HONG KONG, Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AsiaPay, a leading digital payment technology and service provider in Asia, today announced the expansion of its operations into Japan and Canada, its 13th and 14th markets. The expansion marks another milestone in AsiaPay’s international growth and reinforces its commitment to bringing advanced payment technology and comprehensive Asian payment services to merchants worldwide.

The expansion enables merchants in Japan and Canada to leverage AsiaPay’s advanced payment capabilities and extensive regional payment network, supported by local market expertise. Businesses can connect with customers across Asia and pursue new growth opportunities through integrated payment solutions designed to meet evolving payment needs.

AsiaPay’s All-in-One payment platform integrates an extensive range of e-commerce checkout plugins and platforms, card tokenisation, anti-fraud capabilities and alternative payment methods (APMs) across Asia, together with innovative solutions such as Voice Pay, InsertPass and Refund Protect. Through a single platform, merchants can access these integrated payment solutions to simplify payment management, optimise payment operations and standardise payment acceptance across markets, while gaining the flexibility and scalability to support business growth.

“As digital commerce continues to transcend borders, merchants need integrated payment solutions that combine innovation, local expertise, scalability and regional connectivity,” said Joseph Chan, CEO of AsiaPay. “Our expansion into Japan and Canada enables us to better serve local merchants while connecting them with our extensive payment capabilities across Asia. We look forward to helping businesses in both markets capture new opportunities and scale with secure, flexible and innovative payment solutions.”

With 19 operational offices worldwide, AsiaPay continues to strengthen its international presence, connecting merchants, banks and businesses across Asia-Pacific with e-commerce checkout, alternative payments and integrated payment solutions.

About AsiaPay

Founded in 2000, AsiaPay provides digital payment services and technology solutions to banks, corporations and e-businesses worldwide. Its secure, integrated and cost-effective payment solutions support international credit cards, debit cards, online banking, digital wallets, buy now, pay later (BNPL), QR code payments and alternative payment methods.

Headquartered in Hong Kong, AsiaPay provides payment services, technology solutions, consultancy and local support through 19 operational offices worldwide, with a strong presence across Asia-Pacific.

For more information, please visit www.asiapay.jp and www.asiapay.ca.

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New capability connects geopolitical and economic intelligence with Kroll data, analytics and expertise to assess impact on financial performance, risk and enterprise value

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kroll, the leading independent provider of financial and risk advisory solutions, today announced the launch of the Kroll Geoeconomic Risk Index (GRI), an authoritative headline measure that helps businesses and investors understand how geopolitical and economic risks could affect their operations, financial performance and value. The Index currently stands at 70.9 on its 0–100 scale, materially above its historical median of 50 and indicating significantly heightened geoeconomic pressure.

The GRI forms part of Kroll’s broader Geoeconomic Resilience Intelligence Platform (GRIP), which brings together external economic, geopolitical, market, policy and regulatory intelligence with Kroll’s proprietary data, analytics, modeling and expertise across valuations, risk and transactions. It is designed to go beyond monitoring events or identifying exposure by connecting developments in the external environment directly to the financial and strategic decisions facing individual businesses.

Through client-specific analysis, Kroll’s platform can assess how developments including tariffs, sanctions, regulatory change, conflict, supply-chain disruption and market volatility could potentially affect a business. The analysis can connect those developments to revenues, costs, cash flow, financing, deal economics, resilience and enterprise value, helping clients evaluate transactions, investments, operating plans and alternative scenarios. Clients can use the platform to examine an immediate event, stress-test a transaction, pre-emptively evaluate investment, compare alternative scenarios or monitor how changing conditions affect assumptions over time.

“Kroll is the first firm called when decisions are complex, contested or with material capital at risk and so the launch of the Geoeconomic Risk Index is a natural evolution for us. This new capability combines Kroll’s data and analytical technology with economic modeling and professional expertise, using AI to support evidence-led analysis. Together, this delivers unique insights that help clients make more informed decisions when operations, investments and capital are exposed to global change, and thus ultimately protecting people and deals while providing greater peace of mind,” says Jacob Silverman, Chief Executive Officer at Kroll.

“A significant external development rarely remains confined to one part of a business. Geopolitical and macroeconomic change is increasingly an input into financial decision-making rather than a separate risk discussion,” adds Matthew Corkery, Managing Director, Kroll Economics. “For a Chief Financial Officer, investor or board, knowing that risk has changed is only the beginning. They need to understand whether it changes the return on an investment, the cost of borrowing, the resilience of a business model or where capital should be deployed. Kroll sits at the intersection of value, risk and transactions, which means we can connect these questions rather than examine them in isolation.”

The Kroll GRI stood at 70.9 on 9 November 2026, 3.2 points above its October reading of 67.7, as heightened market-implied risk added to persistent energy pressure following the U.S. midterm elections.

It points to an important divergence: geopolitical, trade, commodity and energy pressures remain elevated, while broader financial conditions have so far been less affected. Following the U.S. midterm elections, financial-market volatility added to persistent energy pressure, sharpening the question of whether repricing remains contained or begins to affect credit conditions, investment plans and project delivery. Greater volatility challenges the resilience picture but does not itself establish tighter credit or weaker activity. Financing and investment are therefore immediate watchpoints.

For more information about the Kroll Geoeconomic Risk Index and Kroll Geoeconomic Resilience Intelligence Platform, visit: https://www.kroll.com/en/tools-and-platforms/kroll-geoeconomic-risk-index

About Kroll

As the leading independent provider of financial and risk advisory solutions, Kroll leverages our unique insights, data and technology to help clients stay ahead of complex valuation demands. Kroll’s team of more than 6,500 professionals worldwide continues the firm’s nearly 100-year history of trusted expertise spanning risk, governance, transactions and valuation. Our advanced solutions and intelligence provide clients the foresight they need to create an enduring competitive advantage. At Kroll, our values define who we are and how we partner with clients and communities. Learn more at kroll.com.

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MUNICH, Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In a family garden, bare soil and fallen leaves can confuse a robotic mower’s understanding of the lawn. A low-hanging branch presents another challenge: detecting an obstacle is one thing, knowing how far away it is can be another. Across larger properties, reliable positioning and route planning become just as important as cutting the grass.

As electronica 2026 takes place in Munich, Fibocom and Suntek are highlighting the commercial progress of two robotic mower designs built on Fibocom’s established solutions: an entry-level monocular-vision model and a flagship combining stereo vision with RTK positioning.

For lawns up to 600 m², Fibocom’s monocular vision solution uses a single camera and AI algorithms to identify grass boundaries and obstacles, plan mowing routes and operate without buried perimeter wires. Its streamlined sensor design balances hardware cost, complexity and ease of deployment.

For larger, more complex gardens, Fibocom’s stereo vision and RTK solution adds depth perception and high-precision positioning. Stereo cameras capture spatial information about obstacles, including overhanging branches, while visual-inertial odometry (VIO) and RTK positioning support mapping and navigation.

Suntek’s flagship mower, powered by the Rockchip RK3576, integrates stereo cameras, RTK, an IMU and wheel odometry. It supports resume-mowing functionality and covers lawns up to 2,000 m².

Turning these capabilities into commercial products requires more than hardware integration. Fibocom supplies camera modules, algorithm boards, motor-drive boards and, for the flagship, an RTK board, alongside proprietary perception, positioning, navigation, path-planning and energy-management algorithms.

Real gardens also challenge algorithms in unexpected ways. Bare soil, fallen leaves, dark lines on the ground and thin dried leaves can interfere with lawn segmentation. Fibocom has refined its models through multiple rounds of training with challenging field samples, while improving back-and-forth mowing paths, missed-area mowing and resume-mowing logic.

Engineering support continues after production begins. Field feedback and operating logs inform root-cause analysis, software updates and validation, helping Suntek improve product performance in real-world environments.

Suntek’s monocular-vision mower has achieved commercial-scale deployment in Europe. Its stereo-vision and RTK flagship entered initial mass production in Q4 2025, with production continuing in 2026 and sales expanding into North America.

Mass production marks the beginning of continuous improvement through real-world use. As SUNTEK’s robotic mowers reach more gardens, Fibocom continues to support the company with proprietary algorithms, core hardware and ongoing engineering expertise, turning user feedback into improvements in perception, navigation and mowing performance. These refinements help SUNTEK deliver a more reliable user experience, earn user recognition and build market trust.

About Fibocom

Fibocom, founded in 1999, is China’s first wireless communication module company listed on both the A-share and H-share markets. Fibocom leverages wireless communication and artificial intelligence as its core technologies to provide integrated hardware and software solutions that empower industry applications. These solutions accelerate the transformation from “Connect Everything” to “Intelligent Connectivity” across diverse industries.

Fibocom’s one-stop solutions encompass cellular communication, AI, automotive, and GNSS modules, as well as AI toolchains, supporting industry-side and mainstream large model integration, and providing AI Agent, global connectivity, and cloud services, driving the digital intelligence upgrades in industries such as robotics, consumer electronics, low-altitude economy, intelligent transportation, smart retail, and smart energy.

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