ARLINGTON, Texas, Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agora Data, Inc. (“Agora” or the “Company”), a non-prime auto fintech and analytics platform, and Figure Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: FIGR) (“Figure”), a pioneer in blockchain-based capital markets infrastructure, today announced a strategic partnership to launch the first blockchain-enabled platform bringing U.S. auto loans to modern capital markets as tokenized real-world assets (RWAs).

The partnership marks a significant milestone in the evolution of consumer finance, combining Agora’s industry-leading AI-powered auto credit modeling and underwriting expertise with Figure’s blockchain infrastructure, securitization capabilities, and digital asset marketplace. Together, the companies are opening access to an asset class long dominated by banks and institutional investors.

Through the Figure platform, decentralized finance investors will be able to directly access, lend against, or purchase Agora-originated auto loans, creating new liquidity, transparency, security, and efficiency across the $1.6 trillion U.S. auto market.

Agora Data’s blockchain-based platform, ALTRUVO™, strengthens the Company’s diversified funding strategy by introducing a new, scalable capital source to meet increasing customer demand and better serve auto dealers and financial institutions. ALTRUVO™ will operate directly on the Figure platform leveraging Figure’s blockchain infrastructure, investor network, and marketplace technology to distribute Agora-originated auto loans as tokenized real-world assets.

“Auto loans represent one of the largest and most established consumer credit markets in the United States,” said Steve Burke, Chief Executive Officer of Agora Data. “By partnering with Figure, we are accelerating our growth and providing more capital to car dealerships while expanding access to auto loans through blockchain-based capital markets as an asset class on-chain for the first time. This collaboration adds to a growing list of firsts for Agora - enhancing liquidity, broadening investor participation, and accelerating real-world innovation.”

“Agora is a natural partner for Figure’s expansion into auto finance, given their deep auto industry expertise, AI-powered financing capabilities, and strong growth trajectory,” said Michael Tannenbaum, Chief Executive Officer at Figure. “Together, we represent two market-leading platforms with a shared conviction that auto finance is fertile ground for the evolution of blockchain-based structured finance.”

Highlights of the Strategic Partnership:

• First-Ever Blockchain-Based RWA Auto Loans: Agora Data becomes the first company to place U.S. auto loans on blockchain as tokenized real-world assets.
  
  
• Preferred Review Partner: Agora Data is the preferred third-party review partner for auto loan assets on the Figure platform, leveraging Agora’s proprietary AI-powered financing and underwriting technology.
  
  
• Figure Equity Investment: As a further strengthening of the partnership, Figure is also making an equity investment in Agora.
  
  
• Built on the Figure Platform: Agora Data’s blockchain-based auto platform, ALTRUVO™, will operate directly on Figure’s blockchain infrastructure, marketplace, and investor network.
  
  
• Expanded Investor Access: Decentralized finance investors can participate in auto loan-backed assets through the Figure application.
  
  
• Improved Capital Markets Efficiency: Blockchain-enabled distribution enhances transparency, scalability, and funding efficiency in a highly secured platform.
  
  
• Bridging Traditional and Decentralized Finance: The partnership accelerates the convergence of fintech, structured finance, and capital markets.
  

The Auto platform is expected to begin onboarding assets in March.

About Agora Data, Inc.

Agora Data, Inc. is a leading non-prime auto fintech innovator transforming access to capital across the automotive finance ecosystem. Through advanced AI-driven analytics, credit modeling, and capital markets expertise, Agora empowers loan originators to improve portfolio performance, unlock capital, and scale responsibly. Backed by deep automotive roots, Agora has delivered multiple industry firsts, including the industry’s first asset-pooled non-prime auto securitization in 2020, and continues to pioneer innovative structured finance and funding solutions for auto dealers, financial institutions, and investors through embedded finance products. Agora drives greater efficiency, transparency, and long-term performance in non-prime auto finance. For more information, visit www.agoradata.com or call 1-877-592-4672.

About Figure Technology Solutions

Figure Technology Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIGR) is a blockchain-native capital marketplace that seamlessly connects origination, funding, and secondary market activity. More than 250 partners use its loan origination system and capital marketplace. Collectively, Figure and its partners have originated over $22 billion of home equity to date, among other products, making Figure’s ecosystem the largest non-bank provider of home equity financing. The fastest growing components are Figure Connect, its consumer credit marketplace, and Democratized Prime, Figure’s on-chain lend-borrow marketplace. Figure's ecosystem also includes DART (Digital Asset Registry Technology) for asset custody and lien perfection, and $YLDS, an SEC-registered yield-bearing stablecoin that is issued by a tokenized face-amount certificate company, which is a type of registered investment company.

Figure is the market leader in real world asset (RWA) tokenization and its most recent securitization received a AAA rating from S&P and Moody’s, the first of its kind for blockchain finance. For more information, visit https://figure.com or follow Figure on LinkedIn.

Contacts:
press@figure.com
media@agoradata.com