Aussie Startup Offers Guilt-free Time to Locked Down Parents

SYDNEY, May 8 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — Working parents around the world are united in the struggle to juggle keeping their young children entertained and learning whilst trying to meet the deadlines and demands of their own paid employment.  Even the most creative and diligent parents are suffering cognitive overload and burnout…

Ceridian To Acquire Singapore-based Excelity Global

MINNEAPOLIS and TORONTO and SINGAPORE, May 8 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ceridian (NYSE: CDAY; TSX: CDAY), a global leader in human capital management (HCM) technology, today announced it has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire Excelity Global Solutions Pte Ltd. (Excelity), an Asia-based HCM service provider from the Everstone…

Zynga Announces First Quarter 2020 Financial Results

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA) today released financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2020 by posting management’s Q1 2020 Quarterly Earnings Letter to its Investor Relations website. Please see the attached Quarterly Earnings Letter or visit http://investor.zynga.com/financial-information/quarterly-results to access the letter. “During this unprecedented…

Bank Islam Cuts Base Rate & Base Financing Rate To 2.77% And 5.72% Respectively

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Bernama) — Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (“Bank Islam”) is revising its Base Rate (“BR”) by 50 basis points from 3.27% to 2.77% per annum, while Base Financing Rate (“BFR”) is revised from 6.22% to 5.72% per annum. Similarly, deposit rates will also be adjusted downwards by 50 basis points. All rate changes will take effect…

Tailored SME e-Commerce Platform by AmBank & Maxis

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Bernama) — AmBank and Maxis have introduced ‘SME-in-a-Box’, a one stop solution offering comprehensive and simple financing and digital solutions for SMEs that leverages the potential of e-Commerce particularly in these challenging times. For SMEs that do not have an e-Commerce platform, SME-in-a-Box comes with services that…

ExxonMobil supports production of PPE for medical frontliners with RM150,000 contribution to MODA

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Official Designers’ Association (MODA) is receiving RM150,000 from ExxonMobil subsidiaries in Malaysia to support the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical frontliners at government hospitals and clinics involved with the current COVID-19 response and relief efforts.“ExxonMobil is committed to doing our…

Ingredion Incorporated Reports First Quarter 2020 Results

WESTCHESTER, Ill., May 6 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE: INGR), a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to the food manufacturing industry, today reported results for the first quarter 2020. The results, reported in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for 2020 and 2019, include items that are…

TONIK Chooses V-Key as the Mobile Security Partner for its Digital Bank in the Philippines

SINGAPORE, May 6 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — V-Key announced today that it has been chosen to be the mobile security partner of TONIK digital bank, to provide a secure mobile retail banking platform for its new customers in Philippines. TONIK being a digital-only “neobank” relies on the mobile app as the main…

Tricor Group Appoints Dr. Veerinderjeet Singh as Non-Executive Chairman of Tricor Malaysia and Mr. Ranjit Singh as Regional Managing Director of Tricor Axcelasia Following Its Recent Acquisition of SGX-listed Axcelasia’s Malaysian Operations

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 6 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Tricor Group (Tricor), Asia’s leading business expansion specialist and leading provider of professional services, announced today that Dr. Veerinderjeet Singh has joined the Group’s subsidiary in Malaysia, Tricor Services (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, as a Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, and Mr. Ranjit Singh has been appointed as Regional Managing Director…

Biotalys’ first biocontrol proves consistent, high efficacy in global fruit and vegetables field trial program

GHENT, Belgium, May 6 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Biotalys NV, a transformative food and crop protection company, today announced the results from more than 100 field trials with its first, breakthrough biofungicide, BioFun-1, which is on track to launch in the United States in 2022, followed by global market introductions. Developing…