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Forthright Securities Attends Bitcoin Asia 2026: Rooted in Hong Kong, Connected to the World — A One-Stop Multi-Asset Allocation Experience

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HONG KONG, Aug. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Forthright Securities Company Limited (“Forthright Securities”), a subsidiary of JF SmartInvest Holdings Ltd (9636.HK), showcased its newly upgraded multi-asset allocation platform at Bitcoin Asia 2026, Asia’s largest Bitcoin conference. With more than a decade of presence in Hong Kong, Forthright Securities’ participation marks its formal entry into virtual assets as a licensed brokerage, extending its “One Account, Invest Globally” service commitment — clients can now access unified allocation across traditional securities and virtual assets within a single account, without opening a separate account or switching platforms.

On the opening day of the conference, Richard Zhengwei He, CEO of Forthright Financial and Forthright Securities, delivered a keynote address on the Genesis Stage, one of the key presentation stages at Bitcoin Asia, with an agenda spanning the institutionalisation of Bitcoin, next-generation crypto ETFs, real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation and other key topics. In his remarks, Richard shared how licensed brokerages are redefining digital asset services through an advisory-led approach — helping virtual assets evolve from mere “trading instruments” into a genuine component of clients’ long-term asset allocation frameworks. He also analysed Hong Kong’s development opportunities in digital assets as a global offshore wealth hub.

Building on these themes, Richard outlined Forthright Securities’ digital asset business practice as a next-generation internet brokerage in Hong Kong, addressing how mainstream institutions are entering the digital asset era, Hong Kong’s growth headroom in digital asset allocation, and how licensed brokerages — leveraging Type 1, Type 4 and Type 9 licences and virtual asset-related business qualifications — can integrate dedicated advisory, in-depth research and AI-Driven Investing through a single regulated account to help investors achieve comprehensive asset allocation.

Forthright Securities is also participating in the two-day event, hosting a booth in the main exhibition area where investors, media and industry professionals can experience the Forthright AI Investment Terminal and its end-to-end advisory services first-hand and engage directly with the Company’s research and advisory teams.

Richard Zhengwei He, CEO of Forthright Financial and Forthright Securities, said: “Traditional finance globally still allocates less than 1% to crypto assets. At the same time, Hong Kong has risen to become the world’s largest offshore wealth management centre, giving the city unique advantages in capturing the next wave of institutional capital allocation. If family offices and private wealth management institutions gradually move towards a 5% digital asset allocation target, the digital asset market is poised for significant growth potential.”

Regulatory Conditions Mature as Investor Demand Grows in Parallel

As a next-generation internet brokerage, Forthright Securities has consistently emphasised that technology should serve people. This July, Forthright officially launched in-app virtual asset trading and the Forthright AI Investment Terminal at its flagship New Investment Experience Hub in Sheung Wan. Retail investors can trade BTC, ETH and SOL, while other tokens such as USDT, LINK, UNI and LTC are available to professional investors. Clients can hold virtual assets alongside Hong Kong and U.S. equities within the same account. Around this unified account experience, Forthright supports client allocation decisions through three core capabilities: Dedicated Advisory, offering one-on-one personalised asset allocation guidance; an in-depth research team delivering ongoing cross-asset market insights; and an AI-Driven Investing engine enabling data-driven, intelligent investment support. Forthright said its goal is to give clients both the efficiency of AI tools and the judgement and support of professional teams as they embrace this new asset class.

The rollout of these services follows the formal implementation of Hong Kong’s virtual asset licensing regime and stablecoin legislation, which have established a compliant pathway for licensed brokerages to offer related services to professional investors. As of April 2026, more than 200 corporations across Hong Kong had completed upgrades to their Type 1, Type 4 and Type 9 licences. Forthright Securities and Forthright Capital Management Limited simultaneously completed their licence condition upgrades in May 2026, making the group one of the few licensed financial institutions in Hong Kong to be concurrently approved for virtual asset business qualifications across Type 1, Type 4 and Type 9 regulated activities.

As the regulatory environment becomes clearer, high-net-worth individuals and family offices are increasingly seeking direct virtual asset holdings to avoid the tracking deviation and higher fees associated with crypto ETFs. Forthright Securities’ single-account model, which integrates virtual assets with traditional securities on one regulated platform, is well positioned to meet this demand, reflecting the deepening convergence of traditional finance and digital assets.

About Forthright Securities

Forthright Securities Company Limited (“Forthright Securities”) is a licensed brokerage under JF SmartInvest Holdings Ltd (9636.HK), holding SFC Type 1, 2, 4, and 5 licences along with virtual asset business qualifications. Driven by “AI + Advisory,” it is rooted in Hong Kong with a global investment outlook, and is committed to becoming a next-generation internet brokerage that better understands clients, delivers faster service, and provides stronger investment research in the AI era.

Forthright Securities (CE No.: BGP713) holds SFC licences for Type 1 (Dealing in Securities), Type 2 (Dealing in Futures Contracts), Type 4 (Advising on Securities), and Type 5 (Advising on Futures Contracts) regulated activities. Forthright Capital Management Limited (“Forthright Capital”) (CE No.: BEL626) holds SFC licences for Type 1 (Dealing in Securities), Type 4 (Advising on Securities), and Type 9 (Asset Management) regulated activities. In May 2026, Forthright Securities and Forthright Capital simultaneously completed their licence condition upgrades, adding virtual asset-related business qualifications to their existing Type 1, Type 4, and Type 9 regulated activities. Forthright Wealth Management Limited holds general insurance and long-term insurance licences issued by the Hong Kong Insurance Authority (Insurance Intermediary Licence No.: FB1459).

For more information, please visit Forthright Securities’ official website at www.forthright-sec.com

Risk Warning: Investment involves risks. Prices of securities and virtual assets may go up or down. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. The information contained herein is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice, offer, or solicitation, etc. Certain advanced services are only available to professional investors as defined under the Securities and Futures Ordinance. Virtual assets are high-risk investments involving extreme price volatility, regulatory risks, cybersecurity risks and liquidity risks, and may result in the total loss of your investment. You should seek independent professional advice before investing. The AI Investment Terminal is a market reference tool and does not guarantee profitability. The AI Investment Terminal is provided by Forthright SmartInvest Company Limited, whilst trading services are provided by the licensed corporation Forthright Securities Company Limited. All AI-generated analyses are for reference only. No AI analysis, strategy signal, stock diagnostic, or market alert provided by the Terminal constitutes investment advice. Historical strategy performance does not guarantee future returns. All final investment decisions are solely the responsibility of the investor.

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OutSystems Brings Governed Agentic Systems to Consumer Lending

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Agentic Loan Applications combines customer-facing applications, governed agents, and deterministic workflows into a single pre-built system

SINGAPORE, Aug. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — OutSystems, a leading Agentic Systems Platform, is expanding its Agentic Industry Solutions portfolio for banking, enabling financial institutions to modernize consumer lending by bringing agents, customer-facing applications, and deterministic workflows together into a governed system that institutions can adapt to their own products, policies, and existing banking systems.

OutSystems Agentic Loan Applications layers over existing banking systems. By grounding agents in an operational context—including the bank’s policies, systems, and dependencies—it helps them operate more efficiently and accurately while keeping every lending decision under the bank’s control.

While banks are rapidly adopting AI, they face mounting pressure to translate these investments into ROI by moving from experimentation to high-impact customer journeys – all while maintaining the strict governance, auditability, and human oversight required in a highly regulated industry. Yet many lending experiences still rely on lengthy forms, manual document collection, repetitive data entry, and fragmented handoffs that delay when loan officers can act and increase the risk of application abandonment. The result is a dual mandate for financial institutions: to improve the consumer experience and reduce operational friction so they can grow faster, while still maintaining the reproducible and auditable operations essential to risk and compliance teams.

“Banks do not need more isolated agents. They need governed agentic systems that improve real customer journeys and can stand up to risk review,” said Luis Blando, OutSystems CPTO. “OutSystems brings agents into auditable workflows so institutions can move beyond isolated pilots and apply AI to complex lending journeys with the oversight the industry requires.”

A governed approach to agents in consumer lending

OutSystems Agentic Loan Applications demonstrates this approach in practice. Built on the OutSystems Agentic Systems Platform, leading financial institutions, including KeyBank, Paragon Bank, and Axos Bank, trust OutSystems with their most highly regulated decisions.

“Hope is not a governance strategy. As AI adoption accelerates, banks need full visibility into how agentic solutions are built, what data they’re accessing, and how they’re being used,” said Mike Reynolds, Business Technology Executive at KeyBank. “Striving for centralized governance layers provides the oversight, auditability, and controls necessary to innovate confidently while staying within regulatory guardrails.”

Agentic Loan Applications combines mobile and web applications, data models, governed agents, and deterministic workflows to help banks address the manual, document-heavy work surrounding lending decisions:

A guided, agent-assisted application journey: Agentic Loan Applications captures and verifies documents, runs identity and sanctions screening, and compiles a complete application that passes to the bank’s existing loan origination system.Agents evaluated before they reach production: Banking agents are rigorously tested against dozens of agent evaluations encompassing criteria like relevance, accuracy, PII protection, and many others. Re-testing after any model, prompt, or tool modification ensures agents reliably remain within guardrails.Model selection tested for cost and accuracy: OutSystems evaluated multiple models through Amazon Bedrock and pre-selected models that perform optimally at up to 82% lower cost. Banks configure the system around their own products, policies, and existing banking systems while retaining control over their data.

This approach reflects the broader OutSystems strategy for Agentic Industry Solutions: pairing pre-built industry capabilities with OutSystems unified platform so organizations can apply AI to real operational processes.

The OutSystems Banking Agents Kit is also available on the OutSystems Forge, providing developers with building blocks for creating banking apps and agents on the OutSystems platform.

To learn more about how OutSystems is putting governed agents to work across consumer lending visit OutSystems Consumer Lending Solutions.

About OutSystems

OutSystems is the Agentic Systems Platform built for the enterprise. Global organizations trust OutSystems to rapidly build mission-critical apps and agents, modernize legacy processes with agentic systems, and govern their entire AI portfolio across complex regulatory environments, all on a unified platform.

OutSystems is consistently recognized as a leader in enterprise software development and agentic enterprise orchestration by Gartner, IDC, and Forrester, and ranked #1 in Customer Satisfaction by users on G2. Business leaders, IT executives and developers choose OutSystems to accelerate internal innovation without compromising reliability and security.

Founded in 2001, the OutSystems ecosystem includes more than 90 million end users, over 600 partners, and thousands of active customers in 75+ countries across 20+ industries. Learn more at www.outsystems.com.

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Electronic Device Solution Inc. Expands Push into Middle East Defense Market with GaN-Based RF Technology

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SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Electronic Device Solution Inc. (CEO Byeongok, Lim) is expanding its push into the Middle East defense semiconductor market, building on its GaN (Gallium Nitride)-based RF (radio frequency) technology. Electronic Device Solution Inc. specializes in GaN MMICs and RF components, modules, and systems used in defense, aerospace, and radar applications, and it possesses RF Total Solution capabilities spanning the entire process, from chip design to measurement, testing, production, product development, and packaging.

Its main product lineup includes GaN MMICs supporting various frequency bands such as X-band and Ku-band, along with transmit/receive modules (TRM), high-power amplifiers (HPA), low-noise amplifiers (LNA), and RF switches. These products serve as key RF components in AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar systems. Electronic Device Solution Inc. has built up its technological capabilities in the defense sector through participation in major South Korean weapons system localization projects, including fighter aircraft AESA radar systems, long-range air defense programs, and low-altitude defense programs.

Based on its high level of domestic localization, Electronic Device Solution Inc. reduces procurement risks associated with overseas supply chains and export controls, while securing customized supply capabilities that allow for design changes and product optimization according to customer requirements. Through a FAB-Lite production system that combines its own assembly and testing facilities with partnerships with domestic and international foundries, the company flexibly responds to high-mix, low-volume production, precision testing, and rapid delivery demands.

Electronic Device Solution Inc. plans to expand cooperation with local defense companies in the Middle East based on these technological and production capabilities, with a focus on radar, air defense systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, and anti-drone technology. Rather than simply supplying components, the company’s strategy is to establish itself as a stable RF supply partner in the Middle East defense market by providing RF semiconductors, modules, and system solutions tailored to customer needs.

Website : https://edevicesolution.com/eng/main/index.html

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CGTN AMERICA & CCTV UN: Kyrgyz Audiences Get Access to Chinese Documentaries, Drama and Cultural Programs in Bishkek Screening Event

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A new series of Chinese documentaries, dramas and cultural programs launched in Kyrgyzstan, bringing stories of Chinese craftsmanship, intangible heritage, traditional medicine and daily life to Central Asian viewers, according to a report from China Media Group (CMG) on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — (This material is distributed by MediaLinks TV, LLC on behalf of CCTV. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.)

CGTN America & CCTV UN releases “Kyrgyz Audiences Get Access to Chinese Documentaries, Drama and Cultural Programs in Bishkek Screening Event”

A new series of Chinese documentaries, dramas and cultural programs launched in Kyrgyzstan, bringing stories of Chinese craftsmanship, intangible heritage, traditional medicine and daily life to Central Asian viewers, according to a report from China Media Group (CMG) on Wednesday.

The screening event, held in Bishkek, features nearly 10 programs produced by CMG. The content will air through the end of October on Kyrgyzstan’s national broadcaster and other regional media outlets.

The initiative builds on a media cooperation agreement signed between CMG and Kyrgyzstan’s National Television and Radio Broadcasting Corporation last year during the Kyrgyz president’s visit to Beijing. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), with Kyrgyzstan hosting the SCO summit as this year’s rotating chair.

The programs on offer range from short-form cultural features to full-length series. Among them, a food-themed drama follows daily life in a restaurant in northwest China, while documentary series spotlight traditional arts, herbal medicine and Chinese design heritage – content that highlights the diversity of contemporary Chinese storytelling beyond blockbuster films.

CMG has steadily expanded its programming reach across Central Asia in recent years. Previous screening campaigns have placed nearly 20 Chinese programs on regional broadcasters, covering topics from culture to contemporary art. Multiple media outlets from SCO member states are covering the current event, reflecting growing cross-border media collaboration in the region.

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Sun, CGTN America, 1 2023931850, distribution@cgtnamerica.com 

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