Finmo Tech, a Singapore-based fintech company, took the top honor at the AFA Awards 2026 grand final held in Taipei on Sept. 1, winning the Grand Award for Cross-Border Fintech Unicorn Potential. The company’s main product is TreasuryOS, which it describes as a treasury operating system built to consolidate financial operations that multinational businesses often manage across separate banks, accounting tools and ERP systems. According to Finmo’s website and public information cited in the source report, the platform covers cross-border payments, multi-currency accounts, cash flow visibility, cash forecasting, FX hedging and working capital optimization, with a payment network spanning more than 180 countries. Finmo has also recently launched a conversational AI assistant called MO AI for CFOs and finance teams, designed to support real-time cash management, forecasting, compliance and reporting. Founded in 2021, Finmo obtained a Major Payment Institution license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore in 2023 and now holds related licenses in Singapore, Australia, the United States and New Zealand. The company has raised about $27 million to date, including an oversubscribed $18.5 million Series A completed in February 2025 and co-led by Quona Capital and PayPal Ventures, with Citi Ventures also participating.

XREX was the only Taiwanese company to win an award at the inaugural AFA Awards 2026, taking the Regulatory Excellence Award at the final held in Taipei on September 1. The awards, organized by the Asia FinTech Alliance, drew more than 100 companies from 16 economies. After selection rounds that reduced the field to 30 and then 10 finalists, five awards were presented. Singaporean companies won three categories, while Malaysia’s PolicyStreet took the Fastest Growing Award. The other Singaporean winners were First Answer Pte Ltd, Liquid Group Pte. Ltd. and Finmo Tech Pte Ltd. XREX was founded in 2019 by Wayne Huang and Winston Hsiao. Its Taiwan entity is one of the first virtual asset service providers in Taiwan to complete anti-money-laundering registration with the Securities and Futures Bureau of the Financial Supervisory Commission. Its Singapore entity holds a Major Payment Institution license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and operates the stablecoin-focused B2B cross-border payments platform XREX Pay. Five other Taiwanese companies also reached the shortlist, with BaaS Innovation and CyCraft entering the Top 10 and three others reaching the Top 30.

Japan Airlines plans to begin humanoid robot trials at Tokyo Haneda Airport in May 2026, using Unitree G1 and UBTECH Walker E for cargo container handling through 2028.

Jim Paulsen argues that the S&P 500 Low Volatility Index has entered a historically unusual regime: over the past six months, it has risen on average when the broader S&P 500 falls and declined on average when the benchmark rises. That is the reverse of how low-volatility stocks typically behave. In the article translated by TechFlow, Paulsen says the pattern points to a market driven at the same time by fear of missing out, or FOMO, and fear of not getting out in time, which he labels NBO. He treats the low-volatility index as a proxy for investor psychology, saying the current setup suggests investors are rotating into higher-risk names on up days while rushing back into defensive stocks on down days. Using data since 1990, Paulsen says this signal has historically been linked to weaker forward returns for the S&P 500. He also says the sector mix tends to favor “old economy” groups over newer economy leaders when the spread drops into its lowest quartile, while technology and communication services have usually done better when the spread sits higher. His conclusion: if the spread remains depressed, investors may need to be more cautious on both the broader market and on tech-heavy leadership.