SINGAPORE, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- WIDTH is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted for Compliance AI Solution of the Year at the ICA Compliance Awards APAC 2026.
The ICA Compliance Awards celebrate outstanding achievements, collaboration, and innovation across the global compliance and financial crime prevention community.
Following a thorough judging process, WIDTH has been shortlisted ahead of the official online awards presentation to be held on 21 July 2026.
The judging panel was made up of a diverse range of highly influential and respected figures within the compliance and financial crime prevention community. This includes Esme Hodson, Member & Chief Compliance Officer, SC Ventures; Preeti Khasturi, Market Head of Risk & Compliance (South Asia & Australasia), TMF Group; Teng Kuan Siong, Client Outreach Manager, Director, Bank of America; Li Yi Yeoh, Head of Compliance Technology, UOB; Manish Bisht, Financial Crime & Compliance, Concentrix; and more.
WIDTH's entry for Compliance AI Solution of the Year highlighted its All-in-One Compliance and Risk Decision Intelligence Platform, designed to help regulated organisations manage financial crime and compliance risks through connected workflows, explainable risk scoring, AI-assisted case review, and auditable evidence management. The solution supports compliance teams across onboarding, screening, transaction monitoring, case management, review, and audit preparation, with human reviewers retaining final decision authority.
Chye Kit Chionh, Co-Founder & CEO of WIDTH, commented:
"We are honoured to be shortlisted for Compliance AI Solution of the Year at the ICA Compliance Awards APAC 2026. This recognition reflects the hard work of the WIDTH team in building practical, auditable, and AI-native compliance solutions for regulated businesses across APAC. Our focus remains on helping compliance teams connect data, workflows, evidence, and human judgement in a clear and accountable process."
ICA's President, Pekka Dare, commented:
"On behalf of ICA, I would like to personally thank everyone who entered the ICA Compliance Awards APAC. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate WIDTH on being shortlisted as a finalist in the category of Compliance AI Solution of the Year. All of the entrants represent the very best of what our industry has to offer, and I am looking forward to welcoming all our finalists to the awards presentation online on 21 July."
The selected winners will be announced during the online awards presentation on 21 July 2026.
About the ICA Compliance Awards
The ICA Compliance Awards recognise and celebrate internal compliance and financial crime prevention teams who go above and beyond to collaborate, innovate, and raise compliance standards across the globe. These awards promote best practice, champion the profession, and highlight the importance of compliance and financial crime prevention in today's constantly changing regulatory, geopolitical, and business environment.
About ICA
The International Compliance Association (ICA) is the leading professional body for the global regulatory and financial crime compliance community. Since 2001, ICA has enhanced the knowledge, skills, and behaviour of over 160,000 professionals, either through its internationally recognised portfolio of professional qualifications, awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester, or through accredited in-company training.
About WIDTH
WIDTH is an All-in-One Compliance and Risk Decision Intelligence Platform built to help regulated businesses identify, assess, and manage financial crime and compliance risks across the customer lifecycle. The platform connects onboarding, screening, transaction monitoring, case management, AI-assisted review, and audit evidence into one unified workflow. Headquartered in Singapore, WIDTH supports financial institutions, fintechs, digital asset businesses, payment companies, corporate service providers, and other regulated organisations across APAC.
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WIDTH Shortlisted for Compliance AI Solution of the Year at ICA Compliance Awards APAC 2026
MUNICH, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sungrow, the globally leading PV inverter and energy storage system provider, released its S+ Energy Storage Multi-Scenario White Paper at Intersolar Europe 2026. The white paper introduces a new framework to address the industry's most pressing challenges: delivering energy storage solutions that truly meet the diverse and evolving demands of real-world applications.
Energy Storage Moves Beyond One-Size-Fits-All
As energy storage is deployed across more applications, scenario differences are becoming more fundamental. Use cases such as renewable energy bases, AI data centers, PV-storage-charging stations, zero-carbon industrial parks, and off-grid microgrids each require distinctly different system capabilities and value priorities.
Even within generation-side storage, the logic can vary significantly. Renewable energy integration often requires longer-duration shifting, while grid-forming applications demand fast response and enhanced stability support. Emerging applications such as green hydrogen production further depend on tight coordination among power generation, storage, and electrolyzers.
These differences are no longer only about capacity, power rating, or duration. They reflect different operating conditions, grid constraints, and value objectives. The White Paper states that the era of using one standardized product to serve all scenarios is coming to an end.
The industry has widely discussed "scenario + energy storage," yet many solutions still follow a product-led approach — applying standardized systems to diverse projects, or relying on on-site hardware assembly and temporary tuning. Such models may enable deployment, but often struggle to match real project requirements or deliver long-term value.
"S+": Scenario, Synergy, Sustain
Sungrow's answer is embodied in the name S+, standing for Scenario, Synergy, and Sustain: scenario-defined solutions, native system synergy, and sustained value delivery. The White Paper calls for a shift from "applying products to scenarios" to "defining solutions by scenarios." True scenario-based design does not imply building every system from scratch; rather, it relies on a robust and reusable technological foundation to quickly configure the best solutions for different scenarios.
This approach reflects three core shifts:
- Scenario defines the solution
At the core of S+ is a simple principle: scenario defines solution. Instead of treating storage as a physical add-on, S+ starts by deeply understanding the value logic, operating constraints, and lifecycle objectives of each scenario, then defines the role of energy storage accordingly.
- Native synergy, not assembly
S+ also emphasizes native synergy, rather than patchwork integration. As projects involve more devices, vendors, and control systems, coordination becomes harder. Sungrow aims to build synergy into the system from the beginning through full-chain design, unified logic, and integrated system architecture.
- Sustained value delivery, not one-time handover
S+ focuses on sustained value. Energy storage projects must operate reliably, adapt to changing market rules, and continue creating value throughout their lifecycle. By integrating scenario-based operation strategies, lifecycle O&M, and global service capabilities, Sungrow helps customers turn energy storage from a delivered project into a long-term value-generating asset.
A Unified Foundation for Diverse Scenarios
At the heart of S+ is a set of cross-scenario, reusable foundational capabilities, built on what Sungrow calls the "S+ Dual-Engine Foundation":
- Product Engine: Built on broad categories, extensive product series and shared design principles, enabling solutions to be configured accurately and operate smoothly across different applications.
- Platform Engine: Connecting the full value chain, from scenario insight, configuration and simulation to R&D, lean manufacturing, testing, operation and maintenance.
In essence, Sungrow uses the certainty of its foundation to offset the uncertainty of scenarios.
This capability is underpinned by nearly 30 years of expertise in the industry, over 1,000 GW of global engineering experience, and full-chain in-house R&D across wind, PV, storage, EV charging, hydrogen, and AI data center applications.
"With every stage connected, Sungrow has formed a chain of capabilities: insight defines needs, configuration generates solutions, simulation validates feasibility, R&D realizes designs, manufacturing ensures consistency, testing safeguards quality, operation delivers returns, and maintenance secures performance," said Dr. Cai Zhuang, General Manager of the Product Business Center at Sungrow Energy Storage Business Unit.
With S+, Sungrow delivers not a single storage system, but sustainable value designed for the uncertain scenarios of today and tomorrow. The S+ Energy Storage Multi-Scenario White Paper is now available on the company's official website. Please click the link: https://official-overseas-www.sungrowpower.com/en/white-paper
Contact:
Sungrow
Scarlett Rong
rongtianjiao@sungrowpower.com
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Sungrow Releases S+ Energy Storage Multi-Scenario White Paper
