Banking/Financial Service
HeveaConnect and SNV partner to develop agronomy training modules for natural rubber smallholders in Indonesia
SINGAPORE, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- HeveaConnect (HC) has partnered with theSNV Netherlands Development Organization to develop HeveaGROW digital agronomy training modules for rubber smallholders inIndonesia. The objective of this initiative is to make agronomy training accessible to more ru...
LFX launched to capitalize on new digital opportunities transforming the retail industry and enabling supply chain sustainability
HONG KONG and SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- With the rapid evolution of the retail industry shaped by digital technologies and complex consumer demands, the parent company of Li & Fung Limited, the world's leading supply chain orchestrator, today launched a new company – LFX – to c...
Citi Asia Pacific Wins Best Bank and Digital Bank of the Year from The Asset Magazine
HONG KONG, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Citi Asia Pacific was recently named Best Bank and Digital Bank of the Year by The Asset Magazine, recognizing Citi's franchise in the region for its performance, resiliency, and acceleration of digital banking. In its Triple A Sustainable Capital Mar...
Legal departments face rising tide of challenges in their transformation efforts, EY Law and Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession survey finds
LONDON, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal departments across the globe are facing a mounting list of operational challenges as they look to transform in the wake of complex digital and regulatory change, according to the 2021 EY Law Survey, which was conducted in collaboration with the Harvard ...
Service Learning Programme Prepares Students Professionally and Gives Back to Dominica
LONDON, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Since 2019, Dominican students have been gaining work experience and giving back to the country through the Dominica State College's Service Learning Programme. The programme is a prerequisite for undergraduates, which encourages students to complete two hund...
BMO Announces Two New Directors and Confirms Election of Board of Directors
TORONTO, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of Montreal (BMO) (TSX:BMO) (NYSE:BMO) today announced the election ofMadhu Ranganathan and Stephen Dent to BMO's board of directors following its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. "We are pleased to welcome Steve and Madhu to the Board of Directors," sai...
The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) Announces Its Transformation into A Holding Company (Saudi Tadawul Group) In Preparation for IPO
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- * Four subsidiaries under the umbrella of the new Group, focused on growth and innovation * The launch of (Saudi Exchange) a dedicated stock exchange company, and (Wamid), an applied technology solutions company aimed at strengthening the G...
MoneyGram Announces Three-Year Extension to Partnership with SBI Remit in Japan
TOKYO, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MoneyGram International, Inc, a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, today announced a three-year extension to its partnership with SBI Remit Co., Ltd., one of the Company's key partners inJapan. For over a decade, MoneyGram and SBI ...
OTC Markets Group Adds Tiger Brokers as Distributor of Real-Time Level 2+ Quotes
NEW YORK, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 11,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced Tiger Brokers, a leading stock brokerage inAsia that allows customers to buy and sell stocks from all over the world, as a new distrib...
Tradewind Finance Provides USD 550,000 Export Factoring Facility to Hong Kong Toy Trader
HONG KONG, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tradewind Finance has closed an export
factoring
Futu: Generation Z to dominate investment landscape for foreseeable future
SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a Survey conducted by
FUTU Holdings
Manulife signs Hong Kong's largest Grade A office leasing deal in the past 20 months
HONG KONG, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Manulife Hong Kong today announced it has signed a lease agreement for approximately 145,000 square feet of Grade A office space at International Trade Tower (ITT) in Kowloon East. This isHong Kong's largest Grade A office leasing deal since July 2019 and ...
Shanghai Electric Releases 2020 Annual Results and Paves the Way for a Carbon-Neutral Future
SHENZHEN, China, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Electric (the "Company") (SEHK: 02727, SSE: 601727), the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of electric power generation equipment, industrial equipment and integration services, has released its audited results for the fiscal year en...
TMRW launches TMRW Creators Camp to help millennials with a passion for content creation make tomorrow theirs
BANGKOK, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TMRW by UOB, the first mobile-only
bank for ASEAN's digital generation, has launched TMRW Creators Camp, to equip
millennials with skills and knowledge to further their dream career of being a
content creator.
SCEX Exchange Launches Related-Party Trading and Copy Trading System
SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SCEX Exchange, the first comprehensive digital asset contract trading platform integrating target contracts, periodic contracts, leveraged contracts, game contracts, super computing power, and super cloud mining, announced today the launch of a related-par...
Daifuku Launches Into Modernisation of New Zealand Post's Major Processing Facilities
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Daifuku, recognised as the
No. 1 material handling provider worldwide*, has been selected by New Zealand
Post (NZ Post) to deliver the single largest material handling investment
program withinNew Zealand in recent history.
Singapore-based Flash Coffee Raises US$15m Series A Funding to Fuel Asia Expansion and Launch 300 New Outlets
SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Flash Coffee, a tech-enabled coffee chain backed by Rocket Internet announced that it has raisedUS$15 million in Series A funding in a round led byWhite Star Capital, with participation from prominent investors including Delivery Hero-backedDX Ventures, Gl...
Visa selects five startups across Asia Pacific for first accelerator program
SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the world's leader in digital
payments, has selected five startups to be a part of the first Visa Accelerator
Program inAsia Pacific: Brankas, Curlec, DigitSecure, ModusBox and Open.
COVID-19 hastens retirement planning among Singaporeans
SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a study by Fullerton Fund Management, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered Singaporeans to re-evaluate their attitudes towards retirement, and created an impetus for retirement planning. This is especially evident in the age group between 31 to...
JD Global Sales Joins Hands with Visa to Reach a Partnership in Cross-border eCommerce
BEIJING, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- JD Global Sales under JD.com, a leading technology driven e-commerce company transforming to become the leading supply chain-based technology and service provider,and Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), the world's leader in digital payments, have signed an agreement to de...
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