OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) Reports OwlPay Harbor August Payment Volume Nearly Tripled Month Over Month
OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) reported strong August 2026 operating metrics for its OwlPay Harbor cross‑border enterprise payments platform.
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OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) reported strong August 2026 operating metrics for its OwlPay Harbor cross‑border enterprise payments platform. As of August 31, annualized payment volume was approximately US$255 million, up from about US$93 million based on July 2026 activity, using a consistent data extraction basis.
According to OwlTing, August payment volume rose 174.6% month over month, marking the seventh consecutive monthly increase, while completed transaction count grew 89.2% versus July. Contracted enterprise clients reached 84, up from 79 at July 31, with 23 of these clients completing at least one payment on OwlPay Harbor during August 2026. The company noted that growth reflected both more payments and larger average payment size, and that OwlPay Harbor’s regulatory and banking infrastructure was built to support higher volumes without a proportionate rise in operating costs. All disclosed operating metrics are unaudited and derived from internal records.
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- Annualized payment volume US$255m, up from about US$93m based on July 2026 activity
- August 2026 payment volume +174.6% month over month versus July 2026
- Completed transaction count +89.2% in August 2026 compared to July 2026
- Contracted enterprise clients 84 at August 31, 2026, up from 79 a month earlier
- Seven consecutive months of month‑over‑month payment volume increases on OwlPay Harbor
Negative
- Only 23 of 84 contracted enterprise clients made payments on OwlPay Harbor during August 2026
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Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21 | First-half earnings | Negative | -1.1% | Net loss widened amid higher expenses and share-based compensation. |
| Aug 14 | Revenue update | Positive | +2.1% | Harbor scaling accelerated alongside preliminary first-half revenue disclosure. |
| Aug 03 | Payment volume update | Positive | +3.3% | July Harbor payment volume and transaction count increased month over month. |
| Jul 23 | Payment volume update | Positive | -1.1% | Harbor processed volume grew more than fivefold quarter over quarter. |
| Jun 15 | Payment partnership | Positive | -0.7% | Credible Finance partnership opened China payment corridors and explored India. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
OWLS aligned with two prior positive Harbor updates but diverged on three other positive or mixed announcements.
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ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) ("OwlTing" or the "Company"), the operating brand of OBOOK Holdings Inc., a global fintech company building regulated payment infrastructure, today reported August 2026 operating metrics for OwlPay Harbor, its digital currency-based platform for cross-border enterprise payments.1
OwlPay Harbor: August 2026 headline metrics, as of August 31, 2026:2
- Annualized payment volume was approximately US
$255 million , compared to approximately US$93 million based on July 2026 activity3 - August payment volume increased
174.6% compared to July 2026, the seventh consecutive month-over-month increase in payment volume - Completed transaction count increased
89.2% compared to July 2026 - Contracted enterprise clients reached 84, compared to 79 as of July 31, 2026; of these, 23 completed payments on the platform during August 20264
Growth in August reflected both a higher number of payments and an increase in average payment size. Clients already live continue to expand their activity, and each newly activated client adds to the base.
Of the 84 enterprise clients under contract at the end of August, 23 sent payments during the month. The other contracted clients were progressing through various stages before production activity, including compliance review, technical integration, corridor testing, and phased activation.
“What moves across Harbor is real-world enterprise payments, not digital asset trading activity. Businesses use Harbor to pay freight and shipping invoices, suppliers, and manufacturers,” said Darren Wang, Founder and CEO at OwlTing Group. “We spent years building the regulatory, banking, settlement, and compliance infrastructure required to support this activity before volume arrived. As transaction activity scales, we believe we are beginning to see the operating leverage of that work.”
OwlPay Harbor lets a business in one market pay a supplier, partner, or recipient in another. The payer sends funds in U.S. dollars or digital currencies, and the recipient is paid in their own local currency into a bank account in the destination market. OwlPay earns a fee on each payment completed on the platform, so fee revenue grows with payment volume.
OwlPay Harbor entered commercial scaling in early 2026, following more than five years of investment in payment technology, regulatory infrastructure, banking and settlement relationships, and compliance capabilities. That infrastructure was built ahead of demand, and the Company believes it can support considerably more volume without a proportionate increase in operating cost. The Company will continue to report these metrics consistently through OwlPay Harbor's commercial scaling phase and will disclose any material change in how a metric is defined or calculated.
About OwlTing Group
OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) is the operating brand of OBOOK Holdings Inc., a global fintech company building regulated payment infrastructure, founded in Taiwan with subsidiaries across the United States, Japan, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Malaysia. Its OwlPay platform is a fiat-digital currency hybrid payment solution that helps businesses move money across borders in the expanding digital economy. Recognized for rapid growth and industry leadership, OwlTing was ranked No. 226 on the Financial Times and Statista “High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2026” list with a
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1 All money transmission services in the United States are provided by OwlTing USA, Inc. (NMLS ID: 2324336), a wholly owned subsidiary of OBOOK Holdings Inc.
2 All operating metrics in this announcement are unaudited and are derived from the Company's internal records as of the data extraction date, and cover the calendar month of August 2026 unless otherwise stated. Amounts for prior periods reflect data as of the current extraction date and may differ from amounts previously reported, which reflected data available at the time of the applicable announcement. Percentage changes presented in this announcement are calculated from unrounded underlying data derived from a single data extraction.
3 Annualized payment volume is calculated by dividing completed payment volume on OwlPay Harbor during the applicable calendar month by the number of days in that month and multiplying the result by 365. Annualized payment volume for July 2026 is presented on a basis consistent with the August 2026 figure and derived from the same data extraction; the Company previously reported annualized payment volume of approximately US
4 Enterprise client counts are unaudited and derived from the Company's internal records, including clients with an executed Services Agreement and/or fee schedule with the Company. Clients completing payments during the month refers to contracted enterprise clients that completed at least one payment on OwlPay Harbor during the calendar month. The number of clients completing payments in any given month may vary. The enterprise client count as of July 31, 2026 was previously disclosed. See "OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) Reports OwlPay Harbor July Payment Volume Increased
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