LONDON, Jan 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report expects the UK’s ad market to grow by 15.2% this year, an upgrade of 0.8 percentage points from the last forecast in October 2020. The preliminary estimate for growth in 2020 now stands at -7.9% with adspend of GBP 23.17bn – […]
LONDON, Jan 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – As the United States welcomed a new president, there remains concern among citizens and brands about the country’s deep polarization. WARC’s first Spotlight US series, “Marketing in a polarized nation,” explores how brands can chart a path forward. While some brands embrace polarization, WARC explains how most […]
Osaka, Japan, Jan 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Takex Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Suita City, Osaka Prefecture / President and CEO: Kumi Okada), the company engaged in the research and development of bamboo for about 34 years since the development of a sanitizer by using bamboo extract in 1987, announces that it has conducted a […]
DALLAS, SYDNEY & JAPAN, Jan 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Trintech, a leading global provider of integrated Record to Report software solutions for the office of finance, today announced that McDonald’s Japan has chosen and gone live with its Adra Suite to simplify and automate its reconciliation and financial close processes. By combining effective […]
Tsukuba, Japan, Jan 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Melanin-like compounds can be precisely designed and arranged to colour materials using a mechanism similar to that found in a peacock’s feathers. Chemist Michinari Kohri of Chiba University in Japan reviewed the latest research on these ‘melanin-mimetic materials’ and their potential applications for the journal Science […]
DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA , Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Amber Solutions, the young Silicon Valley company that is making the digital control of electricity in solid-state architecture a commercial reality, today announced that its 2020 series B funding round raised more than $8.5 million from new and existing investors, following a successful year of […]
HONG KONG, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Standard Hashrate Group (SHG), the project team behind the Bitcoin Standard Hashrate Token (BTCST), today welcomed several world-class mining institutions as partners. Joining the SHG project as tokenization miners are Atlas Mining, BTC.TOP, Easy2Mine, Genesis Mining and Hengjia Group, each major stakeholders in the current mining […]
HONG KONG, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – JBM (Healthcare) Limited (“JBM Healthcare” or “Company” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a Hong Kong-based company that markets and distributes branded healthcare products with product footprint across Greater China, Southeast Asia and certain other countries, today announced details of the proposed listing of its […]
SHANGHAI, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – On January 19, 2021, at the internationally authoritative MOT20 Challenge (the benchmark for Multiple Object Tracking), the Multimedia Lab UNISOC algorithm outshone, exceeding 70 on the MOTA index, and wins the global championship! And its the only algorithm with more than 70 points on the MOT20 leaderboards, […]
Stirling, Alberta, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Greenbriar Capital Corp. (TSXV: GRB) (“Greenbriar”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a unique industry leading marketing partnership with Ridge Utilities Ltd. (“Ridge”). The partnership will see Greenbriar support the development of micro-generation capacity for numerous commercial and agricultural sites across southern Alberta, […]
BAHRAIN, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), a leading Bank in the Arab Gulf region, has announced Verofax as winner of the ‘BisB Innovation Challenge’, a Fintech Competition run as part of the Bank’s partnership with ‘FinHub 973: CBB (Central Bank of Bahrain) Digital Lab’, the Kingdom’s open application programming […]
HONG KONG, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Ireland has emerged as a preferred migration destination among Hong Kong’s high net worth families and professionals. This is evidenced by the more than 300% increase of applications from HK between 2019 and 2020 according to official statistics from the country. With an exceptional standard of […]
HONG KONG, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Despite the negative impact of COVID-19 on the global economic growth in the past year, the Group obtained solid financial performance. The Group has set up a “Strategic Business Development Task Force”, to formulate long-term business strategies for the Group, its main responsibilities are to formulate […]
HONG KONG, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – VPower Group International Holdings Limited (“VPower Group”, stock code: 1608.HK) has announced a positive profit alert that the net profit of the company for the year ended 31 December 2020 is expected to increase by more than 70% as compared with that of HK$283.6 million for […]
BAHRAIN, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), a leading Bank in the Arab Gulf region, has announced Verofax as winner of the ‘BisB Innovation Challenge’, a Fintech Competition run as part of the Bank’s partnership with ‘FinHub 973: CBB (Central Bank of Bahrain) Digital Lab’, the Kingdom’s open application programming […]
SINGAPORE, Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – OIO Holdings Limited (SGX: OIO) announced the appointment of Rudy Lim, former Head of FinTech at DBS Bank, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its Blockchain Division, OIO Singapore Pte Ltd. The appointment of Rudy, a FinTech expert, is expected to further accelerate OIO’s blockchain business. Rudy […]
MANCHESTER, UK, Jan 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – British tech company VST Enterprises (VSTE) warned airlines and the travel industry in December of last year of ‘Covid related security threats’ prior to the chaotic scenes that unfolded at Heathrow airport (Monday 18th Jan). Tech boss and CEO Louis-James Davis warned of the very real […]
SINGAPORE, Jan 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Shareholders of Citicode Ltd. (“Citicode” or the “Company”) today approved the reverse takeover (“RTO”) of homegrown multi-disciplinary healthcare specialist Livingstone Health, marking the start of a new chapter of growth in Singapore and across the Asia Pacific region. At the extraordinary general meeting (“EGM”), shareholders of Citicode […]
SINGAPORE, Jan 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – We are pleased to announce that our regional partner OIO Holdings Limited (SGX: OIO) has appointed Rudy Lim, former Head of FinTech at DBS Bank, as its new CEO at its blockchain business subsidiary, OIO Singapore Pte Ltd, effective 18th of Jan 2021 to accelerate blockchain business […]
HONG KONG, Jan 21, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The latest in a series of partnerships to be announced, Blockpass is proud to reveal its collaboration with Rocket Vault Finance. Rocket Vaut is integrating Blockpass’ unique KYC Connect solution to enable fast, simple and efficient KYC for users, not only to onboard new customers, but […]