‘Honors’ for Tinubu Square, the only European company in top 5.
PARIS, Aug 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Tinubu Square, a leading provider of credit insurance, surety and trade finance solutions, has reached the final “top 5” of the inaugural Global Corda InsurTech Challenge, a competition that rewards blockchain insurance startups and the innovation investment arms of insurance companies. Organised by R3, the enterprise blockchain software developer with an ecosystem of more than 300 participants across multiple industries, the challenge invites organisations to share their Insurance CorDapps, the applications that will work on Corda, its open-source blockchain platform. Tinubu Square has progressed through a number of different rounds, initially competing against more than 60 companies. The entrants were asked to design a CorDapp that could be used to solve a unique insurance business challenge. Through various activities, including building a business case, developing a roadmap and presenting a live demo of the CorDapp, the entrants were shortlisted down until the final five were selected. Tinubu Square is the only European company to reach the top 5 selected companies and has been recognized with an ‘honorable mention’. The contestants will move on to the final presentations and the announcement of the winner will take place at the CordaCon event in London on October 23rd and 24th. “The CORDA InsurTech Challenge has been a stimulating and often demanding test for the Tinubu Innovation LAB,” commented Jérôme Pezé, CEO and founder of Tinubu Square. “The LAB was created to deliver the potential benefits of technology innovation, such as blockchain, data analytics & AI to the credit and surety insurance industry. We are proud to have reached this stage of the award process which recognizes the breakthrough we have developed. Indeed we have moved a major step forward in the implementation of blockchain for trade transactions and for credit & surety insurers to contribute to this evolution. Our solution enables credit & surety insurers to guarantee a contract and process the transaction using DLT/Blockchain. The solution allows the contractor, the owner, the lead insurer and its risk distribution partners (co-insurers, reinsurers, banks, etc) to manage the issuance, validation and monitoring of the guarantee life cycle through a common blockchain solution and therefore create a shared auditable distributed ledger. We are looking forward to collaborating further with the R3 ecosystem.” More information about the CORDA InsureTech Challenge is at https://www.r3.com/insurtech-challenge/ About Tinubu Square Founded in 2000, Tinubu Square is a software vendor, enabler of the Credit Insurance, Surety and Trade Finance digital transformation. Tinubu Square enables organizations across the world to significantly reduce their exposure to risk and their financial, operational and technical costs with best-in-class technology solutions and services. Tinubu Square provides SaaS solutions and services to different businesses including credit insurers, receivables financing organizations and multinational corporations. Tinubu Square has built an ecosystem of customers in over 20 countries worldwide and has a global presence with offices in Paris, London, New York, Montreal and Singapore. For more information: www.tinubu.com View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190829005343/en/ Contact Press contact Julie Kirby – Ascendant Email: [email protected] Phone: +44 (0) 7956 955625 Source : Tinubu Square
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Grand Stevie Award winners will be presented with trophies at the Andaz Vienna am Belvedere Hotel, on 19 October
FAIRFAX, Va., Aug 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Stevie® Awards have announced the winners of the Best of the IBA Awards in The 2019 (16th Annual) International Business Awards®, the world’s premier business awards competition. Nominees in the 2019 IBAs were not able to apply for the Best of the IBA Awards directly. Winners were determined by a points system based on the total number of awards won in the IBAs with a Gold Stevie win counting for three points, a Silver Stevie win for two points, and a Bronze Stevie win for 1.5 points. This year’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners in The International Business Awards were announced on 14 August. The winners of the Best of the IBA Awards will be presented with Grand Stevie Award trophies at The 16th Annual International Business Awards banquet at the Andaz Vienna am Belvedere Hotel in Vienna, Austria on 19 October. Winners of the 2019 Grand Stevie Awards are: Most Honored Organization: International mail and logistics company DP DHL Group, with 86.5 award points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted by their offices and affiliates in 32 countries. This is the 11th Grand Stevie Award won by DP DHL Group in one of the Stevie Award competitions since 2014. Most Honored Public Relations Agency: LLYC, with a total of 69.5 award points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted on behalf of clients like BBVA, Coca-Cola, and Starbucks. The Madrid-headquartered global communications and public affairs consulting firm won a Top 10 Grand Stevie Award in 2018. Most Honored Marketing Agency: Switching-Time, with a total of 20 points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted mostly on behalf of outdoor brand Columbia. The agency is based in Shanghai, China. Most Honored Interactive Services Agency: The XD Agency, with 20.5 points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted on behalf of clients such as Porsche and Red Bull. The Atlanta, Georgia, USA-based strategic communications agency is hyper-focused on experience design. The agency also won the Grand Stevie for most honored interactive services agency in The 2019 American Business Awards®. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=35346 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- On 28 August 2019, Facebook, together with MATRADE and AVANA, hosted an offline training with 80 SMEs to kick off the second phase of the Made by Malaysia, Loved by the World program. The second phase is aiming at training 1,000 SMEs in seven states across Malaysia. The program, which made its debut last year, also brought in a new partner, DHL Express, the globally leading express service provider, on this second phase, that is set to help SMEs navigate the complexities of international trade.
“Facebook is committed to helping fast forward the country's digital transformation by helping Malaysian small businesses grow both at home and abroad. Through the expansion of the Made by Malaysia program, Facebook will continue to invest more resources in Malaysia to equip more local SMEs with the tools, knowledge, and skills they need to be successful,” said Nicole Tan, Country Director for Malaysia at Facebook. In Malaysia, there's still a lot of work to do to fully unlock the potential of SMEs; especially in the area of International trade. Using online services such as Facebook and Instagram to engage with customers and promote a business removes many of the geographical barriers that traditional brick-and-mortar businesses face. This allows SMEs in Malaysia to expand across borders, allowing a business to seek international demand for their products or services at an early stage of the business lifecycle. “It is pertinent for businesses today to be adequately proficient in the digital landscape for them to compete, especially when going for exports. We hope the Made By Malaysia program, together with our current eTRADE Programme, can help SMEs to pick up skills in market research and digital marketing, and develop or strengthen their e-commerce presence by adopting digital solutions to ensure their business grow beyond borders,” said Mr. Noraslan Hadi Abdul Kadir, Director of Digital Trade Section, MATRADE. The phase two of the Made by Malaysia, Loved by the World program will host offline trainings in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak, Pahang, Perak and Johor. During the training, SMEs will have the opportunity to learn a combination of Facebook’s marketing solutions and insights, as well as the partners’ deep experience in bridging Malaysian businesses with global markets. With DHL joining hands in this program, Malaysian SMEs can also expect to get more insights and knowledge in cross-border logistics. “International logistics is an important factor for any company, especially in the e-commerce sector, looking to expand their reach beyond the country and to profit from the upward trend in cross-border online shopping. DHL is proud to be joining hands with Facebook to share insights and best practices that can help Malaysian SMEs succeed in cross-border logistics,” said Julian Neo, Managing Director, DHL Express Malaysia and Brunei. To-date, 1000 small businesses and entrepreneurs have been trained in the Phase 1 of the Made by Malaysia, Loved by the World program. With 97%[1] of SMEs on Facebook in Malaysia say that knowing how to promote products digitally, including on social media, is important to their business, the program aims to train 1000 more SMEs from September to December 2019. I’m very excited to see more business owners participating in Made by Malaysia program since the launch last year. Together with our partners from Facebook, MATRADE and DHL Express, AVANA will continue to equip Malaysian SMEs with the right digital knowledge, technology platform and more resources to scale up against their peers within the country and from around the globe,” said Luqman Adris, CEO & Founder of AVANA. [1] https://dataforgood.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/170726-Future-of-Business-Survey-Trade-report-July-2017-6.pdf For more information, on the Made by Malaysia, Loved by the World program, please visit: https://madebyyou.fb.com/my For more information, please find the full press release, fact sheet and images attached, or you may find them here. About DHL Express Malaysia - The Logistics Company for the World DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics industry. Our DHL family of divisions offer an unrivalled portfolio of logistics services ranging from national and international parcel delivery, e-commerce shipping and fulfillment solutions, international express, road, air and ocean transport to industrial supply chain management. With about 380,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide, DHL connects people and businesses securely and reliably, enabling global trade flows. With specialized solutions for growth markets and industries including technology, life sciences and healthcare, energy, automotive and retail, a proven commitment to corporate responsibility and an unrivalled presence in developing markets, DHL is decisively positioned as “The logistics company for the world”. DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group. The Group generated revenues of more than 61 billion euros in 2018. About MATRADE The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) was established on March 1, 1993 as the external trade promotion arm of Malaysia's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). Its functions are: ● To promote, assist and develop Malaysia's external trade with particular emphasis on the export of manufactured and semi-manufactured products and services; ● To formulate and implement export marketing strategies and trade promotion activities to promote Malaysia's export; ● To undertake commercial intelligence and market research and create a comprehensive database of information for the improvement and development of Malaysia's trade; ● To organise training programmes to improve the international marketing skills of Malaysian exporters; ● To enhance and protect Malaysia's international trade investment abroad; and ● To promote, facilitate and assist in the services areas related to trade. About AVANA AVANA is an eCommerce enabler that helps businesses of all sizes sell online easily across multiple channels through automation tools and business intelligence. Founded in 2016, AVANA has since empowered more than 30,000 sellers and have now expanded its services to Singapore and Indonesia to empower more MSMEs across Southeast Asia. Source: Arcis Communications FOR MORE INFORMATION OR INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES, PLEASE CONTACT: Name: Vanitha Mani Thevaratnam, Account Director Arcis Communications Tel: +60 12 317 2600 Email: [email protected] Name: Liew Sue Ling, Account Executive Arcis Communications Tel: +60 16 235 4225 Email: [email protected] --BERNAMA PETALING JAYA, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Century Software (M) Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Censof Holdings Berhad has been awarded an information and communication technology (“ICT”) maintenance contract worth RM 8.2 million from Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL).
Under the terms of the contract with DBKL, Century Software’s scope of work includes comprehensive maintenance and support services of ePBT Financial Management system in DBKL. The contract also includes refresh of hardware for the system. Duration of the contract will be for one year. Censof Group Managing Director, Ameer Bin Shaik Mydin said: " In the current economic condition, it is satisfying that Century Software has been able to sign a contract that provides enhanced visibility to our overall revenue streams." Century Software leading provider of financial management solutions developed on SAGA (Standard Accounting System for Government Agencies) – an initiative by the Malaysian Government to standardize accounting and financial management enterprise solutions used in all its Federal Statutory Bodies. “It is our competencies, commendable execution track record and our eagerness to ensure customer delight that have allowed us to offer superior services to our clients. This win further enables us to strengthen our footprint with DBKL. Our mission is to be the trusted technology and capacity provider for our clients and industry for years to come,” he added. Century Software creates platforms and services for businesses and governments to manage millions of interactions every day for those they serve. They leverage on the power of cloud, mobile and IoT, combined with technologies such as machine learning, robotic process automation, blockchain and artificial intelligence to elevate every interaction, driving modern digital experiences that are more efficient. About Censof Holdings Bhd Censof Holdings Bhd (KLSE: CENSOF) was established in 2008 and was listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia in 2011 as a technology investment holding company specialising in financial management software solutions. Since then, Censof has expanded its portfolio of financial services solutions to include e-payment gateway services, training solutions, wealth management software solutions and blockchain technology. For more information, please visit www.censof.com KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- The ‘S BLOCK Interstellar Quantitative Summit’ recently convened in Bangkok, Thailand, launching S BLOCK super node MasterNodes and S BLOCK Data Processing Unit. S BLOCK is a brand-new multi-currency, cross-chain technology wallet from Switzerland, jointly issued by S BLOCK foundation, Cloud Capital, Top Line, DAF, Stanford Blockchain Research center, MIT Media Lab and Cambridge Financial Alternative Center. Since its launch on June 15, it has brought a generous revenue of six to 15 per cent for its millions of users monthly, according to a statement. Interstellar quantification is S BLOCK's biggest source of revenue as it is to realise timely capital exchanges with the quantification team under the agreement of Interstellar loan contract. Also launched at the summit is S BLOCK super node MasterNodes which is to truly realise benefit sharing within the platform. The mechanism of MasterNodes is to gather scattered coins from users and turn them into POS nodes of the public chain, so as to share profits within the contributors of the mining pool. In addition, the S BLOCK Data Processing Unit was also launched at the event. S BLOCK will build a unique ecosystem and create a new powerful cross-chain public chain. More information at https://www.sblock.com. -- BERNAMA |
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