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HashKey Settlement Platform (HSP) and ONERWAY Announce Strategic Partnership to Shape the Future of On-Chain Payments and Support Cross-Border Commerce Development

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September 3, 2026

HONG KONG, Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HashKey On-Chain’s settlement protocol, HSP, and cross-border payment service provider ONERWAY have announced a strategic partnership. ONERWAY is a traditional Web2 payment institution holding multiple licenses across the UK, Europe, Hong Kong, the US, and Singapore. It is currently serving over 2,000 merchants globally and possessing deep compliance infrastructure in cross-border acquiring and fiat liquidation. This partnership marks the first time HSP has strategically connected with a Web2 payment institution, and HSP is also the first Web3 on-chain settlement protocol introduced by ONERWAY. Together, they establish a seamless channel that connects digital currency settlement with fiat off-ramping capabilities for enterprise clients.

This partnership introduces the first Web3 digital currency settlement protocol to ONERWAY that provides merchants with new choices for digital currency settlement while retaining its fiat settlement advantages—backed by its multiple payment licenses, including UK EMI, European PI, Hong Kong MSO, US MSB, and Singapore MPI, as well as principal membership qualifications with major credit cards such as Visa, Mastercard, UnionPay International, and Discover, and PCI DSS Level 1 security certification. For HSP, ONERWAY is the first traditional Web2 payment partner. Through strategic integration with a licensed payment institution, HSP extends its on-chain settlement capabilities to ONERWAY’s existing network of over 2,000 merchants spanning multiple vertical sectors including cross-border e-commerce, gaming and entertainment, digital content subscriptions, and SaaS, achieving a shift from the protocol layer to real-world commercial scenarios.

The “Core Capabilities” of Cross-Border Settlement

Problems in cross-border payments have persisted for a long time such as long settlement cycles, exchange losses, and complex multi-currency accounting. For cross-border e-commerce and digital service enterprises, these issues directly impact operational efficiency and cash flow turnover.

Stablecoins offer a potential path to a solution—on-chain settlement is near-real-time while cross-border flows require few to no intermediaries, and exchange rate risks can be controlled through lock-up mechanisms. However, the issue for most merchants is how to convert funds into local fiat currency that can be used to pay suppliers, employee salaries, or meet tax compliance requirements after receiving stablecoins. There is a strong need to improve the utilization of on-chain assets and capital efficiency.

This partnership aims to provide a blockchain bridge. HSP is driven by two core modules: the Master Account, which handles intelligent aggregation and distribution of merchants’ on-chain funds, and the Settlement Protocol, which provides the foundation for transaction authorization verification standards to ensure that every transaction is auditable. HashKey Group’s licensed entities provide custody and OTC services, utilizing the HSP protocol as the technical pathway to connect with ONERWAY’s licensed fiat channels. After completing on-chain stablecoin settlement, ONERWAY merchants can leverage its own licensed fiat channels and the technical circulation path with HSP to convert the funds into local fiat currency, which can be used to pay suppliers or distribute employee salaries, while also facilitating merchants in meeting their own tax reporting requirements.

Compliance as pillar to Accelerate the Adoption of Stablecoin Payments

Licensed entities under HashKey Group hold relevant digital asset service licenses in Hong Kong and are among the few institutions in Asia capable of providing digital asset services within a complete regulatory framework. The HSP settlement protocol natively integrates on-chain AML mechanisms to ensure transactions are secure and auditable. Meanwhile, ONERWAY’s multi-jurisdictional licensing ensures the compliant operation of fiat channels across major markets. Both companies support the large-scale adoption of stablecoin payments with compliant infrastructure.

Over the past year, the practical adoption of stablecoins in cross-border payment has accelerated. Major markets such as Hong Kong and the European Union have progressively advanced regulatory frameworks for stablecoin issuance and payments, while enterprise clients’ acceptance of on-chain settlement has steadily risen, particularly concentrated in cross-border business scenarios with high settlement costs and cash flow pressure. At the same time, the commercialization of AI Agents is presenting new demands for payment infrastructure, where stablecoins and on-chain settlement protocols hold inherent advantages over traditional banking systems in programmable payment scenarios.

Currently, HSP is expanding collaborations with more payment companies, corporates and financial institutions, dedicated to extending HSP’s settlement capabilities to additional settlement zones and providing global enterprise clients with broader on-chain payment landing channels.

“On-chain payments inherently possess the advantages of speed, efficiency, and low cost. Guided by effective regulatory compliance, on-chain payments will usher in widespread future adoption, especially in cross-border transactions and services. As a leader in the development of the on-chain payment industry, the HSP protocol and functions we launched not only fully support on-chain settlement, but also support technical integration with traditional payment systems. This advantage has been fully demonstrated in our cooperation with ONERWAY. We hope that HashKey On-Chain’s HSP and the growth model built in cooperation with ONERWAY will enable more payment ecosystem partners to see the possibilities of future payment settlement and expand the space for future multi-modal payments.”

— Rachel Qiu, COO, HashKey On-Chain BG & BD Head, HashKey Group

“The essence of payments is trust and efficiency. We observe that an increasing number of cross-border e-commerce and digital service enterprises are seeking more flexible capital settlement methods to cope with the compliance and efficiency challenges brought by deep globalization. By joining forces, ONERWAY and HSP rely on the HSP protocol to assist merchants in achieving seamless integration of on-chain payment, digital assets and fiat currency in cross-border scenarios, significantly increasing capital turnover and reducing operational costs. Building on this joint initiative of next-generation financial infrastructure, we will continue to explore new scenarios for future payment and new challenges in agent interaction, building a more efficient, transparent, and compliant payment ecosystem.”

— Chris Hua, Head of Strategy, ONERWAY

About HashKey Settlement Platform (HSP)

The HashKey Settlement Platform (HSP) is dedicated to building a global on-chain payment infrastructure. Driven primarily by two core modules—the Master Account for global enterprises’ on-chain asset pooling, and the Settlement Protocol for establishing on-chain transaction authorization verification standards—HSP provides Payment Service Providers (PSPs), global enterprises and financial institutions with an efficient on-chain settlement network, supported by compliant custody and OTC fiat currency flows. Additionally, the platform supports an Agent Payment solution to meet the needs of AI agents and automated settlement in the future “machine economy.” Operating under financial-grade compliance and security, HSP optimizes settlement efficiency through on-chain technology, aiming to bridge traditional businesses and finance with the on-chain economy, and provide settlement support for cross-border trade, AI, and DePIN ecosystems.

About ONERWAY

ONERWAY is a global cross-border payment service provider holding multiple payment licenses including UK EMI, European PI, Hong Kong MSO, US MSB, and Singapore MPI. It possesses principal member qualifications for Visa, Mastercard, UnionPay International, and Discover, as well as PCI DSS Level 1 certification. It provides professional services such as global acquiring, multi-currency settlement, and batch payouts for cross-border e-commerce, gaming and entertainment, SaaS, and Web3 platforms, currently serving over 2,000 merchants worldwide.

Disclaimer

This material is provided solely for informational and technical purposes regarding the collaboration between HashKey Settlement Platform (HSP) and ONERWAY. It does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice, nor does it constitute an offer, solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or guarantee of any kind.

HSP is a settlement protocol and technical framework and does not itself engage in regulated activities. ONERWAY provides fiat payment services—including fiat acquiring, multi-currency settlement, and payout services—strictly within the scope of its respective local payment licenses and jurisdictions. ONERWAY does not directly provide virtual asset (digital currency) trading, exchange, custody, or brokerage services. All virtual asset-related services referenced herein are provided independently by licensed or authorized entities under HashKey Group holding the appropriate regulatory approvals. To the extent that any business process or activity described in this material constitutes a regulated activity in any applicable jurisdiction, such activity shall be conducted solely through or in conjunction with, licensed or authorized entities that hold the necessary regulatory licenses/approvals.

On-chain settlement protocols and related technical integration activities carry inherent technical, market, and regulatory risks. Participants are solely responsible for conducting their own due diligence and ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and licensing requirements in their respective jurisdictions. ONERWAY, HSK Chain and HSP shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential losses or damages arising out of or in connection with reliance on this material or participation in any related activities.

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USI Launches AI Smart Camera Solution to Accelerate Smart Manufacturing

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1 hour ago

September 7, 2026

NANTOU, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — USI today announced its next-generation AI Smart Camera solution, a comprehensive edge AI and vision platform that empowers manufacturers to accelerate digital transformation through AI-driven quality inspection, process automation, logistics optimization, and smart factory initiatives.

Moving beyond conventional camera hardware, USI’s AI Smart Camera integrates a high-performance, low-power edge computing platform, high-resolution imaging technology, and proprietary AI vision software to deliver real-time image analysis and actionable insights at the edge. Designed for modern manufacturing environments, the solution enables automated inspection, early defect detection, and faster, more consistent quality decisions. By reducing inspection costs, improving production efficiency, and enhancing product quality, it helps manufacturers accelerate their transition toward smarter and more autonomous production operations.

For manufacturers, the journey to AI-powered vision extends beyond object detection and defect identification. Success depends on turning AI from a proof-of-concept project into a production-ready solution that delivers consistent performance, scales efficiently, and seamlessly adapts to evolving manufacturing requirements.

USI addresses this challenge with an integrated AI Smart Camera platform that supports the complete AI development lifecycle—from data collection and dataset generation to model training and deployment. Its no-code/low-code AI model training platform further simplifies development, enabling customers to develop and deploy vision applications with greater efficiency and less dependence on specialized AI expertise.

Key features of USI AI Smart Camera include:

Real-Time Edge AI Processing: Performs image analysis and AI inference at the edge, enabling fast visual decisions and timely responses without relying solely on centralized computing.High-Quality Imaging for Industrial Inspection: Combines a high-resolution, low-lux-capable camera module with powerful Edge AI computing to support demanding inspection and machine vision applications.Faster AI Deployment: Integrates hardware, embedded software, and AI vision development tools into a production-ready platform, helping customers shorten development cycles and accelerate the transition from proof of concept to production.Flexible AI Vision Applications: Supports object detection, defect identification, OCR, key-part positioning and tracking, assembly verification, product classification, and operation behavior detection and analysis.Seamless Integration with Industrial Environments: Ruggedized design with industrial-grade interfaces, including Ethernet, Power over Ethernet (PoE), HDMI, and MicroSD, ensuring seamless compatibility with existing equipment, machine vision systems, and automation platforms.

By automating visual inspection and defect identification, the AI Smart Camera can reduce reliance on manual QA operations while improving inspection consistency. Its real-time visual intelligence can also provide actionable data to help manufacturers quickly identify process deviations, reduce defect rates, and lower production costs. The platform can further serve as an intelligent visual decision layer for automated production, providing real-time visual guidance and feedback to robotic systems. This enables manufacturers to move beyond inspection automation toward more responsive and autonomous production processes.

“Demand for AI-powered vision applications is growing rapidly across the manufacturing sector. Today’s manufacturers are seeking more than just camera hardware. They need complete, end-to-end solutions that can be deployed quickly and deliver measurable business value,” said Justin Chang, Director of the Vertical Mobility Solution Center at USI. “By combining advanced Edge AI capabilities with our integrated vision platform, we enable customers to accelerate the adoption of smart manufacturing, quality inspection, and industrial automation applications. Our solution helps bring AI from proof of concept to production faster and more efficiently.”

As a global ODM partner, USI combines expertise in product design, manufacturing, and Edge AI integration to deliver complete solutions tailored to customer requirements. The AI Smart Camera is already deployed within USI’s own manufacturing operations, providing a production-proven reference platform for industrial AI vision applications.

Building on this experience, USI can customize AI vision solutions around customers’ specific production environments and business requirements, helping shorten development time, reduce implementation risks, and accelerate their smart manufacturing journey.

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Media’s future tense in AI-driven world

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1 hour ago

September 7, 2026

BEIJING, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — This is an op-ed from China Daily.

Philip K. Dick’s 1969 novel Ubik imagined a door that demands payment before opening — a fantasy then, but eerily prescient in today’s AI-driven world. While Elon Musk predicts AI will bring global abundance, for traditional media that abundance has already arrived — with devastating consequences.

The question is no longer whether AI changes media, but what role professional journalism can play when information is plentiful, yet truth, context and reality grow scarce.

Dick’s own life — overlooked, depressed and penniless — belied his extraordinary foresight. In The Man in the High Castle, he imagined alternate realities. Today, personalized algorithms, misinformation and AI-generated content make such alternate realities all too real.

Yet Dick’s vision also offers hope through an unexpected link with the ancient Chinese I Ching (Book of Changes). Both suggest reality is not fixed, but a pattern of ever-shifting possibilities. The I Ching asks not “What will happen?” but “What situation am I in, and how should I respond to its changing pattern?” That, arguably, is precisely the role media must adopt in the AI age: providing orientation, credibility and meaning when information itself has lost its scarcity and economic value.

Not all sci-fi is dystopian. Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics embodied faith that humans could impose rules on technology — yet today’s AI race is far more complex. Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek imagined a moneyless, post-scarcity civilization; AI may be bringing that closer, just as Google’s free search and maps once upended the world.

So where does this leave traditional media? In a Dickian dystopia, media could become a modern-day I Ching — helping people navigate uncertainty, distinguish illusion from reality, and make informed choices when no single truth prevails. In a Roddenberry-esque future, media could guide humanity on how to live wisely with AI-driven abundance.

The practical challenge remains: financing itself in the first scenario and inspiring itself in the second. As Dick warned in The Man in the High Castle, humanity’s “destiny lies in the hands of a few men.” We can only hope some of them are traditional media editors.

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New agentic AI platform sounds death knell for manual presentation tools

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3 hours ago

September 7, 2026

Sembly AI launches Sembly 3.0 in biggest evolution since 2019

SYDNEY, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Sembly AI launches Sembly 3.0, an agentic AI platform that transforms an organisation’s documents, meetings, and CRM content into finished, fully branded presentations, proposals, case studies and reports in minutes in over 45 languages.

The launch marks the company’s biggest evolution since it was founded in 2019, repositioning Sembly as an “AI execution layer” for businesses. It turns everyday business knowledge into the finished materials companies use to sell, deliver and communicate.

Users simply need to specify their goal (eg, “Sell my services”) and the client’s website, then watch Sembly get to work: pulling information from business materials, deriving appropriate branding, researching the customer, and producing a bespoke on-brand pitch deck.

“Prompts make people think about how to talk to AI. But dialogue lets them focus on what they want to accomplish,” said Gil Makleff, CEO and co-founder of Sembly AI. “That makes creating business documents faster and more efficient, turning time saved into real business impact.”

“Manually creating presentations is a thing of the past,” said Artem Koren, Chief Product & Technology Officer and co-founder of Sembly AI. “Business materials are the substrate of decision-making: they are how companies communicate, persuade and decide. Sembly 3.0 changes how they are made entirely.”

“Your customers want to hear how you serve them in their specific world and their specific situation, and Sembly makes that possible for every customer,” Koren added. “With Sembly 3.0, your results are as good as how clearly you can state your goal. That’s all you’re limited by.”

Early users of Sembly 3.0 report saving two to three weeks of work on reports and presentations that traditionally pass through multiple hands before they are delivery-ready.

Heorhii Tulchyi, Chief Technology Officer at market research company, Bell & Holmes, is one of those early users of Sembly 3.0.

He said: “Sembly has fundamentally changed how I prepare presentations and client communications. It has saved my team and me weeks of work and dramatically accelerated how we turn ideas and information into polished deliverables. I haven’t seen anything else on the market quite like it.”

Sembly 3.0 is available from today at www.sembly.ai.

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