Financial Services

GAC MOTOR 2020 Review: Contrarian Upswing, Promising Future

GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2020, GAC MOTOR expanded enthusiastically into the international automobiles market. Looking back at this year, GAC MOTOR's international business has grown steadily and sales grew against the trend, delivering eye-catching annual reports. There...

2020-12-23 20:02 3825

Run for Charity: How Indonesian Fintech JULO marks 4th Anniversary during Pandemic COVID-19

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Indonesian Fintech PT JULO Teknologi Finansial (JULO)marks 4 years of operation as a verified peer-to-peer (P2P) lending institution inIndonesia on December 20th, 2020. This year as the Pandemic COVID-19 cases still surging nationwide, JULO celebr...

2020-12-23 19:22 4001

VS Partners Advances the Boutique OCIO Model in China with QFII Approval

HONG KONG, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- VS Partners (Hong Kong) Co., Limited ("VS Partners") was recently granted QFII ("Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors") qualifications by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. VS Partners is among the early batch of offshore institutions that re...

2020-12-23 19:06 3610

NWD Sets Sales Record for Commercial Property in Hong Kong as Buyers Snap Up 74 Units in a Week

HONG KONG, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Units at New World Development's grade A commercial building in Cheung Sha Wan,Hong Kong were snatched up in two rounds of sales on 12 and 17 December, taking just one hour each to hitHKD 1.3 billion for total of 74 units. In spite of the pandemic's fourth...

2020-12-23 18:13 3135

Innovent Announces NMPA Granted New Indication Approvals for SULINNO® (Adalimumab Injection) for the Treatment of Pediatric Plaque Psoriasis and Non-infectious Uveitis

SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of cancer, metabolic, autoimmune and other major diseas...

2020-12-23 12:30 9599

Ed-Tech Cakap to Start Strong in 2021 After Raising US$3 Million in Series A+ Funding

JAKARTA, Indonesia , Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cakap, the leading online language learning platform inIndonesia, today announced its successful US$3 million Series A+ raise. The round was led by Heritas Capital with participation from Strategic Year Holdings and other prominent Investors. ...

2020-12-23 11:01 9013

Huawei Pay Welcomes New Partner Aleta Planet to Provide Mobile Payment Solution for Singapore Users

SINGAPORE, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei Pay, the mobile payment service by Huawei, today announced a new partnership with Aleta Planet and UnionPay International (UPI) to introduce the mobile payment solution combining Near Field Communication (NFC) and Quick Response Code (QR code) payme...

2020-12-23 10:00 7154

Transcenta Closes $105 Million in Crossover Financing

HONG KONG and SUZHOU, China, and HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta"), a global biotherapeutics company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announces today the complet...

2020-12-23 08:00 4364

InComm Payments First to Launch App Store Cards in Taiwan

Physical and digital cards now available at more than 9,500 locations across the region,including 7-Eleven and FamilyMart ATLANTA and TAIPEI, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- InComm Payments, a leading global payments technology company, today announced that it has partnered with Apple to launch Ap...

2020-12-22 21:19 4802

Dun & Bradstreet Hits Major Milestone with 400 Million Records Coverage in their Global Database

KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Dun & Bradstreet , the global business intelligence leader, announces that it has extended its global database to 400 million records. This increase in its Global coverage, the highest ever achieved by a business information ...

2020-12-22 20:41 2755

Scaling Innovation at World Economic Forum: An Interview with Kenneth Kwok, Founder and CEO of Global Citizen Capital

HONG KONG, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 22, 2020, Kenneth Kwok, Founder and CEO of Global Citizen Capital, discussed his ambitions in the areas of innovation, education and sustainability in an interview, hosted byAdam Kwok , Hong Kong Entrepreneur.

2020-12-22 20:22 3494

NetDragon Wins "Top 100 Hong Kong Listed Companies - New Economy-Technology Company" Award

HONG KONG, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ("NetDragon" or "the Company", Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that the Company has won the "New Economy-Technology Company" award at the 8th Top 100 Ho...

2020-12-22 18:32 9395

Ascentage Pharma's Licensee UNITY Biotechnology Announces Milestone Reached in Clinical Development of Treatments for Age-Related Disease, Leading to Milestone Payment

SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a globally focused, clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announced that its licensee, UNITY Bi...

2020-12-22 18:29 2894

Leapstack has completed tens of millions of yuan in B plus round fundraising, expending intelligent risk control territory

SHANGHAI, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Leapstack, an insur-tech company, has recently announcedtens of millions of yuan B plus round fundraising, leading by Huazhi Capital, a venture capitalist affiliated toAllinpay Network Services, and following by GF Securities Investment. In the past few ye...

2020-12-22 15:50 5326

Business of Design Week 2020 Summit Concludes, First Hybrid Live Edition Captures Trends Redefined by World's Top Creative Minds for the Post-pandemic Era

HONG KONG, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Business of Design Week (BODW), Asia's annual flagship event on design, innovation and brands held its 2020 edition from 30 November to 5 December. Organised by Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) and co-organised by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC),...

2020-12-22 14:45 2253

Gojek invests in Bank Jago to accelerate financial inclusion in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Gojek, Southeast Asia's leading mobile on-demand services and payments platform, has invested in Bank Jago, anIndonesia-listed technology-based bank, as part of a strategic partnership that will accelerate financial inclusion inIndonesia.

2020-12-22 13:54 5230

ICICI Bank launches 'Infinite India', a comprehensive online platform for foreign companies setting up operations in the country

* The platform offers banking as well as value-added services * First bank in India to offer such facilities MUMBAI, India, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ICICI Bank announces the launch of an online platform for foreign companies looking to establish or expand business in the country. Called ...

2020-12-22 13:37 2729

AsiaPay Partners With Fat Zebra to Further Expand to Australia & New Zealand

SYDNEY, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier digital payment service provider and technology vendor AsiaPay has announced today that it will further expand its payment platform inAustralia and New Zealand thanks to a new partnership with Fat Zebra.   Fat Zebra is a scalable global payments...

2020-12-22 13:08 3736

Thailand BOI Okays Steps to Accelerate Investment and Promote Digital Adoption

BANGKOK, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- "The package to promote large scale projects was designed to boost investment in the post-Covid-19 period," Ms Duangjai Asawachintachit, Secretary General of the BOI, said after a board meeting chaired by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha. "As for the digit...

2020-12-22 12:43 2688

Aladdin Technology Group launches E-payment Receivables Financing Programme

HONG KONG, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- E-commerce solution provider, Aladdin Technology Group (ATG or "The Group"), announced strategic partnership with TeamWork Capital Group (Teamwork Capital) for a new concept of funding solution –E-payment Receivables Financing Programme, reserved approxima...

2020-12-22 11:32 3116

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