BANGKOK, Dec. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited ("Bangkok Bank" or the "Bank") announced today that the Bank has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement with Standard Chartered Bank ("Standard Chartered") and PT Astra International Tbk ("Astra") to acquire their aggregate 89....

Dec 04, 2019 (China Knowledge) - China’s electronics giant Xiaomi Corporation has officially launched its digital lending service Mi Credit in India. Mi Credit is an online platform for users to borrow money from lending firms, enabling quick and easy loans of between INR 5,000 (USD 70) and INR 100,000 (USD 1,400...

Acquisition Creates a Leading Private On-demand Digital Manufacturer that Combines 3D Printing and Traditional Manufacturing Technologies in North America

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (4 December 2019) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) are partnering in the pilot rollout of an internationally accredited online training program to boost anti-money laundering and know-your-client (AML/KYC) capacities of...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--International payments and money transfer service CurrencyFair has launched its cross-border collections solution for marketplaces, and signed a partnership with Chinese wholesale marketplace, Buy-World.

The partnership will allow the “factory-to-business-to-consumer” trade network,...

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tricor Group (Tricor), Asia’s leading business expansion specialist and provider of integrated business, corporate, investor, human resources and payroll, corporate trust and debt services sponsored GetGlobal 2019, the largest summit in North America for international business strategy,...

SINGAPORE, Nov 6, 2019 - (ACN Newswire) - ARA US Hospitality Trust ("ARA H-Trust") is pleased to announce that it has today entered into a conditional purchase and sales agreement to acquire a portfolio of three Marriott-branded upscale select-service hotels in the United States for US$84.5 million. The three...

Ho Chi Minh City & Tokyo, Nov 6, 2019 - (ACN Newswire) - Viet Capital Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Viet Capital Bank), a major commercial bank in Vietnam, and JCB International Co. Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., today announced the launch of the Viet Capital Bank JCB...

RIVERWOODS, Ill. & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AsiaPay, the leading e-Payment service and technology player in Asia, and Discover Global Network, the payments brand of Discover, announced today that AsiaPay will now offer its merchants the ability to accept Discover, Diners Club International and affiliate...

NEW YORK & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The We Company (“WeWork” or the “Company”) and SoftBank Group Corp. (“SoftBank”) today announced that WeWork has received $1.5 billion in funding, which was an acceleration of the existing payment obligation, approved by WeWork’s shareholders at $11.60 per share. In connection...

Advanced usage of CIM, a crypto asset issued by Makers Farm Pte. Ltd., for domestic and overseas transactions

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bullet Group Inc.(HQ: Tokyo, CEO: Atsushi Ogata) implements new payment functions using crypto assets to the Affiliate Service Provider business (hereinafter referred to as...

SEOUL --( ASIA TODAY )-- Emolize Co., Ltd ("Emolize"), a Korean cross-border mobile payment platform, announced its expansion in global payment services through its mobile application named "Payvil" to Hong Kong and Thailand in September 2019, with further expansion reaching about 16 countries by the end of 2019....

8 October, 2019 - Hong Kong --( ASIA TODAY )-- Far East Consortium International Limited (“FEC” or the “Group”; SEHK: 35) is pleased to announce that the Group ranked first (tied) in the “Asiamoney 30 Years of Corporate Governance Awards (Hong Kong)” for the decade beginning 2010. Ms. Baoyu Bai, General Manager of...

Kuala Lumpur, 14 October 2019 --( ASIA TODAY )-- Regal Path Sdn Bhd (Regal Path) has secured syndicated banking facilities of up to RM1.1 billion for the acquisition of Pavilion Bukit Jalil mall from Pioneer Haven Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Malton Berhad (Malton). The iconic Pavilion Bukit Jalil mall...

Options database and analytics company to showcase IvyDB Asia, with 500+ optionable securities from all major Asian-Pacific exchanges

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OptionMetrics, an options database and analytics provider for international institutional investors and academic researchers, is exhibiting at Asia...

Companies Join Airbus in Celebrating Delivery of 1,000th A320neo Family Aircraft for Airline Operation

HAMBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Limited (“CDB Leasing”), announced today the delivery of the first of a...

Cryptocurrency is hardly anything new anymore. It’s been around since 2009 with the accidental invention of the first decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. Despite the fact that it was created as part of a side project, it has opened up a world of modern transactions and innovation. Today, cryptocurrency is well...

SHANGHAI, Sept 30, 2019 - (ACN Newswire) - The 5th Global Blockchain Summit, organized by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, took place on Sept 17 & 18 at W Shanghai - The Bund. Since 2015, Wanxiang Blockchain Summit has been widely recognized as one of the most influential blockchain events of the year.

Wanxiang...

The Asia edition brings together a wide canvas of 60 Solution Providers, 20+ Speakers, 150+ VIP delegates and a fleet of industry thought leaders, Hotel Owners, Hotel Operators, Developers, Architects, Designers, Consultants, Solution Providers, Technology Consultants and Investors from Southeast Asia and Indian...

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) on September 17 signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate and exchange information on cross-border equity offerings and the issuing of depository receipts with the SEC.