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WireBarley partners with Tencent Financial Technology for global remittance

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*Korea’s first remittance service to connect with Weixin *Partnership enables fast and convenient money transfers to Weixin users in China from WireBarley’s 11 sending countries, including Korea, the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. *Customers can now enjoy an enhanced remittance experience by receiving funds through Weixin, the mainland Chinese version of WeChat. *Through the end … Continued

JT Group Expands Sustainability Ambition across Entire Value Chain to Achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050

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JT Group Expands Sustainability Ambition across Entire Value Chain to Achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050 Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE: 2914) announces today that the JT Group commits to accelerate its efforts to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions across its entire value chain and achieve Net-Zero GHG emissions by 2050. Logo – https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1574133/Japan_Tobacco_Logo.jpg … Continued

The Largest Digital Bank in China featured in the latest Forbes Blockchain 50

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WeBank, the world’s leading digital bank, is featured in the Forbes Blockchain 50 2022. The bellwether list recognizes large corporations that lead in employing distributed ledger technology and reflects the spreading impact of the blockchain market globally. WeBank has been recognized for top-notch research and development of consortium chain technologies, as well as its continuous … Continued

FNZ raises US$1.4bn in new capital from CPP Investments and Motive Partners to accelerate transformation in the global wealth industry

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– CPP Investments and Motive Partners commit US$1.4 billion in new capital in one of the largest ever primary capital raises in the wealth management sector – Transaction values FNZ at over US$20 billion – The combination of Motive’s sector expertise with CPP Investments’ long-term capital provides the foundations for the next phase of FNZ’s … Continued

BRI Microfinance Outlook 2022: BRI Continues Supporting Ultra-Micro Sector for Economic Recovery

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Bank BRI (IDX: BBRI), has announced its commitment to support the MSME sector in Indonesia to empower the ultra-micro sector at the BRI Microfinance Outlook 2022 on February 10, 2022. The event was attended by Sri Mulyani, Minister of Finance; Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs; Kartika Wirjoatmodjo, Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises; and … Continued

ABSA AND PURESOFTWARE PARTNER TO LAUNCH DIGITAL WALLET, SPARK BY ABSA

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Absa Group Limited (AGL), in partnership with PureSoftware, have launched a digital wallet, Spark by Absa in Botswana. In addition, AGL have successfully migrated their Timiza mobile banking offering in Kenya to the Arttha platform powered by PureSoftware. Spark by Absa is an innovative bank account that lives outside the traditional bank branch and is … Continued

Artmarket.com beats its 4Q target with a 39% jump in turnover, and reaches 61% for the year 2021; Art NFTs and Web3 are at the heart of Artprice’s growth plan for 2022.

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For the period 2022-2025, Artprice by Artmarket intends to be at the heart of the Web3, NFT, cryptocurrency and the Metaverse revolution. To understand the notion of Web3, a simple phrase: “Before, the world was on the Internet. With Web3, the world is in the Internet”. Artprice Metaverse (C) ‘Alchemical Fractal 1’ (collection of 999 … Continued

PlayUp grows Texas presence with Panther City Lacrosse Club partnership

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Agreement marks operators foray into Lone Star State PlayUp today announced a groundbreaking agreement with the Panther City Lacrosse Club of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The agreement sees PlayUp become Panther City’s first sports gaming partner. The relationship also designates PlayUp as a Panther City Founding Partner, Fantasy Sport Partner, and eSports Partner, in … Continued

project44 Announces Expansion in Japan

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– project44 hires general manager, director of solutions engineering and regional marketing director, opens new office in Tokyo Following the announcement of a $420M investment earlier this year, project44 ( https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3438082-1&h=2048849734&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.project44.com%2F&a=project44 ) is proud to announce its expansion into the Japanese market. Project44 already has global insight, and expansion directly into Japan will generate additional … Continued

Logistics Execs: Global Economy will Power through Supply Chain Turmoil, Agility Survey Reveals

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Executives are upbeat about 2022 despite pandemic-driven disruption, record freight rates Most logistics industry executives see moderate-to-strong economic growth and little or no chance of recession in 2022, even without immediate relief from the snarled supply chains and sky-high ocean and air freight rates triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Roughly two-thirds of the 756 industry … Continued