YYForce Expands 24iFM With Services Marketplace and Lifestyle Advertising

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-08 · by GlobeNewswire, Inc.

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YYForce Inc., an AI-enabled workforce management platform, is expanding its 24iFM service to include a marketplace for household services and lifestyle advertising in Singapore. This move integrates estate management with on-demand services and merchant promotions under one digital platform, aiming to generate revenue through transaction commissions, service fees, and advertising income from participating merchants. The expansion follows projections by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company that Southeast Asia’s digital economy will exceed $300 billion in gross merchandise value by 2025.
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YYForce Inc., a company listed on NASDAQ as YFOR, announced on October 8, 2026 the commercial expansion of its 24iFM platform. This expansion integrates estate management, on-demand household services, and lifestyle merchant promotions into one digital space called the Services Marketplace. The move aims to capitalize on Southeast Asia's growing digital economy, which is projected by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company’s e-Conomy SEA 2025 report to exceed US$300 billion in gross merchandise value in 2025.

YYForce plans to generate revenue through transaction commissions, service fees, and merchant advertising. The company operates across Asia and provides AI-enabled workforce management alongside integrated facility management services. This strategic move represents a significant step towards diversifying YYForce’s income streams beyond its core IFM operations.

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24iFM Google IFM Lifestyle YYForce

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YYForce ORG · 8× 24iFM ORG · 3× IFM ORG · 3× SINGAPORE GPE · 3× Bain & Company ORG · 1× Company ORG · 1× Google ORG · 1× Temasek ORG · 1× YFOR ORG · 1× YYForce Inc. ORG · 1×

Narrative

- Commercial Pathway: Transaction commissions and service fees, together with merchant advertising and promotional revenue, create potential digital revenue streams alongside YYForce’s existing IFM operations. SINGAPORE, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — YYForce Inc. (NASDAQ: YFOR) (“YYForce” or the “Company”), an AI-enabled workforce management platform and integrated facility management (“IFM”) provider operating across Asia and beyond, today announced the commercial expansion of 24iFM through its Services Marketplace and Lifestyle advertising capabilities (the “Expansion”).
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🔮 - Regional Digital Growth: Google, Temasek and Bain & Company’s e-Conomy SEA 2025 report projected Southeast Asia’s digital economy to exceed US$300 billion in gross merchandise value in 2025.
2026-10-09 · Toronto Star
YYForce Expands 24iFM With Services Marketplace and Lifestyle Advertising · assertive framing

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- Strategic Milestone: Commercial expansion of 24iFM brings estate management, on-demand household services and lifestyle merchant promotions together in one digital platform. asserted
expansion → bring → platform
- Regional Digital Growth: Google, Temasek and Bain & Company’s e-Conomy SEA 2025 report projected Southeast Asia’s digital economy to exceed US$300 billion in gross merchandise value in 2025. asserted
economy → project → 2025
- Commercial Pathway: Transaction commissions and service fees, together with merchant advertising and promotional revenue, create potential digital revenue streams alongside YYForce’s existing IFM operations. SINGAPORE, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — YYForce Inc. (NASDAQ: YFOR) (“YYForce” or the “Company”), an AI-enabled workforce management platform and integrated facility management (“IFM”) provider operating across Asia and beyond, today announced the commercial expansion of 24iFM through its Services Marketplace and Lifestyle advertising capabilities (the “Expansion”). asserted
Inc. → create → capabilities
The Expansion brings estate administration, on-demand household services and merchant promotions together in one digital platform. asserted
Expansion → bring → platform
The Expansion introduces two potential digital revenue channels alongside YYForce’s existing IFM operations: commissions or service fees from qualifying completed marketplace transactions, and advertising and promotional revenue from participating merchants. asserted
Expansion → introduce → merchants
Revenue generation will depend on user adoption, completed transactions and commercial agreements with providers and merchants. asserted
generation → depend → providers
24iFM Services Marketplace and Lifestyle interface Facility Management to a Digital Services Marketplace 24iFM integrates functions that have traditionally operated through separate systems. asserted
that → integrate → systems
The platform brings together everyday estate and facility management functions — including facility bookings, visitor registration, digital forms, payments and estate communications — with an expanding marketplace of household and property-related services. asserted
platform → bring → services
Through the 24iFM Services Marketplace, users can discover and book participating service providers. asserted
users → discover → providers
YYForce expects to participate in qualifying service activity generated through the platform by charging commissions or service fees, subject to applicable commercial arrangements. asserted
YYForce → expect → arrangements
Lifestyle Adds a Digital Advertising Channel asserted
Lifestyle → add → Channel
Alongside the Services Marketplace, YYForce is expanding the 24iFM Lifestyle experience to connect users with participating merchants and service providers across categories such as wellness, education, beauty, health, pet services, sports and other lifestyle segments. asserted
YYForce → expand → wellness
The Lifestyle capability is designed to create an additional advertising-based revenue opportunity. asserted
capability → design → opportunity
Potential advertising products include featured merchant placements, sponsored category positions, promotional campaigns and other forms of paid digital visibility. asserted
products → include → visibility
Two Monetization Channels in One Digital Ecosystem The commercial expansion of 24iFM introduces a complementary digital revenue architecture alongside YYForce’s existing facility management operations. asserted
expansion → introduce → operations
The Services Marketplace is designed to support transaction-based commissions or service fees, while Lifestyle is designed to support advertising and promotional revenue from participating merchants. asserted
Lifestyle → design → merchants
Together, these capabilities are intended to extend the economic potential of YYForce’s property relationships by creating opportunities for digital commercial activity within the communities it serves. asserted
it → intend → communities
“24iFM extends our relationship with properties beyond traditional facility management,” said Mike Fu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of YYForce. asserted
Fu → extend → YYForce
“By connecting property users with service providers and merchants through one digital platform, we are building additional transaction and advertising revenue opportunities around our existing IFM footprint. asserted
we → connect → footprint
As adoption expands, our objective is to increase the number of commercial interactions that can occur through the 24iFM ecosystem.” asserted
that → expand → ecosystem
Market Context in Singapore and Southeast Asia Singapore provides an initial market for property-connected digital services. asserted
Singapore → provide → services
According to the Singapore Department of Statistics, Singapore had 381,996 condominiums and other apartments as of June 2026. uncertain
Singapore → accord → June
This housing stock provides context for the types of residential communities 24iFM is designed to serve; it does not represent the Company’s onboarded households or customers. asserted
it → provide → households
24iFM’s expansion takes place against a backdrop of growing regional digital adoption. asserted
expansion → take → adoption
According to the e-Conomy SEA 2025 report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company, Southeast Asia’s digital economy was projected to exceed US$300 billion in gross merchandise value in 2025. uncertain
economy → accord → 2025
This broader market figure provides context for regional digital commerce and is not an estimate of 24iFM’s addressable market or expected revenue. asserted
figure → provide → market
24iFM’s commercial scope is anchored in its property-connected ecosystem. asserted
scope → anchor → ecosystem
The platform’s monetization potential will depend on adoption across participating residential and commercial communities, the frequency of completed service bookings, commercial agreements with providers and demand for paid merchant promotions. asserted
potential → depend → promotions
Scaling the 24iFM Ecosystem YYForce intends to progressively expand the range of participating service providers, service categories, merchants and commercial offerings available through 24iFM based on market demand and platform adoption. asserted
YYForce → scale → demand
As additional properties, users, service providers and merchants participate in the ecosystem, 24iFM is designed to support a growing range of interactions without requiring each new commercial opportunity to operate as a standalone facility management contract. asserted
24iFM → participate → contract
The commercialization of 24iFM forms part of YYForce’s broader strategy to combine its operational presence with technology, automation and digital platforms. asserted
commercialization → form → technology
Within this ecosystem, 24iFM is intended to serve as a digital interaction layer connecting facility operations with everyday services and commercial activity. asserted
24iFM → intend → services
Figures are projections published on November 11, 2025. asserted
Figures → publish → November
YYForce Inc. (Nasdaq: YFOR) is an AI-enabled workforce management platform and integrated facility management provider headquartered in Singapore and operating across Asia and beyond. asserted
Inc. → enable → Asia
The Company’s intelligent workforce solutions platform, YY Circle, helps clients across hospitality, food and beverage, retail and other service sectors predict, plan and optimize workforce deployment. asserted
clients → help → deployment
In YYForce’s IFM business, its 24iFM software platform and comprehensive IFM subsidiary portfolio support clients across hospitality, transportation, banking, retail and mixed-use facilities. asserted
platform → support → hospitality
As both business lines scale, the Company is systematically embedding AI and automation capabilities — progressing from intelligent decision support toward increasingly autonomous workforce management — to improve service quality, reduce deployment costs and drive long-term margin expansion. asserted
Company → scale → expansion
Listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, YYForce is committed to infrastructure innovation, measurable client outcomes and long-term value creation. asserted
YYForce → list → innovation
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. asserted
release → contain → 1934
The Company bases these forward-looking statements on its expectations and projections about future events derived from information currently available to it. asserted
Company → base → it
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