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Mukuru et WorldRemit s'associent pour développer les services d'envoi de fonds en Afrique du sud

CAPE TOWN et LONDRES -Lundi 5 Octobre 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) - Mukuru et WorldRemit ont annoncé aujourd'hui leur intention d'approfondir leur partenariat existant. Ayant initialement lancé leur alliance au Zimbabwe, les deux sociétés visent à élargir leur collaboration pour les transferts de fonds en Zambie, en Afrique du Sud, au Mozambique, au Malawi et au Botswana. Il s'agit d'une nouvelle  étape importante dans l’amélioration de la prestation  de services de classe mondiale et de l'inclusion financière à travers le continent africain.

L'élargissement du partenariat est  la dernière initiative lancée par les deux sociétés visant à améliorer la prestation de services financiers aux clients en combinant leurs forces et en tirant parti de leurs capacités et de leurs ressources.

Grâce à l’approfondissement de la  collaboration  entre les deux sociétés, les clients bénéficieront à tout moment d'une garantie de liquidité, et aucuns frais de retrait ne seront facturés aux bénéficiaires sur les encaissements de leurs espèces. Jusqu'à présent, les clients qui recevaient des paiements dans des portefeuilles mobiles dans les pays partenaires comme la Zambie payaient généralement des frais d’encaissement  lorsqu'ils retiraient de l'argent liquide  d'un portefeuille mobile. Désormais, lorsqu'un client de WorldRemit envoie de l'argent à un bénéficiaire en Zambie, et que ce dernier récupère son transfert depuis un kiosque de Mukuru, le destinataire ne paiera aucun frais.

Depuis le lancement du partenariat en juin 2020, les clients de WorldRemit dans plus de 50 pays - dont le Royaume-Uni, les États-Unis, l'Australie, la Nouvelle-Zélande, le Canada et l'Europe - ont pu envoyer de l'argent à leurs proches au Zimbabwe, qui ont besoin de ressources financières alors que la pandémie de coronavirus se profile à l’horizon. Les bénéficiaires peuvent récupérer leurs  virements WorldRemit dans l’un des 150 kiosques orange et plus de Mukuru et dans les nombreuses agences  situées à travers le Zimbabwe, tant dans les zones rurales que périurbaines.

Le service de collecte de fonds est opérationnel six jours par semaine et les clients n'auront pas à supporter les longues files d'attente. Ils peuvent récupérer leur argent rapidement et en toute sécurité.

Andy Jury, PDG de Mukuru, a déclaré à propos de ce partenariat élargi : "Il s'agit d'une nouvelle étape visant à accroître notre vision qui consiste à fournir à nos clients des services financiers facilement accessibles et pratiques. À travers ce partenariat, nous avons la possibilité de rendre les paiements de transfert accessibles aux clients de WorldRemit dans les régions éloignées grâce à notre réseau étendu de kiosques. Nous garantissons également la disponibilité des espèces dans nos kiosques, sans frais  pour le bénéficiaire lorsqu'il récupère son argent, de sorte  que le bénéficiaire reçoive l'intégralité du transfert qui lui  a été  envoyé".

Pardon Mujakachi, Responsable de WorldRemit en Afrique subsaharienne, a commenté : "Le  lancement de notre service au Zimbabwe a suscité une réaction phénoménale, et nous sommes ravis de pouvoir offrir à nos clients en Zambie, en Afrique du Sud, au Mozambique, au Malawi et au Botswana la même expérience client inégalée qui offre un accès pratique et à faible coût aux transferts de fonds, quel que soit  l'endroit où il se trouvent. Alors que nous élargissons notre partenariat, nos efforts conjoints pour l'inclusion financière créent un changement positif pour nos clients sur le continent africain. Le service WorldRemit est 100% numérique en ce qui concerne le transfert via le site électronique ou l'application mobile de WorldRemit, offrant ainsi un accès 24h/24 et 7 jour/7  aux envois de fonds depuis plus de 50 pays d'envoi, vers plus  de 7000 points de collecte de fonds  Mukuru à travers les cinq pays où nous avons lancé récemment notre service".

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À propos de WorldRemit

WorldRemit est une entreprise leader dans le domaine  de paiement internationaux. Nous avons bouleversé un secteur auparavant dominé par les acteurs traditionnels hors ligne en prenant des transferts d'argent internationaux en ligne – les rendant plus sûrs, plus rapides et moins coûteux. Nous transférons actuellement des fonds dans 50 à 150 pays, opérons dans 6 500 axes de transfert d'argent dans le monde entier et employons plus de 1100 personnes à travers le monde.

En ce qui concerne  le transfert, l’application WorldRemit est 100% numérique (sans argent liquide), ce qui améliore la commodité ainsi que la sécurité. De plus, pour ceux qui reçoivent l'argent, la société offre une grande gamme d'options, notamment le dépôt bancaire, l’encaissement d’argent, le rechargement de crédit téléphonique et  d’argent mobile.

Soutenu par Accel, TCV et Leapfrog –le siège social de  WorldRemit sont situés à Londres, au Royaume-Uni, avec des bureaux régionaux aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Australie, en Nouvelle-Zélande, à Hong Kong, à Singapour, en Malaisie, en Afrique du Sud, au Somaliland, au Rwanda, au Zimbabwe et en Belgique.

Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez consulter le site électronique suivant : www.worldremit.com.

À propos de Mukuru

Mukuru est une FinTech basée en Afrique qui offre des services financiers sûrs, abordables et fiables aux communautés mal desservies. Avec plus de 30 millions de transactions transfrontalières au cours de la dernière décennie, nous sommes devenus l’une des plus grandes sociétés de technologie financière africaines axées sur les transferts de fonds. Notre service d'envoi de fonds offre aux clients la possibilité d'envoyer de l'argent à leurs parents ou amis dans plus de 20 pays à travers l'Afrique et l'Asie.

De plus, nous offrons des services clients essentiels tels que Funeral Cover, The Mukuru Money Card et des solutions de paiement pour les entreprises dans les marchés émergents.

Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez consulter le site électronique suivant : https://www.mukuru.com/sa/.

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Contacts

Pour les renseignements de média :
WorldRemit
Genevieve Dowokpor: gdowokpor@worldremit.com

Mukuru
Cindy Klassen: cindy@mukuru.com


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IDEMIA Launches GREENPAY, a Sustainable End-to-end Offer Portfolio for Financial Institutions

COURBEVOIE, France-Tuesday 6 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

 

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, today announces its GREENPAY launch, an eco-friendly global offer for financial institutions, in line with its CSR* and sustainability strategy.

Environmental concerns underpin IDEMIA’s business practices. Through GREENPAY, IDEMIA commits to move away from today’s “take-make-waste” attitude to redesign our habits. IDEMIA is proud to develop solutions generating less plastic and paper waste, reducing land and water pollution while also minimizing its carbon footprint.

GREENPAY is IDEMIA’s commitment to continuously improve each part of the payment card value chain, seeking to:

  • Minimize the environmental impact of its processes and services

  • Develop innovative, eco-friendly products, services and solutions

  • Help customers achieve their environmental goals with IDEMIA’s product offering.

GREENPAY encompasses eco-friendly card body solutions, advanced card related services like eco-designed packaging, on-demand printing of PEFC/FSC certified card carrier, digital alert and e-documents among other services that enable financial institutions to deploy their sustainability transformation.

Over the last few months, IDEMIA’s customers around the world, including Latin America, the US, Europe and Asia, have adopted GREENPAY. For example:

  • The RHB1 Visa WWF Debit Card-i is a recycled PVC payment card which will be available to all new and existing RHB customers in Malaysia from July 2020. The cards contain state-of-the-art technology for seamless payments, have passed all durability tests and are ISO-certified and EMV compliant.

  • IDEMIA’s trusted solutions were chosen to accompany BBVA’s2 customers in the environmental transition journey. This partnership will progressively allow the bank to deliver cards made of “eco friendly” materials to customers in all countries where it has a presence by the end of 2021.

  • IDEMIA also offers Treezor3, a low-natural-resource-consuming card which does not compromise on security or end-user convenience. The collaboration between IDEMIA and Treezor - French banking-as-a-service market leader - has culminated in the launch of the first ever eco-friendly card by a FinTech in France.

  • IDEMIA was also awarded the “Environmental Claim Validation Summary” certification by its recycled PVC supplier “UL Environment Inc.”

Furthermore all GREENPAY products & services – through IDEMIA’s certified partner – financially contribute to key environmental projects around the world in line with the Sustainable Development Goals set up by the United Nations.

IDEMIA’s Executive VP Financial Institutions Amanda Gourbault said: “We at IDEMIA take sustainable development very seriously and believe the financial community is perfectly placed to promote green initiatives and build a better tomorrow. This is GREENPAY’s primary objective, combining all our expertise in technologies which further CSR goals.”

*CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility

About IDEMIA

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, provides a trusted environment enabling citizens and consumers alike to perform their daily critical activities (such as pay, connect and travel), in the physical as well as digital space.

Securing our identity has become mission critical in the world we live in today. By standing for Augmented Identity, an identity that ensures privacy and trust and guarantees secure, authenticated and verifiable transactions, we reinvent the way we think, produce, use and protect one of our greatest assets – our identity – whether for individuals or for objects, whenever and wherever security matters. We provide Augmented Identity for international clients from Financial, Telecom, Identity, Public Security and IoT sectors.

With close to 15,000 employees around the world, IDEMIA serves clients in 180 countries.

For more information, visit www.idemia.com / Follow @IDEMIAGroup on Twitter

1 See PR - https://www.idemia.com/press-release/idemia-partners-rhb-bank-launch-first-recycled-debit-card-asia-pacific-2020-06-15
2 See PR - https://www.idemia.com/press-release/idemia-and-bbva-partner-launch-spains-first-payment-card-made-recycled-pvc-2020-06-05
3 See PR - https://www.idemia.com/press-release/idemia-and-treezor-launch-first-eco-friendly-payment-card-onlyone-french-fintech-firm-2020-06-26

 

 


Contacts

Press Contact:
Hanna Sebbah
idemia@havas.com
+33 (0) 6 63 73 30 30


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Guidewire Announces New RDP Exposure Signal to Assess Growing Cyber Threats

Guidewire Cyence for Cyber incorporates new Exposure Signal for Remote Desktop Protocol, helping insurers make better informed underwriting decisions, and offer customers the ability to reduce risk exposure

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Friday 2 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

 

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently, today announced a new Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Exposure Signal, for its Guidewire Cyence for Cyber product. Cyberattacks against Internet-exposed RDP servers are surging, and Exposure Signal is designed to detect on-demand whether a company’s RDP has been exposed to the internet and a potential cyberattack.

The new capability provides actionable insights that enable underwriters to develop a more comprehensive assessment of enterprise susceptibility to attack, leading to the ability to price risk appropriately and avoid adverse risk selection. In addition, Exposure Signal empowers insurers to inform their customers of a potential cyberattack so that they can take action to reduce their risk exposure by taking preventative or remediation measures.

RDP is a remote desktop solution that comes pre-installed on all Windows PCs, and is a key component of enabling remote work, which has increased dramatically since the outbreak of COVID-19. According to analysis by cybersecurity researchers at McAfee, there has been a spike in RDP ports facing the open Internet, growing from around three million in January to more than four and a half million in March.

“The RDP Exposure Signal’s insights can be very useful in driving underwriting decisions. In addition, actionable steps can be taken to reduce risk. It’s a win-win,” said Roger Arnemann, general manager and senior vice president, Analytics, Guidewire Software. “Insurers can quote the prospective customer, contingent on the finding being fixed, which gives the insured the incentive to act because it improves their cybersecurity posture and they get a better rate.”

As a leading platform provider for the P&C insurance industry that specializes in helping customers assess cyber risk, Guidewire is uniquely positioned to quickly add new exposure signals that are correlated to cyber risk. “Guidewire Cyence for Cyber (via the new Exposure Signal addition), can detect whether a company’s RDP has been exposed to the public internet, leaving those companies open to cyberattack,” said Paul Mang, chief innovation officer, Guidewire Software. “Exposure Signal is a very innovative and forward-thinking addition to our cyber data model that will benefit insurers and their customers.”

About Guidewire Software

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. ​We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 400 insurers, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record, with 1,000+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

NOTE: For information about Guidewire’s trademarks, visit https://www.guidewire.com/legal-notices.

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Contacts

Diana Stott
Director, Communications
Guidewire Software, Inc.
+1.650.356.4941
dstott@guidewire.com

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Mukuru and WorldRemit Partner to Further Expand Remittance Service into Southern Africa

CAPE TOWN & LONDON-Monday 5 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mukuru and WorldRemit today announced a deepening of their existing partnership. Having initially launched the alliance in Zimbabwe, the two companies aim to expand their collaboration for cash remittances into Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi and Botswana. This is an important next step in furthering the delivery of world-class services and financial inclusion across the African continent.

The partnership expansion is the latest move by both companies to enhance the delivery of financial services to customers by combining their strengths and leveraging their capabilities and resources.

As a result of the company's deepened collaboration, customers will benefit from guaranteed cash at all times, and there will be no cash-out charges to recipients on cash collections. Until now, customers who received payments into mobile wallets in partnership countries like Zambia would ordinarily pay a cash-out fee when withdrawing cash from a mobile wallet. Now, when a WorldRemit customer sends cash to a recipient in Zambia, and that recipient collects their transfer at a Mukuru booth, the recipient will pay no fee at all.

Since the launch of the partnership in June 2020, WorldRemit customers in over 50 countries – including the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Europe – have been able to send money to their loved ones in Zimbabwe who are in need of financial resources as the coronavirus pandemic draws out. Beneficiaries can collect their WorldRemit remittance at any of Mukuru’s 150+ orange booths and multiple branches located across Zimbabwe in both rural and peri-urban areas.

The cash pick up service is operational six days a week and customers will not have to endure long queues. They can collect their cash quickly and safely.

Andy Jury, CEO, Mukuru says of the expanded partnership, “This is yet another step in growing our vision of providing our customers with financial services that are easily accessible and convenient. Through this partnership, we have an opportunity to make remittance payments accessible to WorldRemit customers in remote areas through our extended booth network. We also guarantee cash availability at our booths with zero charges to the recipient when they collect their cash, so the recipient receives the full remittance sent to them.”

Pardon Mujakachi, Head of Sub Saharan Africa at WorldRemit commented “The response to our service launch in Zimbabwe was phenomenal, and we are happy to be able to offer our customers in Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi and Botswana the same unmatched customer experience providing low cost and convenient access to remittances, no matter the location. As we expand on our partnership, our joint efforts for financial inclusion is creating a positive shift for our customers on the African continent. The WorldRemit service is 100% digital on the send side via the WorldRemit website or mobile app, providing 24/7 access to remittances from 50+ send countries, into over 7,000 Mukuru cash pick-up locations across the five countries we are newly launching.”

About WorldRemit

WorldRemit is a leading global payments company. We disrupted an industry previously dominated by offline legacy players by taking international money transfers online - making them safer, faster and lower-cost. We currently send from 50 to 150 countries, operate in 6,500 money transfer corridors worldwide and employ over 1,100 people globally.

On the sending side WorldRemit is 100% digital (cashless), increasing convenience and enhancing security. For those receiving money, the company offers a wide range of options including bank deposit, cash collection, mobile airtime top-up and mobile money.

Backed by Accel, TCV and Leapfrog – WorldRemit’s headquarters are in London, United Kingdom with regional offices in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Somaliland, Rwanda, Zimbabwe and Belgium.

For more information, visit www.worldremit.com

About Mukuru

Mukuru is an Africa-based FinTech that enables safe, affordable, reliable financial services to underserved communities. With over 30 million cross-border transactions over the last decade, we are one of Africa’s largest remittances-led FinTech’s. Our remittance service offers customers the opportunity to send money to their relatives or friends in over 20 countries across Africa and Asia.

Additionally, we offer critical customer services such as Funeral Cover, The Mukuru Money Card and payment solutions for businesses in emerging markets.

For more information, visit https://www.mukuru.com/sa/

 

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Contacts

For media inquiries:
WorldRemit
Genevieve Dowokpor: gdowokpor@worldremit.com

Mukuru
Cindy Klassen: cindy@mukuru.com

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Wenatchee Valley College Evaluates IT Environment After Local College Hit with Ransomware

College Invests in ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage with Ransomware Recovery

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-Wednesday 30 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExaGrid®, the industry’s only Tiered Backup Storage solution, today announced that Wenatchee Valley College switched to an ExaGrid-Veeam solution for superior data protection and to implement a strategy for ransomware recovery.

Wenatchee Valley College enriches North Central Washington by serving educational and cultural needs of communities and residents throughout the service area. The college provides high-quality transfer, liberal arts, professional/technical, basic skills, and continuing education for students of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds. The Wenatchee campus is located near the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains, midway between Seattle and Spokane. The WVC at Omak campus is located near the Canadian border in Omak, about 100 miles north of Wenatchee.

“A college in our system suffered a massive ransomware attack and all of their servers were impacted, including their backup data, so they couldn’t recover anything. We’ve used their experience as a case study to improve on the areas that they were weak on, the root causes of how it happened, when it happened, and what led up to that ransomware - then made changes to our environment and instituted best practices. Now, even if we are impacted, if our VMware environment and our servers are impacted, we know that the ExaGrid data will not be impacted,” said Steve Garcia, the college’s Information Security Officer. “We scrapped our old solution and went with an ExaGrid system and Veeam, which tied in nicely with our VMware infrastructure. The combined solution of ExaGrid and Veeam is amazing! They work very well together. Now that I’ve used the ExaGrid-Veeam solution, I’ve recommended it to colleagues at other community colleges as a solid, reliable solution for any backup infrastructure needs.”

ExaGrid provides Tiered Backup Storage with a front-end disk-cache Landing Zone and separate Retention Tier containing all retention data. Data is written directly to the “network facing” ExaGrid disk-cache Landing Zone, then it is tiered into a “non-network facing” long-term retention repository where it is stored as deduplicated data objects to reduce the storage cost of long-term retention data. ExaGrid’s approach to ransomware is called Retention Time-Lock. It prevents hackers from deleting or encrypting backups in ExaGrid system’s retention tier. ExaGrid has the only non-network-facing tiered backup storage solution (a tiered air gap) with delayed deletes and immutable deduplication objects. This unique approach ensures when a ransomware attack occurs, data can be easily recovered or VMs booted from the ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage system. Not only can primary storage be restored, but all long-term backup retention data also remains intact after a ransomware attack.

“It offers peace of mind knowing we have a robust backup system, and that if we are attacked by ransomware, we will get our data back and can resume normal operations. We take precautions to make sure when that does happen—I used to say if that happens, but it’s a matter of when now, from my perspective—when that happens, we can recover and we can get our end users back to their day-to-day operations with all their data,” said Garcia.

Read the complete Success Story to learn more about Garcia’s experience using ExaGrid. ExaGrid’s published customer success stories and enterprise stories demonstrate how satisfied customers are with ExaGrid’s unique architectural approach, differentiated product, and unrivaled customer support.

About ExaGrid

ExaGrid provides Tiered Backup Storage with a unique disk-cache Landing Zone, long-term retention repository, and scale-out architecture. ExaGrid’s Landing Zone provides for the fastest backups, restores, and instant VM recoveries. The retention repository offers the lowest cost for long-term retention. ExaGrid’s scale-out architecture includes full appliances and ensures a fixed-length backup window as data grows, eliminating expensive forklift upgrades and product obsolescence. Visit us at exagrid.com or connect with us on LinkedIn. See what our customers have to say about their own ExaGrid experiences and why they now spend significantly less time on backup in our customer success stories.

ExaGrid is a registered trademark of ExaGrid Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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Contacts
Media:
Kristina O’Connell
ExaGrid
koconnell@exagrid.com

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Bacardi Limited Welcomes Beverage Industry Veteran Todd Grice as General Counsel

HAMILTON, Bermuda -Saturday 3 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately held spirits company, today announces the appointment of Todd Grice as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Grice brings 25 years of legal practice to Bacardi, including the last 18 with The Coca-Cola Company, with extensive business and legal expertise in corporate governance, competition law, securities law, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial transactions. This appointment follows the long-planned retirement of Eduardo Sanchez who served as the company’s SVP and General Counsel for 17 years. Grice will report to Chief Executive Officer Mahesh Madhavan and joins the company’s Global Leadership Team. At Bacardi, Grice will be responsible for legal and government affairs including legal strategy, governance and compliance, strategic transactions, and dispute resolution and regulatory matters.

“We are so pleased to welcome Todd to Bacardi and look forward to his contributions to our long-term strategy and to our ongoing efforts to strengthen our unique Bacardi culture. From the beginning, we were impressed with his passion for developing teams and his commitment to being a positive and purposeful business leader and partner,” says Mahesh Madhavan, Chief Executive Officer of Bacardi Limited. “Todd understands and appreciates how legacy brands, like our 158-year-old business, maintain relevance and connection generation after generation while always staying true to who you are and what you stand for.”

Grice brings a truly global perspective, with international, regional, and country-level experience in emerging and mature markets. His career at Coca-Cola took him to market and functional roles based in London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Atlanta, along with a board leadership role for the business in Africa. As a family-owned business with a strong company culture, equally appealing to Bacardi was Grice’s work at Coca-Cola to embed purpose, values, vision, and mission throughout the company’s business practices and policies.

“I’ve always admired the global, premium brands under the Bacardi company and have such a strong regard for how a family-owned business maintains a passion for its people, its business and its brands while spanning decades of industry leadership,” says Grice. “I’m excited to join Bacardi and its legacy of a people-first culture, innovative thinking, and a commitment to growth, all while never losing sight of doing the right thing.”

Grice will relocate to Bermuda pending authorization by the Bermuda Immigration Authority.

About Bacardi Limited
Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, produces and markets internationally recognized spirits and wines. The Bacardi Limited brand portfolio comprises more than 200 brands and labels, including BACARDÍ® rum, GREY GOOSE® vodka, PATRÓN® tequila, DEWAR’S® Blended Scotch whisky, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin, MARTINI® vermouth and sparkling wines, CAZADORES® 100% blue agave tequila, and other leading and emerging brands including WILLIAM LAWSON’S® Scotch whisky, ST-GERMAIN® elderflower liqueur, and ERISTOFF® vodka. Founded more than 158 years ago in Santiago de Cuba, family-owned Bacardi Limited currently employs more than 7,000, operates production facilities in 11 countries, and sells its brands in more than 170 countries. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited. Visit http://www.bacardilimited.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram.

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Contacts
Jessica Merz
Director Global Corporate Communications
jmerz@bacardi.com


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PCI Pharma Services Introduces First-of-its-Kind Digital Platform to Provide Clients with Real-Time Supply Chain Data and Analytics

pci | bridge launch is part of larger three-year corporate digital transformation strategy

 

PHILADELPHIA-Tuesday 29 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PCI Pharma Services (PCI), a leading pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical global outsourcing solutions provider today announced the launch of pci | bridge, an innovative digital platform that will give customers immediate visibility into their clinical and commercial supply chain, and provide instantaneous data and insights to inform decision-making. Created using an agile development process whereby key clients collaborated and provided input, PCI built an industry-leading digital interface that delivers greater transparency to clients – saving time and resources to ultimately help bring life-changing therapies to patients faster. The launch of pci | bridge is one of many initiatives that PCI has undertaken to incorporate digital transformation as core to its business strategy.

 “At PCI, we are always looking to the future and could see the potential that technology and digital systems held for the pharmaceutical supply chain industry,” said Salim Haffar, Chief Executive Officer, PCI Pharma Services. “Twelve months ago, we made the deliberate decision as an organization to invest more in this area, with the goal of enhancing client experiences, digitizing business processes and aligning our IT to scale as we grow. The launch of pci | bridge represents a key milestone achievement in our digital transformation journey. We believe our unique offering will simplify how our clients interact with us and create a leading-edge client experience.”

A direct connection between PCI and clients, the platform will make real-time information readily accessible to clients including inventory, production, distribution and shipping data, presented in organized, customizable formats. The platform also features a document repository where electronic paperwork can be stored and accessed in one place, and signatures secured on the platform.

“Having a fully functioning supply chain, whose foundation is built on digitally-enabled capabilities and technologies, means we can be more adept at moving resources, assets and inventory – quickly and effectively,” said Wayne Hull, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, PCI Pharma Services. “We are embracing new technologies at PCI because they improve client experiences, give greater visibility into the supply chain, and provide data insights to optimize efficiencies and mitigate risks.”

The technology behind pci | bridge will closely and very securely integrate PCI’s systems with those of clients so that the supply chain can be easily managed by both parties. One significant advantage is removing manual processes that are often time intensive for both sides.

“Seeking input from multiple customers to understand how we hope to use the platform and previewing iterations with us is invaluable in terms of structuring the tool so it can actually be helpful to our work,” said Wendy Xia, Senior Director, Head of Supply Chain at Agios Pharmaceuticals, a key PCI client who collaborated with the company on pci | bridge. “I am very excited about my team using pci | bridge because I think it will greatly increase productivity and efficiency on both ends.”

“The benefits I see of using pci | bridge is that is that it eliminates the need for clients to constantly reach out to the project teams for updates. Now, we will have that information at our fingertips and can instead focus on the bigger picture with PCI, such as what’s coming next,” added Kevin Gregorczyk, Director, Development Operations at eFFECTOR Therapeutics, another key PCI client who participated in the development process.

Post-launch, PCI will continue to evolve and update pci | bridge features to meet client needs.

To learn more about pci | bridge, click here.

About PCI Pharma Services

The global healthcare industry trusts PCI for the drug development solutions that increase their products’ speed to market and opportunities for commercial success. Only PCI brings the proven experience that comes with more than 50 successful product launches a year and over five decades in the healthcare business. Leading technology and continued investment enable us to address global development needs throughout the product life cycle — from Phase I Clinical trials through commercialization and ongoing supply. Our clients view us as an extension of their business and a collaborative partner, with the shared goal of improving patients’ lives. For more information, please visit www.pci.com or follow us on Twitter at @PCI_Social.

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Contacts

Bailey Watroba, WE Communications
bwatroba@we-worldwide.com / +1-617-234-4110


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PTR Robots Introduces World’s First Mobile Lifting Robot That Both Transfers and Rehabilitates Patients

Patient transfer and rehabilitation robot is mobile and intelligent

ODENSE, Denmark-Thursday 1 October 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

 

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PTR Robots, a Danish service-robot company, announced the world premiere of its robot that can mobilize and transfer patients. Jointly developed with healthcare professionals, the PTR Robot is the first mobile, intelligent robot solution that can flexibly move around in the healthcare and nursing sectors. While it helps individuals with impaired functions to be transferred and rehabilitated, it also relieves the strain on staff, redirecting them from labor-intensive tasks. A PTR Robot also reduces the risk of infection, because only one caregiver needs to be present to perform a patient transfer.

One out of every four bedridden patients in a typical hospital is not self-reliant and needs assistance, both to be transferred and rehabilitated. This need is even more pronounced at nursing homes. According to the WHO, lifting injuries account for one-third of all occupational injuries among nurses.

“Many nursing homes, hospitals and institutions are keenly interested in our patient transfer and rehabilitation robot. If an elderly person breaks his or her hip, the robot can help him/her stand up right after the operation. The robot also accompanies the patient when taking the first steps after surgery,” says Lone Jager Lindquist CEO, PTR Robots.

The robot lifter from PTR Robots is designed to ‘shrink’ in size to easily fit through an ordinary doorway. This means that the robot outperforms traditional, stationary ceiling hoists in terms of flexibility.

PTR Robots is a subsidiary of Blue Ocean Robotics, which revolutionized the service-robot market via subsidiaries such as UVD Robots and GoBe Robots.

“With PTR Robots we have created a brand-new product category in the area of patient transfers and rehabilitation, similar to what we did with UV disinfection with our subsidiary UVD Robots,” says Claus Risager, CEO at Blue Ocean Robotics, and Chairman of the Board at PTR Robots.

UVD Robots are deployed globally, disinfecting hospitals, hotels, food processing plants, clean rooms in the pharmaceutical industry, airports, train stations, preschools and more.

About PTR Robots and Blue Ocean Robotics

PTR Robots is a subsidiary of Blue Ocean Robotics, a world-leading group developing professional service robots. Blue Ocean Robotics is headquartered in Odense, Denmark—Europe’s ‘Robot Capital’—where the group develops, manufactures and sells service robots to the healthcare, hospitality, construction and agricultural sectors.

Press photos

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Contacts

Merima Cikotic
Blue Ocean Robotics
mc@blue-ocean-robotics.com
+45 71-99-56-06

 

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Israel’s INX launches the first-ever US SEC registered security token IPO

After having raised over the mandatory minimum US$7.5m the company looks at the UAE one of the world’s leading blockchain hubs


Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Wednesday 30 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

Israel’s INX has launched the first-ever SEC-registered security token IPO aiming to raise up to US$117 million (AED430 million) from both retail and institutional investors. The company announced that it has already raised over US$7.5 million (AED28 million) in its initial public offering, exceeding the minimum requirement for the offering. INX has also started accepting payments in Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and USD Coin (USDC) at 10am EDT.

INX aims to provide a regulated trading platform for digital securities and cryptocurrencies combining traditional markets expertise and a novel fintech approach. INX is led by an experienced team of business, finance, and blockchain technology experts unified by the vision of redefining the world of capital markets via blockchain technology and novel regulatory approach.

“For INX, uncharted territory represents immense opportunity to change the world for good, and there has been a lot of it going around lately. We recently became the first company to ever receive SEC clearance for a security token IPO, and on the heel of that move came normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Both countries share fertile ground for fintech, crypto and blockchain to take hold, and now with the U.S. nod of approval for digital assets, the finance world is in for a treat,” stated the Executive Managing Director of INX, Mr. Alan Silbert.

INX has set the offering price at US$0.90 per Token with a minimum investment of US$1,000. BTC/USD, ETH/USD and USDC/USD exchange rates will be determined in the manner as disclosed in the final prospectus. Information regarding the token can be found at https://token.inx.co/.

Copy of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, by visiting the SEC's website or the following website (click here) or by sending an email to INX at investors@inx.co.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About INX: https://www.inx.co.

Contacts
Prem A. Ramachandran

+971504537253

prem@whitewaterpr.com 

 


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“Japanese Cuisine and Food Culture Human Resource Development Program 2020” (Tokyo Japan) Now Accepting Applications for Online Participants

TOKYO-Wednesday 30 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Applications are now being accepted for a training program on Japanese cuisine for non-Japanese chefs who are serious about studying Japanese cuisine, officially supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan.

We are now accepting applications for an online training program to acquire correct knowledge and skills in Japanese cuisine and food culture. Study under a curriculum taught by first-class chefs in your own country. It’s a great opportunity to learn techniques in authentic Japanese cuisine and obtain official certification by the Japanese government in a short period of time.

Application Deadline: Oct. 30, 2020

E-learning Course: Oct. 19 - Nov. 30, 2020

Real-time Online Course (selected participants only): Dec. 1, 2020 - Feb. 28, 2021
(Dates are Japan standard time)

Participate by watching videos of top chefs*1 supervised by the Japanese Culinary Academy*2 free of charge! Study the fundamentals of Japanese cuisine via videos and textbooks.

During the program, trainers from the prestigious Kyoto Culinary Art College*3 (partnership school of the Japanese Culinary Academy) will be available to attentively answer participants’ questions.

Those who complete the e-learning course can take the exam for Certification of Cooking Skills for Japanese Cuisine in Foreign Countries, Bronze*4 established by MAFF.

If you have internet connection that enables you to watch the online training videos, you can participate whenever you like.

All participants will be provided a Japanese kitchen knife, whetstone, and textbook needed for the program (participants must provide their own ingredients).

Participants who demonstrate outstanding performance in the e-learning course will be able to join a special real-time face-to-face online course taught by a master chef. Those who complete this course will also be given additional materials to acquire more advanced skills and knowledge.

The aim of this program is to provide participants with correct knowledge and skills in Japanese cuisine, so they can spread the magnificence of Japanese food, food culture, and Japan-produced ingredients around the globe.

List of chefs supporting the program:

YOSHIHIRO MURATA (Kikunoi)

MASAHIRO KURISU (Tankuma Kitamise)

HIROSHI SASAKI (Gion Sasaki)

TAKASHI TAMURA (Tsukiji Tamura)

MAMORU SUGIYAMA (Ginza Sushiko Honten)

MASAYOSHI KAZATO (Sakae Sushi)

MOTOKAZU NAKAMURA (Issisoden-Nakamura)

SHIGEO ARAKI (Uosaburo)

AKIO SAITO (Shichijyuniko)

MOTOI KURISU (Arashiyama Kumahiko)

TAKUJI TAKAHASHI (Kinobu)

SHINICHIRO TAKAGI (Zeniya)

YOJI SATAKE (Takeshigero: Minokichi Main Restaurant)

KIMIO NONAGA (Nihonbashi Yukari)

HARUYUKI TAKADA (Takada Hassho)

HIROTOSHI OGAWA (WSSI (World Sushi Skills Institute))

NAOYUKI YANAGIHARA (Kinsaryu-Shika, Yanagihara School of Traditional Japanese Cuisine)

RYOHEI HAYASHI (Tenoshima)

Supervisor:

MASAHIRO NAKATA (President of Taiwa Gakuen Kyoto Culinary Art College)

Note:

This program is organized by the Japanese Cuisine and Food Culture Human Resource Development Committee (JCDC), with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan.

*1. The program will be supervised by master chefs from famous restaurants, including Mr. Yoshihiro Murata of Kikunoi in Kyoto, one of the most well-known restaurants in Japan.
*2. NPO that promotes global understanding of Japanese cuisine, holds training programs, conducts research, and more.
https://culinary-academy.jp/english
*3. Prestigious culinary school boasting 90 years of history and tradition that has produced many famous chefs in Japanese cuisine.
https://sites.google.com/st.taiwa.ac.jp/eng/kyocyo?authuser=0
*4. A certification program established to certify non-Japanese chefs of Japanese cuisine who have gained correct knowledge and skills in Japanese cuisine in accordance with the guidelines established by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).
https://www.maff.go.jp/j/shokusan/syokubun/pdf/chori_o_e.pdf

Eligibility to Participate in the Program
Applicants must:

Have internet connection that enables them to watch the online training videos.

Have a place where they can practice kitchen knife techniques (cutting vegetables and filleting fish).

Be a non-Japanese national (non-Japanese nationals residing in Japan are also eligible).

Be 18 or older at the time of the start of the program.

Have the ability to speak (at a conversational level or above), read, and write English or Japanese.

Be able to cover costs that incur during the program for things other than those stated in Covered Costs below.

Have basic culinary skills and a strong will and desire to actively learn about Japanese food and food culture.

Covered Costs

Tuition for the training program

Basic Japanese cuisine set needed for the program: textbook, Japanese kitchen knife (usuba hocho), whetstone, etc.

Note: Participants must pay any telecommunication costs involved in participating in the program. Participants must pay for any other ingredients and materials needed during the program besides those provided above.

Other

The collaboration tool Lark will be used for the program, so participants will need to install the application.
https://www.larksuite.com/

Schedule (All times are in Japanese Standard Time. The current schedule is subject to change.)

1. Application period
(Until Friday, October 30, 2020, 23:59)
Submit the following documents to nihonshoku@tow.co.jp before 23:59 on Friday, October 30, 2020:

Application form, photograph of face

Copy of an official government-issued ID such as a passport

2. Notification of results
(From the time the application documents arrive until Monday, November 2, 2020, 23:59)
Application documents will be reviewed in the order they arrive, and you will be contacted about the results.

3. Agreement ~ Online training system setup, shipment of basic set
(From the time of completion of the agreement until Monday, November 30, 2020, 23:59)

Sign pledge
Once you have signed the pledge, you will be officially accepted as a participant.

4. E-learning course and tests
(From the time of completion of the agreement until Monday, November 30, 2020, 23:59)
A training course (lesson 0-10) based on an e-learning curriculum created in line with the Certification of Cooking Skills for Japanese Cuisine in Foreign Countries, Bronze established by MAFF. A test will be given after each lesson.

5. Bronze certification exam
(From the time of completion of the agreement until Monday, November 30, 2020, 23:59)
Exam for the Certification of Cooking Skills for Japanese Cuisine in Foreign Countries, Bronze established by MAFF. Those who pass the exam will be registered as Bronze certified chefs and will receive a Bronze Certificate.

6. Real-time face-to-face online course by master chef for outstanding performers
(Tuesday, December 1, 2020 to Sunday, February 14, 2021, 23:59)
Real-time face-to-face online course taught by a master chef held in a small group, which only those who were specially selected for their outstanding performance in the above e-learning course can participate. While the e-learning course covered one of the five basic techniques for Japanese cuisine (goho or “five methods”), that of “cutting/peeling,” participants in this course will acquire more practical skills and know-how while making actual dishes using not only cutting/peeling technique but also the other basic techniques of simmering, grilling, steaming, and frying.

7. Final exam, and shipment of Certificate of Completion and materials
(Until Sunday, February 28, 2021, 23:59)
One-on-one online exam with a master chef to confirm understanding of what was taught in the real-time face-to-face online course. Those who complete the course will receive a Certificate of Completion and materials to enable more in-depth study of and further their dedication in Japanese cuisine.

Application documents will be reviewed in the order they arrive, and you will be contacted about the results. After that, you can start the program once you have signed the pledge, so the sooner you apply and are accepted, the longer you can participate.

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Contacts
Direct inquiries to the email address below.
(Contact people: Yayoi Makino and Aya Hamasuna)
Japanese Cuisine and Food Culture Human Resource Development Committee
nihonshoku@tow.co.jp


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PMI to Address Equality & Transformation During Upcoming International Events

LAUSANNE, Switzerland-Tuesday 29 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) today announced its participation in several global forums focused on equality in the workplace. Members of PMI’s Senior Management Team—including Chief Diversity Officer Silke Muenster—will detail the steps PMI is taking to further diversify its workplace and explain how fostering a culture built on broader perspectives increases creativity and productivity, ultimately driving innovation and consumer-centricity.

Events include:

- Sept. 30: Marian Salzman, senior vice president, global communications, will address The Hill’s “Century of the Woman,” an event bringing together remarkable women leaders and decision-makers to discuss progress toward equality and the barriers that remain today.

- Oct. 1: Silke Muenster and Marian Salzman will participate in the Financial Times LIVE “Accelerating Equality” digital conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the UN Conference on Women. Thought leaders and international experts in gender equality will convene to discuss what policymakers, businesses, and civil society can do to accelerate progress on gender diversity and equality.

- Oct. 8: Silke Muenster will join the Financial Times LIVE “Women at the Top UK” digital conference in a panel titled “How to be an inclusive leader,” discussing how to lead teams to adopt more inclusive behaviors and strategies.

- Nov. 16-20: Michael Voegele, chief technology officer, will speak at this year’s Women in Technology World Series virtual event about PMI’s business and IT transformation and the range of equal opportunities for talent in tech to accelerate progress toward a smoke-free future.

- Nov. 19: Marian Salzman will join the Financial Times LIVE “Women at the Top USA” digital conference in a panel discussing “The future of work—and why it matters for equality.” The conversation will feature implications of the pandemic and how it will transform the way we connect at work.

To find out more about Inclusion & Diversity at PMI, click here.

Philip Morris International: Delivering a Smoke-Free Future
Philip Morris International (PMI) is leading a transformation in the tobacco industry to create a smoke-free future and ultimately replace cigarettes with smoke-free products to the benefit of adults who would otherwise continue to smoke, society, the company, and its shareholders. PMI is a leading international tobacco company engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, as well as smoke-free products and associated electronic devices and accessories, and other nicotine-containing products in markets outside the United States. PMI ships a version of its smoke-free devices and consumables authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to Altria Group, Inc. for sale in the United States under license. PMI is building a future on a new category of smoke-free products that, while not risk-free, are a much better choice than continuing to smoke. Through multidisciplinary capabilities in product development, state-of-the-art facilities, and scientific substantiation, PMI aims to ensure that its smoke-free products meet adult consumer preferences and rigorous regulatory requirements. For more information, please visit www.pmi.com and www.pmiscience.com.

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Contacts
David Fraser
Philip Morris International
T. +41 (0)79 843 8603
E. david.fraser@pmi.com

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