Financial Services

Astana Economic Forum: "Inspiring growth: people, cities, economies"

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The theme of the upcoming XII Astana Economic Forum (AEF) to be heldMay 16-17 is "Inspiring growth: people, cities, economies." The world has entered a new era of the fourth industrial revolution: natural resources and geographic locations are ...

2019-05-15 02:57 1816

Adyen Selected By Uber As A Global 3D Secure Solution Provider

Adyen's 3D Secure solution supports Uber's seamless checkout experience AMSTERDAM, April 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the payments platform of choice for many of the world's leading companies, announced today that it has been selected by Uber to be its initial solutions provider...

2019-05-14 22:00 8593

TechSmith Receives Frost & Sullivan 2019 Global Market Leadership Award for Dominating the Lecture Capture Solutions Market

TechSmith Relay enables live video recording from multiple devices that can be integrated easily into online courses and lessons SANTA CLARA, California, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the global lecture capture solutions (LCS) market, Frost & Sullivan recognizesTec...

2019-05-14 21:00 1475

CITIC Capital Invests in Cityneon

Making strides into the strategic China market through partnership with CITIC Capital SINGAPORE, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cityneon Holdings ("Cityneon", the "Company" /collectively with its subsidiaries, the "Group") is pleased to announce that CITIC Capital Holdings Limited ("CITIC Capital"...

2019-05-14 19:15 3142

Manulife Hong Kong launches tax-deductible ManuWise Deferred Annuity

HONG KONG, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Manulife Hong Kong today launches ManuWise Deferred Annuity (ManuWise), a tax-deductible Qualifying Deferred Annuity Policy (QDAP) certified by the Insurance Authority, to provide customers with more options for retirement planning. In addition to tax bene...

2019-05-14 19:10 9818

Most Hong Kong executives view GBA cities as attractive places to work, KPMG survey finds, with job prospects brightest in technology and financial sectors

Nearly three in four C-level or HR respondents plan to expand or maintain existing headcount, while 71% of all respondents expect salary increase of 20 percent or more when changing jobs HONG KONG, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- KPMG today released its third annual Hong Kong Employment Trends Surv...

2019-05-14 15:55 3297

China (Shaanxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone Development Forum is held to further the country's opening up and development

XI'AN, China, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The China (Shaanxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone Development Forum was held inXi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province on May 12. The forum was hosted by Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and organized by a cohort of firms and organizations, including the Sh...

2019-05-14 15:54 4317

NEXT Biometrics Provides Card Specification for Payment Network

OSLO, Norway, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, announces that the Company is supporting one of the top five US payment networks in mapping out biometric system-on-card (BSoC) specifications for payment smart cards. T...

2019-05-14 14:34 2763

Holborn Assets Launches Property Investment Company

One of the Leading financial solutions groups will offer a new way to invest in real estate with the launch of its property investment business. DUBAI, UAE, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Holborn Assets will add to the investment options available in-house by theDubai-based group.

2019-05-14 13:00 3549

FORCS opens a new regional office in Brussels to meet the rising corporate demand for paperless solutions

SINGAPORE, May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid an age of rising technology, the global demand for efficiency and flexibility in doing business has increased dramatically. As a result, FORCS (KOSDAQ: 189690), a global eForm and reporting solutions provider, is opening a new regional office inBrussel...

2019-05-14 10:00 10197

Artprice: Sculpture, the Medium of Tomorrow

PARIS, May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --  Global auction turnover from sculpture Le Messager The Abode of Chaos collective work / thierry Ehrmann - Remy Teulier [ https://imgpublic.artprice.com/img/wp/sites/11/2019/05/le...

2019-05-13 19:42 9282

NetLinkz appoints IT Industry Veteran Jim Preketes as Chief Operating Officer

SYDNEY, May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Australian Listed NetLinkz (ASX: NET) is pleased to announce the appointment ofJim Preketes as Chief Operating Officer. Jim brings 20 years of C-Suite IT consulting experience to lead the integration and commercialisation of the company's IoT and...

2019-05-13 16:53 7612

Loft Establishes Chinese Unit in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, to Open New Store

TOKYO, May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Loft Co., Ltd. is preparing to open a new store inChengdu in China's southwestern province of Sichuan after its joint venture with Chengdu Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd., which runs the superstore business in Sichuan, obtained a business permit from the Chengdu munici...

2019-05-13 14:00 2545

Deutsche Bank Exec Joins the Founders Bank Project as CEO

VALLETA, Malta, May 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Founders Bank project has appointed senior Deutsche Bank executiveKenan Altunis to the role of Chief Executive Officer. Altunis will lead a team comprised of senior executives with decades of global financial services experience across banking, ass...

2019-05-11 00:50 1555

TokenSoft Announces New Consulting Offering for Enterprise Clients

SAN FRANCISCO, May 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TokenSoft, Inc., a leading technology platform for global blockchain-based issuances of digital securities, today announced the availability of TokenSoft Consulting Services for enterprise clients. "We've experienced significant institutional demand fo...

2019-05-10 23:00 1509

Alibaba's Jack Ma Reappointed as UN SDG Advocate

HANGZHOU, China, May 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reappointed Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma to the U.N.'s panel of Sustainable Development Goals Advocates. Jack first joined the esteemed group of 17 Advocates in early 2016 -- the only repres...

2019-05-10 22:20 1684

Alibaba Celebrates Its 15th Ali Day

HANGZHOU, China, May 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Alibaba employees across the world joined together to celebrateAli Day, an annual event honoring the tenacity and fighting spirit of their colleagues and their families during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome crisis inChina 16 years ago. ...

2019-05-10 22:19 2354

AGTech Announces First Quarterly Results 2019

HONG KONG, May 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AGTech Holdings Limited ("AGTech" or the "Group", HKEX stock code:08279), a leading integrated lottery, games and entertainment technology company inChina, today announced the first quarterly results for the three months ended March 31, 2019. "We are pleas...

2019-05-10 22:06 10310

New Milestones Celebrated at HKICS Double Anniversary Academic Cocktail

Chartered Governance Professional -- a new designation offered by The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, alongside Chartered Secretary -- helps enhance the capabilities and roles of Chartered Secretaries. The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS), www.hkics.org.hk

2019-05-10 18:41 1648

Ally Bridge Group Leads Pulmonx's $65 Million Financing, Further Strengthening Its Global Medtech Franchise

HONG KONG, May 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ally Bridge Group ("ABG"), a leading global life science investment group, announced today that it led an over-subscribed$65 million financing of Pulmonx Corporation, a global leader in diagnostic and therapeutic pulmonary device technologies with its key p...

2019-05-10 10:05 3112