<img src="https://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/2ef90f72-88f6-4941-ad74-e16f0380ad2e?size=2" nborder="0" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="5" title="aurora-mobile.png" alt="Aurora Mobile Limited"/>SINGAPORE, July 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aurora Mobile Limited (NASDAQ: JG) ("Aurora Mobile" or the "Company"), a leading provider of customer engagement and marketing technology services, today announced that Mocasa, a top digital lending and payment platform in the Philippines, has successfully implemented EngageLab’s advanced OTP authentication solution to strengthen security and optimize user experience. As the Southeast Asian fintech market continues to boom, global expansion and localized development for digital lending platforms have entered a new phase of high-quality development focused on risk control and user experience. To deliver a more secure and seamless financial service experience for Philippine users while effectively optimizing operational costs, Mocasa, a reputable digital lending platform operated by Philippine Cashtrout Lending Corporation, has launched an in-depth partnership with EngageLab, the AI-native customer engagement platform under Aurora Mobile. Mocasa has fully deployed EngageLab’s enterprise-grade OTP solution across its business ecosystem. Business Evolution: Balancing Premium Fintech Experience and Cost Efficiency For Mocasa, a leading fintech enterprise centered on financial inclusion, OTP (One-Time Password) is far more than a simple SMS verification tool. It serves as the primary gateway for users to access digital financial services and a core line of defense for all transaction security. As the platform’s user base expands exponentially, Mocasa’s operations team encountered three key business challenges: <ul type="disc"><li>Conversion Drop-offs Caused by Network Instability: The complex telecom network environment across parts of Southeast Asia often triggers delays in traditional SMS verification codes, directly lowering new user registration conversion rates.</li><li>Stringent Multi-Scenario Security Verification Requirements: High-frequency scenarios including account logins, credit approvals, and fund payments require millisecond-level secure verification responses to ensure optimal user experience and full fund security.</li><li>Cost Optimization for Refined Operations: Traditional SMS channels adopt a send-volume-based billing model instead of a success-rate-based mechanism, inevitably resulting in resource waste. Amid explosive business growth, this inflexible pricing model could no longer support Mocasa’s goals of refined user acquisition and long-term operational cost optimization. </li></ul> Solution Implementation: Perfect Synergy Between Intelligent Routing and Transparent Billing To build a more scalable and cost-efficient identity verification infrastructure, Mocasa partnered with EngageLab by Aurora Mobile to deploy a tailored enterprise-grade OTP solution, achieving comprehensive upgrades to its full verification funnel: <ul type="disc"><li>Omnichannel Synergy with “Backbone + Backup” Mechanism: Tailored for the Philippine market, EngageLab integrates mainstream channels including SMS, WhatsApp, and voice verification. The system intelligently optimizes delivery routes based on real-time user network status. It prioritizes OTP delivery via WhatsApp and seamlessly switches to premium local SMS channels within milliseconds for unread messages, eliminating regional delivery blind spots completely.</li><li>Performance-Based Billing to Eliminate Cost Burdens: Platform service fees are solely calculated based on the final number of successful verifications, enabling Mocasa to pay strictly for valid results. Additionally, EngageLab offers periodic promotional perks such as platform fee waivers, maximizing Mocasa’s overall cost-effectiveness.</li></ul> Experience Upgrade: Comprehensive Empowerment from Reducing User Atrophy to Releasing Operational Profits The upgraded foundational verification infrastructure has brought immediate and tangible business benefits to Mocasa’s full-lifecycle operations: <ul type="disc"><li>Optimized Onboarding Experience to Drive Sustained Registration Growth: Powered by EngageLab’s globally distributed nodes and proximity routing technology, verification delays caused by cross-border network congestion have been significantly reduced. The instant and stable OTP delivery ensures high fill-back rates, effectively resolving new user drop-off risks during onboarding and streamlining the entire registration process.</li><li>Consolidated Security Barriers and Optimized Payment Experience: Ultra-low-latency secure verification eliminates waiting friction during payment procedures. Users enjoy higher convenience and security when accessing digital credit and mobile payment services. The optimized interactive experience effectively boosts the daily usage frequency of financial tools and overall platform activity.</li><li>Precise Budget Allocation to Maximize ROI: The success-rate-based billing model enables Mocasa to invest every operational budget unit in effective user reach. While maintaining premium service delivery standards, the platform avoids unnecessary cost waste, supporting steady and confident large-scale business expansion. </li></ul> Conclusion In the global wave of digital finance innovation, superior user experience and rigorous fund security act as twin engines for sustainable brand development. The in-depth collaboration between Mocasa and EngageLab proves that high-performance, cost-efficient OTP verification infrastructure has become a core competitive advantage for leading global fintech enterprises, empowering continuous service upgrade and market growth. About EngageLab EngageLab is an AI-first customer engagement platform that helps you build stronger customer relationships with AI agents, unified customer data, and reliable delivery across channels. For more information, please contact: marketing@engagelab.com About Aurora Mobile Limited Founded in 2011, Aurora Mobile (NASDAQ: JG) is a leading provider of customer engagement and marketing technology services. The Company is dedicated to empowering global enterprises with stable, efficient, and intelligent customer interaction solutions. Leveraging its first-mover advantage in mobile messaging, Aurora Mobile has evolved into a comprehensive platform that integrates Omnichannel Engagement, AI-Driven Marketing, Advanced AI Customer Support, and Frictionless Identity Security. Through its flagship brand EngageLab and its robust AI infrastructure GPTBots.ai, the Company helps businesses achieve seamless customer reach, automate complex marketing journeys, and optimize service efficiency with AI agents, accelerating digital transformation for clients worldwide. 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