KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (Bernama) — Citi was named Best Bank for Corporate Responsibility in Asia by Euromoney in their recent annual awards.  The editorial award recognizes a bank’s commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion; reducing the environmental impact of operations; promoting workforce development and social mobility; and innovative and effective initiatives…

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (Bernama) — Asia’s leading buy now pay later (BNPL) brand Atome announced today that its order volume in Malaysia has grown by 100X in the first half of the year, following rapid demand for its flexible payment option. The company also announced that its online and offline merchant network has…

HONG KONG, July 23 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — AM Best is holding its stable market segment outlook on Japan’s non-life insurance industry, predominantly driven by carriers’ profitable underwriting performance amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the new Best’s Market Segment Report, titled, “Market Segment Outlook: Japan Non-Life Insurance,” premium rate adjustments, which are likely…

KUALA NERUS, July 23 (Bernama) — Institut Teknologi Petroleum PETRONAS (INSTEP) was recently presented with the Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) Silver Award for International Institution of the Year 2021. BTEC, which is based in the United Kingdom, is an international accreditation body which focuses on upskilling nearly million global learners…

Imran Hayat brings global strategic general counsel experience to leading access and industrial services company Kennesaw, Georgia, USA, July 23 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BrandSafway, a global leader in access and industrial services, has announced that Imran Hayat has joined the company as executive vice president (EVP) and chief legal officer (CLO),…

Platform aims to support SME customers digitally with real-time banking needs  KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (Bernama) — CIMB Bank Berhad and CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad (“CIMB” or “the Bank”) today introduced the CIMB EVA chatbot for small and medium enterprise (“SME”) customers, the first conversational style and real-time Commercial Banking chatbot…

· From today, Jenbacher Type 4 gas engines are available as “Ready for H₂” engines, able to operate on up to 100% hydrogen· As of 2022, all other engine types are offered as “Ready for H₂”, with the option to operate with up to 25%(v) of hydrogen in pipeline gas· All “Ready…

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 22 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) today announced the general availability of its latest innovations, Zoom Apps and Zoom Events. Zoom Apps seamlessly embeds third-party apps within the Zoom Meetings and desktop client experience, enhancing collaboration, productivity, and entertainment for today’s hybrid workforce. Zoom Events is an…

SAN FRANCISCO, July 22 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a global edge cloud platform provider, today announced the availability of JavaScript in Compute@Edge, allowing developers to build with even more flexibility in Fastly’s serverless compute environment. With more JavaScript developers in the world than there are for any other development language, the…

Boston, MA, July 22 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aite Group LLC and Novarica Inc. have joined forces to create the leading advisory firm focused on helping executives from banks, payments providers, insurers, securities firms and their respective service providers respond to important technology, market, operations, and regulatory changes. “We have a tremendous…