Banking/Financial Service

Survey: Six in 10 Singapore businesses are in survival mode with pandemic volatility, yet optimistic for the future

SINGAPORE, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost six in 10 (59%) Singapore business leaders describe their companies as surviving, with new waves of COVID-19 being their main challenge in 2021. In fact, 41% had considered closing their businesses from January toAugust 2021 due to pandemic volatilit...

2021-10-04 09:00 3814

Aryza Expands Global Reach To Launch Aryza Australia

DUBLIN, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aryza , expert developers of software solutions for the insolvency, credit and debt recovery sectors has today increased its global reach, with the launch of Aryza Australia. The announcement comes off the back of the acquisition of Au...

2021-10-04 05:00 2682

Farmmi Issues CEO Update Letter; Expands Addressable Market Through Acquisition; Increased Growth and Expanded Opportunities

In the news release, Farmmi Issues CEO Update Letter; Expands Addressable Market Through Acquisition; Increased Growth and Expanded Opportunities, issued 29-Sep-2021 by Farmmi, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that certain websites posted the press release without all the neces...

2021-10-04 02:50 11318

Joy Spreader Group Buys Back HK$120 Million Worth of Shares for Inclusion in its Share Incentive Plan

BEIJING, Oct. 3, 2021 /PR Newswire/ -- Joy Spreader Group (HKG: 6988, "the Group") announced onSeptember 30, 2021 that the trustee of the Group's Share Incentive Plan had purchased 42.35 million of its shares from the market for a total consideration of someHK$120 million (approx. US$15.6 million...

2021-10-03 20:06 14077

EQT appoints Heads of Private Equity and Infrastructure in Japan

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- EQT is pleased to announce two new senior hires,Tetsuro Onitsuka who joins as Head of EQT Private Equity Japan, and Masahiko Kato who joins as Head of EQT Infrastructure Japan. Tetsuro and Masahiko will continue to build theTokyo-based team with both local a...

2021-10-02 12:13 14917

CBDCs are Designed to be Very Stable; Majority of Central Banks Exploring CBDCs: IMF

NEW DELHI and MUMBAI, India, Oct. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- "About 80-100 Central Banks around the world, including G20 nations, are exploring the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and are in some sort of pilot or testing stages,"Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director Monetary and Capi...

2021-10-02 12:07 9638

CoinGeek Cocktail Party

Special guests Adrian Grenier & Emily Ratajkowski NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CoinGeek will be hosting the first BSV Blockchain ** Auction and Cocktail Party on the eve of the latest CoinGeek Conference, which showcases the amazing opportunities on BSV, the largest utility public bloc...

2021-10-02 11:20 3558

CStone presents ARROW study data for GAVRETO® (pralsetinib) in Chinese patients with RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) for the first time in a late breaking oral abstract session at the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association 2021

* Primary efficacy results showed GAVRETO had robust and durable anti-tumor activity in the Chinese patients with advanced or metastatic RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), with a confirmed objective response rate (ORR) of 73.1%. And the 9-month duration of response (DOR) rate was 100% ...

2021-10-02 08:30 10415

Joy Spreader Group to Invest Additional HK$2.898 Million to Repurchase 1.178 Million of its Own Shares

BEIJING, Oct. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Joy Spreader (HKG: 6988, "the Group") announced an additional investment ofHK$2.898 million (approx.US$376,700) to buy back 1.178 million of its shares at a price ofHK$2.46 per share (approx. US$0.32) on September 30. Combined with the shares repurchased on ...

2021-10-02 07:26 19223

Joy Spreader Group Repurchases 989,000 of its Own Shares for HK$2.137 Million

BEIJING, Oct. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Joy Spreader Group Inc. (HKG: 6988; "the Group") announced on September 29 the repurchase of 989,000 shares of its own stock for a total consideration ofHK$2.137 million (approx. US$277,800) at prices ranging fromHK$2.14 (approx. US$0.27) to HK$2.19 (approx. ...

2021-10-02 07:23 19331

Global Infrastructure Partners Announces Preferred Equity Investment in Easton Energy

NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP") announced that it has made a preferred equity investment of up to$245 million in Easton Energy LLC ("Easton"). Easton is a Houston based midstream company focused on developing infrastructure assets that support the t...

2021-10-02 04:02 3866

Guardforce AI Co., Ltd. Announces Closing of $15 Million Underwritten Public Offering

NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Guardforce AI Co., Ltd. ("Guardforce" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: GFAI, GFAIW), an integrated security solutions provider in Asia, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 3,614,458 units ("Units"), with each uni...

2021-10-02 00:00 18828

BRI's Rights Issue Oversubscribed, Raises IDR 95.9 Trillion in Funding

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (IDX: BBRI)has raised IDR 95.9 trillion from the issuance of IDR 28.2 billion rights issue for Ultra Micro Holding's establishment. The figure has shown a great achievement with oversubscribed rights issue, as...

2021-10-01 18:45 21362

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Launches East Malaysia Crude Palm Oil Futures (FEPO)

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad ("Bursa Malaysia Derivatives") will be launching the East Malaysia Crude Palm Oil Futures ("FEPO") Contract to meet the evolving needs of theSabah and Sarawak palm oil market players for greater price transpare...

2021-10-01 17:30 4289

Simple2Trade pivots to FYNXT to usher in a new era of digital transformation in financial services

SINGAPORE, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Simple2Trade today unveiled a transformation in its brand to purposefully reflect the transition from a purely functional to a deeply experiential product and solution set. The company, now known as FYNXT (aka FINNEXT), offers vertically integrated digital ...

2021-10-01 10:00 4025

Flex By Finaxar Continues Mission to Eliminate Friction in B2B Payments For SMEs

SINGAPORE, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital payments, and managing finance on digital platforms is now the new norm. Especially for cash-tight SMEs, an agile money management service is crucial to increasing overall efficiency.

2021-10-01 09:00 4599

Guangzhou's Huangpu district releases new promotional video

GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Huangpu district in Guangzhou, South China, known as the northern pearl in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), released its latest promotional video "Enjoy the Wonderful Huangpu" onOctober 1st. The video by the Publicity Departmen...

2021-10-01 08:00 2140

Mach49 Expands Singapore Hub to Further Advance Corporate Venture Building in Asia

Mach49 appointed as a venture studio of the Corporate Venture Launchpad, a programme by the Singapore Economic Development Board SINGAPORE and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mach49 , the growth incubator for global businesses, announced its appointment as a venture stud...

2021-10-01 06:00 3564

Meaningful Partners Announces Strategic Growth Investment in Active Apparel Group

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Meaningful Partners LLC (together with certain affiliates, "Meaningful"), a Los-Angeles based private equity firm, announced today the completion of a strategic growth investment in Active Apparel Group ("AAG" or the "Company"), a leading, socially-respon...

2021-10-01 04:50 2481

Tarena Delivers Notice of Intent to Terminate Merger Agreement Due to Breach by Parent and Merger Sub

BEIJING, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tarena International, Inc. (Nasdaq: TEDU) ("Tarena" or the "Company"), a leading provider of adult professional education and childhood & adolescent quality education services inChina, today announced that it has delivered a written notice to Kidedu Holding...

2021-10-01 04:15 20062