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OBOOK Holdings Inc. (OWLS) and Hope for Haiti Power Cross-Border Humanitarian Aid with OwlPay Harbor Payment Infrastructure
As the world mobilizes $33 billion in humanitarian aid for 2026, Hope for Haiti adopts OwlPay Harbor’s global payment infrastructure to ensure every dollar
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[{"type":"text","content":"As the world mobilizes $33 billion in humanitarian aid for 2026, Hope for Haiti adopts OwlPay Harbor’s global payment infrastructure to ensure every dollar reaches the front lines with radical transparency and speed\n Photo: Hope for Haiti’s healthcare program provides medical consultations, nutrition support, illness screening and management, and essential treatment for vulnerable Haitian families, with funding now expedited through OwlPay Harbor. ARLINGTON, Va., March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OBOOK Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: OWLS) (“OwlTing” or the \"Company\"), a global fintech company operating as the OwlTing Group, today announced that Hope for Haiti, a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of life for the Haitian people, particularly women and children, has adopted OwlPay Harbor1 to modernize its cross-border humanitarian financial pipeline. By integrating OwlPay Harbor, OwlTing’s payment infrastructure, Hope for Haiti can now convert U.S. dollars to a regulated dollar-pegged digital currency2. This allows the organization to move funds across borders securely, bypassing the slow and costly processes of traditional banking. This integration ensures that critical funding for initiatives such as healthcare, education, and clean water reaches Haitian communities faster and more cost-effectively. For an organization with high institutional transparency ratings, Hope for Haiti benefits from complete traceability of international transfers. Every dollar moved through OwlPay Harbor is securely recorded on a public distributed ledger, allowing Hope for Haiti to prove to donors that funds are reaching their destination intact, shielded from the hidden fees of traditional intermediary banks. To date, the collaboration has facilitated over $100,000 USD in pilot transactions, supporting the organization's massive and growing remittance needs as part of a broader initiative to improve efficiency in humanitarian funding flows. “Today, more than half of Haiti’s population, over 5.7 million people, are facing acute food insecurity, and hundreds of thousands of children are at risk of severe malnutrition,” said Skyler Badenoch, CEO at Hope for Haiti. “In an environment where hunger continues to rise, and families struggle to put food on the table, every dollar must reach the communities that need it most. Transparency in ...