Author: Marie Jones

First Conference and Summit an historic event bringing hundreds of international banks, institutions, investors, corporate and institutional leaders, international organizations and professionals together. Cairo, Egypt — The First Annual “Invest In Africa” Conference and Exhibitors Summit is an historic event which brings hundreds of international banks, institutions, investors, corporate and institutional leaders, international organizations and professionals together in September. This premier event is under the auspices of the President of Egypt, Abd El-Fattah El-Sisi, and it is sponsored by BPW Emirate Investment Egypt and The Arab African Council on Socioeconomic Development. All eyes are on Africa – the geopolitical prize. In…

Promotes Public Awareness of the Insurance Industry and Presents Industry Potential HONG KONG — The Public Seminar “Explore Your Future” jointly organised by the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Vocational Training Council (VTC) was successfully held today. The seminar aims to introduce to parents and young people the different professional positions, interesting work experiences, career paths and prospects of the insurance sector, especially in the middle and back office, thereby enabling the public to have a deeper understanding of the career opportunities and development potential in the insurance industry. The seminar featured veterans from the middle and back…

Moscow, Russia and Tokyo, Japan — JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., and United Settlement System (USS), a non-bank credit organization in Russia, announced the signing of a license agreement for JCB card POS acquiring in the network of POS-terminals of USS and its partner banks in 2017. The signing of this agreement will allow JCB to expand JCB brand card acceptance in Russia. The inclusion of acquiring JCB cards under license of USS allows to significantly reduce both time and labor resources of the partner banks. Long-term partnerships of USS and JCB will…

SOFTEC ASIA 2017 to provide opportunities for knowledge sharing and business networking KUALA LUMPUR — The 10th edition of Asia’s premier annual event in the field of software testing, SOFTEC Asia, will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 1 to 3 August 2017. Featuring the theme “Testing as a Service” (TaaS), SOFTEC Asia 2017 will be focusing on key services-related elements of software testing including people, process and technology. At SOFTEC Asia 2017, 16 international experts will share their experiences and impart their knowledge in various fields related to Software Quality Assurance (SQA) and software testing sessions, covering…

HONG KONG — AGTech Holdings Limited (stock code: 8279), an integrated lottery technology and services company in the China lottery market, through its joint venture subsidiary with SF Holdings, SF Lottery, has officially launched its new nationally-approved, theme-based instant scratch lottery product called “SF-Themed Instant Scratch Lottery” yesterday. The innovative lottery product, approved by the Ministry of Finance and designed by the National Sports Lottery Centre in conjunction with SF Lottery, is now available in the four pilot cities of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, Nanjing in Jiangsu province, Changsha in Hunan province, as well as Nanchang in Jiangxi province. Denominations for…

Eying on the New Opportunities in Asian Financial Services Market HONG KONG — China First Capital Group Limited (“CFCG” or the “Group”; stock code: 1269) has announced that, CFCG Investment Partners International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (“CFCG Singapore”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CFCG, has acquired 100% of shares of Stirling Coleman Capital Limited (“Stirling Coleman”) for cash consideration. In recent years, CFCG has pursued a diversification direction, through the collaboration of its financial services business units, with the business focus on education and investment, to create a platform of operation, investment and financing in the education sector guided by its strategic “Education…

Demonstrates Full Confidence in the Group’s Prospects HONG KONG — Sky Light Holdings Limited (“Sky Light” or the “Group”) (stock code: 3882), a leading digital imaging device and solutions provider for the home imaging industry and a pioneer in the virtual reality (“VR”) industry, has announced that Mr. Tang Wing Fong Terry (“Mr. Tang”), Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Group has purchased a total of approximately 3,400,000 ordinary shares of the Group (“Shares”) for an aggregate amount of approximately HK$5.6 million, further increasing his shareholding to approximately 52.35% of the Group’s entire issued share capital. On 28…

– Indoor Theme Park Revenue Soars 5.6 Times to HK$221 Million – Profit from Core Businesses Surges 36.5% to 126 Million – Four Major Businesses Fully Forging Forward “Ca Sega Joypolis + Wonder Forest + Vr Games + Super Ip” – To Create a World-Class Multimedia Animation Empire HONG KONG — China Animation Characters Company Limited (“China Animation” or “the Group;” stock code: 1566), a multimedia animation enterprise in China, has announced its audited annual results for the year ended 31 March 2017. During the year under review, the Group recorded a revenue of HK$770.6 million, representing a year-on-year increase of…

A new approach could help detect forged parts of photographs faster and more accurately than current methods. Selangor, Malaysia — Researchers at India’s Jaypee University of Information Technology have developed a new way to detect ‘copy-move forgery’ in photographs that is more successful and faster than currently available methods. Copy-move forgery is difficult to detect because it involves copying an object or an area in an image and using it in another part of the same image. This is typically done to cover something up or to add something that was not previously there. For example, an image of three missiles…

KUALA LUMPUR — ECS ICT Berhad (ECS; Bloomberg: ECS MK; Reuters: ECSI.KL) (“ECS” or the “Group”), Malaysia’s leading Information & Communications Technology (“ICT”) distributor, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ECS Pericomp Sdn Bhd (“ECS Pericomp”) has been officially appointed as an authorised distributor for Palo Alto Networks(R) in Malaysia and Brunei. Chief Executive Officer of ECS, Mr. Soong Jan Hsung shared, “Our appointment as an authorised distributor is a testament to the value that we bring to ICT vendors, enabling them to leverage our vast ecosystem of channel system integrators and strengthen their market presence in Malaysia and Brunei. As…

– Global Offering of 128,000,000 Shares – Not More than HK$1.0 per Offer Share And Expected to Be Not Less than HK$0.8 per Offer Share HONG KONG — Win Win Way Construction Holdings Ltd. (“Win Win Way Construction” or “the Group”) is a construction company principally providing foundation works and ancillary services, as well as general building works in Hong Kong. The Group was one of the two foundation companies which were capable of performing frictional pre-bored H-piling works in Hong Kong. This piling technology is more environmental-friendly compared to others as it generates less vibration and noise during operation. The…

TOKYO — KBank and JCB International (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., have introduced the “KBank JCB Credit Card” to accommodate Japanese culture and lifestyles. A wide range of attractive privileges are offered, with first-year targets of 100,000 cards and spending of 2 billion Baht. Mr. Pipit Aneaknithi, KBank President, said the popularity of Japan has continued to flourish in Thailand. Being among the most-visited destinations of Thai travelers, Japan welcomed 900,000 tourists from Thailand in 2016, generating the sixth-highest tourism receipts of worldwide visitors. In addition to their charming shopping venues and unique cultural tourism sites, appealing…

Colombo and Tokyo — LankaClear (Private) Limited (LankaClear), an organization incorporated in 2002 and owned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and all Licensed Commercial Banks operating in Sri Lanka, and JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd. (JCB), announced on June 20th that both parties have entered into a strategic partnership for the establishment of the National Card Scheme (NCS) to introduce the issuance of LankaPay-JCB co-branded cards and to jointly promote the acceptance of such cards with JCB payment solutions. By integrating JCB payment solutions to LankaPay participant members and leveraging…

CORRECTION…by JCB TOKYO — Contact of the release dated June 21, 2017 has been updated. The corrected release reads: JCB Co., Ltd. and Nowcast, Inc. have released “JCB Consumption NOW”, a new consumption statistics service that measures consumption activities based on JCB credit card user information and payment statistics. The six types of indexes released as a membership service consist of one index representing all industries and five individual industry indexes, including the food services, pharmacies and medicines, family restaurants, petrol stations, and e-commerce industry. Each index may be viewed in monthly or bimonthly units (1st half of the month from…

Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan — JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., announced the launch of the J/Speedy JCB card in the Philippines with BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO), the largest bank in the Philippines in terms of consolidated resources, customer loans, deposits, assets under management and capital, as well as branch and ATM network nationwide. Card issuance has started this month, for the first J/Speedy JCB card to be launched in the ASEAN region. J/Speedy, JCB’s EMVCo compliant contactless scheme, provides a convenient and easy payment solution to valued customers of BDO. JCB brand…

LONDON — JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB, is pleased to announce that Australian Securities and Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed iSignthis Ltd (ASX:ISX / FRA:TA8) (iSignthis), the global leader in remote identity verification, payment authentication and payment processing, has signed a direct License Agreement to process JCB transactions in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). The partnership couples JCB card services with iSignthis RegTech services to offer card acquiring, settlement and processing services to EU/EEA merchants, creating new opportunities to generate sales with JCB’s 106 million cardmembers worldwide. With this agreement in place, iSignthis services will be…

Ho Chi Minh City and Tokyo — Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank) and JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co. Ltd, have launched the Eximbank – JCB Platinum Credit Card, a perfect Platinum card with premium services and unique benefits for those who like to travel and shop abroad, especially in Japan. Cardmembers can look forward to cashback when spending with their credit card for any type of transaction. NUMEROUS FINANCIAL AND OTHER BENEFITS Using the Eximbank – JCB Platinum Credit Card, cardmembers are entitled to enjoy many exclusive benefits offered by JCB…

London/Copenhagen — JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co. Ltd, has entered into an agreement with MoneyNetINT Ltd, the global foreign exchange and international payments company, to process JCB transactions for MoneyNetINT e-commerce merchants situated in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Having recently expanded its market to China, supporting money transfer in Yuan and US dollars to Chinese bank accounts and cash payments, this partnership will allow merchants that use MoneyNetINT’s innovative platform to attract JCB’s 106 million cardmembers in Asia and worldwide to their websites and generate new sales. This deal forms part of JCB’s…

London/Copenhagen — JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co. Ltd, has signed an agreement with Allied Wallet Ltd, the award-winning globally leading payment services provider (PSP) of online payment processing, to facilitate JCB transactions in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Allied Wallet will extend its JCB functionality beyond e-commerce to bricks and mortar point-of-sale (POS) acceptance, allowing their retailers to attract JCB’s 106 million cardmembers worldwide to both their online and/or physical outlets respectively. Allied Wallet has seen tremendous growth over recent years, being named a certified acquirer and securing a number of acquiring licences…

Tokyo and London — JCB International Co., Ltd. (“JCBI”), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd and Japan’s only international payment brand, and Checkout Ltd (“Checkout.com”), a leading global provider of international payments solutions for enterprise-level eCommerce merchants, are pleased to announce the signing of a License Agreement to begin JCB merchant acquiring services in 36 European countries and the UAE. Through the partnership, JCB card acceptance will be available to all Checkout.com merchants in the coming months. Checkout.com merchants will be able to accept payment from 106 million cards running on the JCB International Network. This partnership further advances…