Author: Marie Jones

Companies can now secure competitive deals for both electricity and RECs Singapore’s Energy Market Company (EMC) announced that organisations committed to environmental sustainability can now conveniently purchase electricity and offset their electricity consumption with Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) through EMC’s PowerSelect platform. RECs are an additional offering on the PowerSelect platform, which helps businesses efficiently source the best electricity packages across a large number of electricity retailers in Singapore. With this new service, organisations can now also access a wide range of RECs from local and overseas energy providers, and across different renewable energy sources. Increased choices for both electricity…

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Setting the foundation for a new era of endoscopy Olympus Corporation today announced the launch of ENDO-AID(1), a cutting-edge platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that includes the endoscopy application ENDO-AID CADe (computer-aided detection) for the colon. This new AI platform enables real-time display of automatically detected suspicious lesions and works in combination with Olympus’ recently introduced EVIS X1, its most advanced endoscopy system to date. As a global leader in designing and delivering innovative solutions for medical and surgical procedures, Olympus aims to improve the health and quality of life of patients by providing advanced medical technologies. Its latest…

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Moving forward as world-class investor in ‘Food for the Future’ following SET listing NR Instant Produce PCL (SET: NRF), a leading manufacturer and exporter of food and condiments, advanced its investment plan following its official listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) with the distinction of being the first listed Thai company in the field of plant-based food. NRF have demonstrated the clear vision to become the world-leading food producer and the first Thai company to move forward as a leader in the field of plant-based food with the policy to become “The Purpose-Led Company”, meaning a company that…

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SINGAPORE, Oct 6, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, POWER WEEK will be continuing our efforts to deliver POWER WEEK ASIA 2020 from 9 – 12 November 2020. As it has always been, the safety and well-being of our delegates, speakers, sponsors, and staffs remains our highest priority. We have decided to bring POWER WEEK ASIA to you live online, so that you can stay connected with the global power sector. POWER WEEK ASIA attracts the industry leaders from national power companies, government regulators, policymakers, renewable & IPPs, investors and suppliers from around the…

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Clavent hosted ​Emerge Martech Virtual Summit powered by ​Clevertap on the 5th & 6th of September 2020. Emerge Martech Summit covered disruptive topics and latest technological factors that are set to transform the future of marketing under 4 large themes namely – ​AdTech, Content & SEO, User Analytics & Retention, Affiliates/Media Buying. Clavent secured an outstanding lineup of talented influencers and thought leaders from companies like Swiggy, BurgerKing, Schneider Electric, SBI,Red Chillies Entertainment, Flipkart, Zee5, and more. Emerge covered new tools, tactics, technologies, and applications for Marketing and advertising which will be needed in entering the digital arena in this…

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Woori BMO Group has today commented on Clover Health, the insurance start-up backed by Alphabet Inc. and Sequoia, as it agrees to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company created by Palo Alto-based venture capitalists, Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III. Christian Harper, Director of EMEA Wealth Management at Woori BMO Group, reported, “The deal gives Clover Health a company valuation of $3.7 billion, raising $1.2 billion in proceeds. Of this amount, $828 million will come from the SPAC company, Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III, with a further $400 million coming from private investors.” The…

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Raffles Financial Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raffles Financial Group Limited (CSE: RICH) (FSE: 4VO) (OTC: RAFFF) (“Raffles”, “the Company” or “RF”), today announces that the Company has entered into an advisory partnership for advanced-stage capital and public listing services with Japan’s Pacific Bays Capital (“PacCap”), a top tier VC firm that invests selectively into Japanese and global firms. PacCap general partners are seasoned VC professionals based in Japan and Silicon Valley, with overall team background including experience at major Japanese banks, independent VC funds, Sequoia Capital, Blackrock, and Morgan Stanley. Given Japan’s “Move South” strategy, PacCap sees…

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– Triller Already Has Millions in Pre-Donated Backlog For Influencer – Triller Go Live Pays Three Times More Than TikTok Go Live Feature – Creators and Influencers to receive 3x what they receive on TIKTOK and 10 influencers to receive $50,000 donations directly from Triller each Beginning on October 12th, 2020, Triller users will have the ability to livestream content, further expanding Triller’s capabilities as the social platform’s user-base grows. This new feature will offer creators a new way to monetize their content. With a paywall feature and donate now, creators will be able to go live at any time…

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The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its annual Satellite Industry Forum (SIF) as a virtual conference, from 24 – 25 September, which allowed for truly global participation with delegates from around the world in attendance. The event also saw over 100 new companies register to be part of the two-day discussions on Video in the Satellite World. The event opened with on a note of optimism from Louis Boswell, AVIA CEO. Despite unprecedented challenges and disruption for the industry in recent years, more video is being created, distributed and consumed than ever before, and satellite continues to play an…

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One-of-a-kind feature that guarantees the original foreign currency exchange rate for a certain period TOKYO, Oct 8, 2020 – JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, and NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, announced today that they will conduct a demonstration test for JCB Mobile Wallet (tentative name), a one-of-a-kind feature that guarantees the original foreign currency exchange rates for a certain period. JCB and NTT Com personnel will participate in the test, which will be conducted until the end of November, prior to the scheduled launch of commercial…

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