, and some of those results are real. Screenshots are easy to fake, a few prop firms now issue verified payout cards, and none of it tells a beginner whether the person answering their question is actually where they say they are. So the beginner guesses, and the loudest voice usually wins.

Krelva Meet checks. Every trader has a level that Krelva verifies before they enter a room, and the company is building direct brokerage verification so the check happens automatically. Rooms are built from traders at the same level. Someone who has never passed a prop firm evaluation sits with others who have not either. Pass one, and you move up to rooms with traders who have passed. Get paid out, and you move up again. Alongside the rooms, Krelva is launching a rating: simple, earned over time, and moved by how you answer questions during the session rather than by what you claim. Rooms are not a signal service and tell no one what to buy or sell. They are about the process: reading the market before the open, talking it through with people at your level, and finding out afterward where and why you were right or wrong.

Krelva does not claim to make anyone a better trader faster. It is trying to give people a place to start.

“Krelva Meet is the room I wish I had at 15,” Britton said.

The HBS Foundry Bootcamp at Harvard Business School has drawn attention since its launch for its $699 price and its format, which from Krelva’s understanding pairs weekly live sessions with HBS faculty and guests with AI versions of those same professors, built to push back on weak ideas.

“I’m interested in this new program at Harvard Business School. I think using AI tools to learn is the future, but I’m curious to see how Harvard does it and if it actually works,” Klamm said. “I like that it says the AI professors are built to challenge weak ideas, so I’m going to push it to the limit and see how it performs compared to a real professor.”

The waitlist for Krelva Meet is open now at https://krelva.com.

“Most traders look at the chart at 9:30 every morning by themselves. There are thousands of other traders just like you,” Klamm said. “Why would you trade alone if you could trade with a group you trust? That is the whole idea.”

About Krelva

Krelva is a Buffalo, New York company built for futures day traders. Its free beginner course, built by co-founder Foster Britton, teaches the basics of trading. Its paid product, Krelva Meet, puts traders in small live rooms with other traders at the same verified level to trade Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 futures together, for $50 a month with a 14-day free trial. Krelva was founded in 2026 by Jerry Klamm and Foster Britton. Learn more at https://krelva.com.

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