OCAL Financial Describes CBIS, the System That Runs Its Operations and Data

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 18, 2026) - OCAL Financial Inc. (TSXV: OCAL)("OCAL" or the "Company") today described CBIS, the centralized system that runs its operations and holds its data, and the reason the Company treats it as core infrastructure rather than back-office software.

CBIS brings customer management, desking, approvals, delivery and trade-in together in one platform, with a central data store behind it that powers real-time decisions, pricing inputs, compliance logging and audit trails. Rather than stitching together off-the-shelf CRM and dealer-management tools, OCAL runs the whole business on one system built for vehicle transactions, with financing, sourcing and logistics in the same loop.

The reason that matters is that generic software was never designed for this business. A standard CRM does not know how to structure a lender file, and a standard dealer-management system does not know how to route an application to the right lender or coordinate a remote delivery. Companies that bolt those tools together end up with gaps between them, and gaps are where errors, delays and lost files happen. Building one system for the whole workflow closes those gaps.

This is not a concept. The first version of CBIS has run the business since 2023, through more than a thousand funded deals. A larger version is in development as part of the Company's technology roadmap, with a plan to roll it out across partner channels over time.

It is worth being concrete about what this enables. When a customer applies, CBIS can take the application, run it through credit routing, present the right lender options, generate the contract, schedule the delivery and record every step, with no handoff between separate tools where information gets lost. That is only possible because one system spans the whole transaction rather than a chain of disconnected programs.

The data that builds up inside CBIS is, over time, one of the Company's most valuable assets. It is a record of which customers, files and vehicles led to which outcomes, and that history is something a competitor cannot simply buy. Software can be licensed; a track record of real deals cannot, and that is what makes the system progressively smarter as it runs.

For a company that sits between retail and consumer finance, being able to show its work is not a convenience, it is a requirement. Because every decision, signature and transaction inside CBIS is recorded and traceable, the business is straightforward to audit for lenders and regulators, and it is ready for the kind of diligence that partners and investors expect. As OCAL grows, that visibility is what lets it add volume without losing sight of a single file.

CBIS also sits underneath OCAL's other systems, including the voice platform and the credit and lender-routing engine, so information captured at any point in the customer journey is available to improve decisions everywhere else. A signal picked up on a first call can inform how the file is packaged for a lender, and the outcome of that file can inform how the next similar customer is handled. Every deal that runs through the system leaves it a little smarter, which is a quiet but real advantage that builds over time.

Because the platform is owned rather than licensed from a third party, OCAL controls its own roadmap. It can add a feature the business needs without waiting on an outside vendor, which matters as the Company enters new markets with their own rules and lender behaviours.

"For a company that touches financing, control and auditability are not afterthoughts. They are the product," said Matthew Friesen, Chairman of OCAL. "CBIS is what lets us scale volume without losing visibility, and it is what makes the business ready for diligence."

"Every deal that runs through CBIS makes the next one smarter," added Mr. Friesen. "That build-up is a core part of the long-term case for the Company."

About OCAL

OCAL Financial Inc. is an asset-light, AI-native virtual automotive dealership and vehicle-finance platform. Operating remotely and licensed in British Columbia and Alberta, OCAL moves customers from application to approval, vehicle matching, digital contracting and delivery in a single workflow. Rather than carrying owned inventory, OCAL sources each vehicle only after a customer is approved, drawing on the OPENLANE auction network and select partners. OCAL earns revenue from vehicle sales and related finance and protection products, and does not hold consumer loans or assume credit-default risk. Its technology stack, which includes workflow orchestration, a lender-routing credit-intelligence system, voice AI, and a centralized business-intelligence system, is built specifically for automotive transactions.

To learn more about OCAL, visit www.ocalfinancial.ca.

Cautionary Notes

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