Financial Services

BMO Financial Group Increases Common Share Dividend by 3 cents from the prior quarter, up 6 per cent from the prior year

TORONTO, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) (NYSE:BMO) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $1.06 per share on paid-up common shares of Bank of Montreal for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 ("Q1 2020 Dividend"), a3 cent increase fro...

2019-12-03 21:58 12018

BMO Financial Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2019 Results

Financial Results Highlights Fourth Quarter 2019 Compared With Fourth Quarter 2018: * Net income4,5 of $1,194 million, down 30%, reflecting a restructuring charge in the current quarter and a benefit from the remeasurement of an employee benefit liability in the prior year; adjusted net income...

2019-12-03 21:48 12758

VolitionRx Limited Announces Proof of Concept Data in Lymphoma and Leukemia

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition") today announced results from its latest proof of concept study. A single pre-clinical Nu.Q™ assay utilizing a basic microtiter plate platform detected 80% of newly diagnosed Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma ("N...

2019-12-03 21:30 11797

IT Tech Packaging, Inc. Furthers Partnership with Its Pulp Paper Supplier Asia Symbol

BAODING, China, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- IT Tech Packaging, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ITP) ("IT Tech Packaging" or "the Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products inNorth China, today announced that the Company and Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd. ("As...

2019-12-03 21:00 12589

Ping An Receives Two Awards from Hong Kong Institute of Directors

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company ofChina, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or the "Group", HKEx:2318; SSE:601318) has received two awards at the Directors Of The Year Awards 2019, organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.Ping An's Board of D...

2019-12-03 20:20 13015

HH Global Announces Agreement by Blackstone to Make a £100m Strategic Minority Equity Investment

LONDON, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- HH Global (the "Company"), a leading global outsourced marketing execution provider, has reached an agreement with funds managed or advised by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities in relation to a £100m strategic minority equity investment in HH Global. Subject t...

2019-12-03 20:04 1031

Tarena Announces Management Change

BEIJING, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Tarena International, Inc. (Nasdaq: TEDU) ("Tarena" or the "Company") announced today that it had terminated a number of employees, including a vice president of the Company,effective on December 2, 2019. The Company took the action to follow the recommendati...

2019-12-03 18:00 12418

Daqo New Energy Receives "2019 Strategic Partner Award" from LONGi Green Energy

SHIHEZI, China, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) ("Daqo New Energy", the "Company" or "we"), a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry, today announced that it received the "2019 Strategic Partner Award" from LONGi Green Energy...

2019-12-03 17:00 12334

Xinhua Silk Road: Chinese Rural Revitalizing 2019 and 1st Forum on BRI Agricultural and Rural Development convened in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese Rural Revitalizing 2019 and the First Forum on Belt & Road Initiative Agricultural and Rural Development convened onDecember 1 in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Hosted by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, Nati...

2019-12-03 12:00 2551

McKay Brothers Adds Market Data Distribution in Mumbai at the Lowest Known Latency

UK and US-sourced futures market data available at Mumbai's BKC data center GENEVA, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- McKay Brothers International (MBI) announced an expansion of its lowest known latency market data services toIndia . The Quincy Extreme Data (QED) service now distributes select London ...

2019-12-03 11:00 3023

FinAccel Raises US$90m to Build and Expand a set of 'Fast, Affordable and Accessible' Financial Services in Southeast Asia

SINGAPORE, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore-headquartered FinAccel, a financial technology company that enables Indonesian consumers to buy online and pay later under the brand Kredivo, has raisedUS$90 million in a Series C equity funding round to expand inIndonesia and the region. The roun...

2019-12-03 10:00 2301

Visa signs up new partners to make it easier for fintechs to issue plastic and digital payment cards

SINGAPORE, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --  Visa, the world's leading digital payments technology company, has announced a series of new partners that will make it easier for fintechs to issue payment cards in physical plastic or digital formats. The four new partners have joined the Visa Fintech F...

2019-12-03 09:00 17857

AUB partners with Liquid Group to enable cross-border QR payments between Singapore and the Philippines

* Liquid Group expands its cross-border QR payment network to the Philippines through a strategic collaboration with Asia United Bank (AUB), one of the fastest-growing publicly-listed banks inthe Philippines that have acquired universal banking status. * The partnership will accelerate the ad...

2019-12-03 09:00 4043

OANDA hires David Grant as Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific

SINGAPORE, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A global leader in online multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics,OANDA  is pleased to announce the appointment of industry veteranDavid Grant as Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, he will be r...

2019-12-03 08:00 4152

UnionBank Takes Honours at Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards 2019 for Unscrambl-developed Technology

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Unscrambl , the company democratizing data discovery and insights consumption to accelerate the way businesses make decisions, announced today that its partner, Union Bank ofthe Philippines (UnionBank), has received the...

2019-12-03 08:00 3284

AQUMON helped CMB Wing Lung Bank Launch Hong Kong's First Retail Bank Based Robo Advisor

HONG KONG, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong-based fintech company AQUMON has partnered with CMB Wing Lung Bank to launch Wealth-Tech,Hong Kong's first retail bank based robo advisory offering that allows investors access to an automated mutual fund portfolio solution. By combining investmen...

2019-12-03 07:00 8604

HashKey Group and Velotrade Partner to Build Blockchain Platform for Trade Finance

HONG KONG, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to add trust, efficiency and speed to its trade finance platform which directly connects SMEs and professional investors, Velotrade Management Limited ("Velotrade") is collaborating with HashKey Digital Asset Group Limited ("HashKey") on implement...

2019-12-03 06:24 3259

underwrite.ai Leverages H2O.ai to Modernize Credit with AI

underwrite.ai Leads with H2O Driverless AI to Radically Outperform Traditional Credit Scorecards MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- H2O.ai, the open source leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, today announced that underwrite.ai, a global provider of a...

2019-12-03 06:00 1605

Artprice by ArtMarket.com: Hong Kong - Capital of the New Hi-Lite Movement - Remains Unperturbed!

PARIS, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong's art market has posted excellent auction results. Last Saturday, 23 November, Christie's finished its session of 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale with a total of more than$136 million. In 2018, the same session totaled just $52 million. ...

2019-12-03 02:51 6142

SAI Global Named a Leader in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Vendor Risk Management Tools

CHICAGO, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SAI Global, provider of the world's leading Risk platform SAI360 , today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Vendor Risk Management Tools[1]. Of...

2019-12-03 00:28 4456