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Freelancer Limited (FRLCY) operates an American depositary receipt program for a foreign issuer whose ordinary shares are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The company runs a freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace and reports recurring developments tied to marketplace activity, enterprise open-innovation challenges, and ADR program administration.
Company news also covers Escrow.com, its licensed online escrow payments business, including partnerships that extend secure payment services to digital marketplaces and business-to-business transaction networks. Other updates reference Loadshift, the company's Australian heavy-haulage network, and sponsored challenge work involving public-sector, research, engineering, emergency-response, and environmental problems.
Escrow.com (FRLCY) has partnered with BrokerBin to provide secure escrow payment services to BrokerBin's global network of IT hardware buyers and sellers. BrokerBin connects more than 10,000 ITAD and ITAM professionals across 65 countries, enabling Escrow.com as a payment option for new and refurbished IT parts.
The partnership aims to reduce fraud and non-delivery risk on high-value B2B equipment trades; Escrow.com has secured more than US$7.75 billion in transactions since 1999. Escrow.com will also participate in BrokerBin's biannual Roadshow networking events.
Freelancer (FRLCY) announced that Lucas Ye's plush design "Rise" was chosen as the Zero Gravity Indicator (Moon Mascot) for NASA's Artemis II crew. The selection came from over 2,600 entries across 50+ countries; a micro SD with registrants' names will ride inside Rise for the April 1, 2026 launch window.
The contest was run by Freelancer as part of its NASA partnership; Freelancer notes its platform has more than 87 million users and was a 2025 awardee of the NASA Open Innovation Services 3 contract.
Freelancer (OTC:FRLCY) launched the Boom: Trajectory Unknown Challenge, a global AI/ML competition offering a US$7,000 prize to predict where debris from sudden violent disruptions lands.
Submissions close May 5, 2026 with winners announced June 3, 2026. The challenge is part of Freelancer's Moonshot Innovation Program and lists UNDP as a partner.
Freelancer (FRLCY) launched the global Moonshot Innovation Program on January 23, 2026, opening a challenge-driven R&D platform to enterprises and the public.
The platform claims delivery of 20,215 solutions from 8,783 innovators across 140 countries, reported government savings of 80–99% for NASA, and a contract expansion from $25M over 5 years to $475M over 10 years (a 600% increase). Notable challenge investments cited include $6M from NIH and $1M from NIST. The first open challenge will be a $10,000 global ecosystem restoration contest.
Freelancer (OTC:FRLCY) has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme to host an open innovation challenge seeking low-cost devices to detect and mark underwater explosive ordnance.
The challenge requires solutions costing under $5,000, detecting explosives from at least 5 meters to depths of 30 meters, and includes a $20,000 award. Submissions close March 9, 2026. Freelancer highlights its global reach—85 million users and over 20,000 solutions delivered to NASA and U.S. agencies—to source community-accessible alternatives to military-grade systems that can cost up to $250,000.
Freelancer Limited (OTCQX:FRLCY) has launched a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. The ADRs will trade on the U.S. OTC market, with each ADR representing 100 ordinary shares of Freelancer Limited.
As the world's largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace, Freelancer connects over 80 million registered users across more than 25 million projects. The company also owns Escrow.com, which has processed over US$8 billion in transactions, and Loadshift, Australia's largest heavy haulage freight marketplace.
The ADR program aims to simplify U.S. investment in Freelancer by enabling trading in U.S. dollars and eliminating foreign exchange complexities. Deutsche Bank will manage ADR issuance, cancellation, holder register, dividend distribution, and shareholder voting processes.
Deutsche Bank (DB) has been appointed as the depositary bank for the American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program of Freelancer Limited (OTC: FRLCY). Freelancer, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:FLN), is a marketplace provider for freelancing and crowdsourcing services. The company owns Escrow.com, a secure online payments provider, and Loadshift, an Australian heavy haulage network that has facilitated over 800 million kilometers of freight.
The Level I ADR program became effective on May 12, 2025, with a ratio of 1 ADS to 100 ordinary shares. The ADRs will trade on the OTC market under the symbol FRLCY, with BNP Paribas S.A. serving as the custodian bank. The program is DTC eligible with CUSIP 357047 109 and ISIN US3570471090.