SINGAPORE, Jan 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Vietnam’s Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank) has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting (FRR) business to provide software for helping to ensure compliance with International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9. The bank will use OneSumX IFRS 9, a module of OneSumX for FRR, for managing…

SINGAPORE & SAN DIEGO, Jan 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — ImmunoScape, a biotech company with an immunomics-based technology platform that provides novel insights into the human immune system, today announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). The SAB is composed of leading scientists in immunology and oncology who will…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 29 (Bernama-PRNewswire) — A major regional study conducted by Eastspring Investments (“Eastspring”), the USD 220 billion[¹] Asian investment management arm of Prudential plc, found that three in four parents are unsure of their success in educating their children about money. Eastspring’s inaugural Money Parenting study (#MoneyParenting) surveyed 10,000…

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (Bernama) — AEON Malaysia (AEON) has signed an agreement with Boxed to utilise its state-of-the-art technology to accelerate AEON’s expansion into new retail offerings. A proven e-commerce platform in the United States of America (US) that was fully developed in-house, Boxed recorded an annual turnover of more…

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — Nippon Express Bangladesh Ltd. (hereinafter, “NE Bangladesh”), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. based in Tokyo, has obtained Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification effective Sunday, December 13, 2020, evidencing its compliance with standards for the proper distribution of pharmaceuticals applicable to air cargo import/export…

SINGAPORE & PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Uniphore, an early leader in Conversational Service Automation (CSA), today announced the addition of its new U-Trust portfolio and U-Assist Assurance solution to its portfolio. With these new solutions, Uniphore customers will be better able to support call center agents…

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (Bernama) — AmBank Islamic recently launched the AmRewards Campaign to provide greater value to its customers who save in the AmWafeeq Savings Account-i (AmWafeeq-i) where customers may win attractive cash prizes during the campaign which runs from 1 January 2021 until 31 August 2021. “To kick start…

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Japanese alternative meat company Next Meats successfully went public on the American OTC Market this week as NEXT MEATS HOLDINGS, INC (NXMH) after acquiring an American SPAC, debuting its presence in the American stock market. With plans to strenuously develop and distribute their products…

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — The winners of the 2021 Japan Prize were announced on January 29 by the Japan Prize Foundation and its president, Hiroshi Komiyama. The newest laureates are Australian researcher Prof. Martin Andrew Green, honored for his work in the field of “Resources, Energy, the Environment, and Social…

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (Bernama) — The United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released earlier this week its latest Global Investment Trend Monitor report. It estimated that Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flow fell by 42 per cent to an estimated USD859 billion in 2020 compared to USD1.5…