PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OMC Group Sdn Bhd ("OMC Group" or "Company"), the blockchain arm of AIO Synergy Holdings Berhad ("AIO Synergy"), is set to offer more blockchain solutions to businesses, government and the community to help them operate in a world that is increasingly going digital.
OMC Group offers solutions through the Company’s own patented decentralised ledger technology ("DLT") known as Authorised Proof of Capacity ("APoC"), which is the consensus mechanism used to run the OMChain for trust and verification purposes.
Jack Lee, CEO of OMC Group
Jack Lee, CEO of the company said: "We are in the midst of witnessing how technology has evolved and how businesses are conducted differently from the way it was. The move to doing business digitally paves the way for the business we are in as blockchain strongly encourages transparency and immutability."
"We are offering our blockchain solutions to serve merchants, which includes a decentralised ledger that is secure, trustworthy and transparent together with a community and ecosystem that we support through our hybrid Point of Sales ("POS") devices that includes a mining feature rewarding users with points that can be used for transactions".
The second version of OMC Group’s hybrid POS device together with hot wallet was launched in Malaysia in the second quarter of 2020 ("Q2 2020") following sales of the devices in China in Q3 2019. The devices are now available in 11 countries in East and Southeast Asia. In total, over 29,000 POS devices have been sold together with the hot wallet.
In the pipeline is the launch of the Asia Blockchain Centre in Q3 2020, a hub supporting blockchain startups through education, providing solutions for businesses, government and the community as well as offering solutions on the applications of blockchain technology. A debit card will be launched in Q4 2020 while a series of awareness campaigns on blockchain will be held.
The OMC ecosystem comprises OmniChat, a text/video/picture messaging platform that has 20 million users worldwide; Omnipay, a peer-to-peer payment network with third-party payment license in China as well as more than 10,000 merchants on-boarded and; Omnity, a smart community management application that can securely store customer information and collect management fees with more than 48,000 daily active users.
The Company’s long-term plans include obtaining a license in Malaysia to operate financial services in 2021 including cross-border payment services and offering its own patented DLT technology, APoC.
The synergistic collaboration will yield future-ready solutions to accelerate the banking industry of tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — MACROKIOSK and Silverlake join forces to empower the emerging digital banking industry in the Asia Pacific region. This collaboration brings together the proven robust digital solutions and respective capabilities of MACROKIOSK and Silverlake to support virtual banks in the evolving banking industry landscape.
Dato’ Henry Goh, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, MACROKIOSK Group
With increasing digital transformation across the banking sector, the arrival of digital banking in the region is certain. As digital banking is set to disrupt traditional banking practices and cater to underserved markets, advanced technology becomes more crucial than ever in driving the success of digital banking in emerging economies. The partnership between MACROKIOSK and Silverlake will play a vital role in pioneering connectivity and facilitating virtual banks with their digital offerings.
As Asia’s leading digital technology company, MACROKIOSK’s key focus is in the areas of Communication, Authentication, Engagement and Payment delivered through its in-house developed BOLD. suite of digital solutions which are scalable, secure and highly adaptable.
"MACROKIOSK powers over 40 financial institutions in 14 countries across Asia Pacific. Our BOLD. solutions are future-ready to meet the demands of virtual banks and together with Silverlake, we are confident we will provide meaningful access, efficiency and convenience for digital banking consumers," says Dato’ Henry Goh, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, MACROKIOSK Group.
With award-winning financial institutions as its clients and a vision of ‘mobility beyond imagination’, Silverlake has left a rather large footprint for digital banking and enterprise mobility in the Asia Pacific region. Moving forward, Silverlake intends to continue developing digital solutions and improve its customer experience models to simplify banking for individuals and organisations alike. Alongside with MACROKIOSK, it recognises the significance of digital banking. "Our focus is to drive innovation in financial institutions in Asia Pacific countries through various digital financial services," says Mr. Joseph Yeong, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Silverlake Mobility Ecosystem.
The collaboration between MACROKIOSK and Silverlake is poised to create a strong partner ecosystem across technologies in their respective areas of expertise, which enable virtual banks to leverage advanced solutions to stay ahead of competition and expand their foothold in the digital banking landscape.
ABOUT MACROKIOSK
MACROKIOSK is Asia’s leading digital technology company with a strong global presence. Since 2000, MACROKIOSK has been at the forefront of helping individuals and businesses embrace the digital economy through the delivery of Digitalisation Platform-as-a-Service (DPaaS) solutions.
To date, more than 3000 businesses in 37 countries spanning 24 industries and millions of users experience MACROKIOSK’s scalable, secure and highly-adaptable digital solutions developed in-house. MACROKIOSK is certified to international standards including the Microsoft.NET, PMP certification and ISO27001 ISMS.
Silverlake is a leading Technology Innovations, Banking, Financial and Cyber Security solutions provider in the Asia Pacific region with a global presence. Executing parallel efforts in pursuing technology innovations as well as keeping its more than 30 years of deploying core banking to customer sites at 100% success rate is paramount to the company’s strategy.
– KT Invests 50 Billion Won for 10 Percent Equity in Hyundai Robotics –
– Intelligent Service Robots to be Jointly Developed for Market Entry –
– KT’s 5G, AI Capability to Sharpen Korea’s Industrial Competitiveness –
SEOUL, South Korea, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — KT Corp. (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT), South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, announced it signed strategic cooperation and investment contracts with Hyundai Robotics, to speed up collaboration for digital transformation based on 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and smart factory.
After KT and Hyundai Robotics contracts to speed up collaboration for digital transformation based on 5G, AI and smart factory, KT president Ku Hyeonmo and Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) Chung Kisun are taking photo at the signing ceremony.
Under the contracts, KT will acquire a 10 percent equity stake in Hyundai Robotics, the leader in the Korean industrial robotics market, for 50 billion won.
KT also signed a business cooperation agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings for joint efforts toward digital transformation.
The signing ceremony, held at the KT headquarters in central Seoul, was attended by KT President Ku Hyeonmo, Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) Chung Kisun and Hyundai Robotics CEO Seo Yoo-seong, and other senior executives.
The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding in May 2019 and the new contracts solidify their ongoing collaboration to spread digital transformation based on 5G, AI and smart factory. They intend to quicken joint development of intelligent service robots, technological research in autonomous driving, and smart factory solutions.
"In the post-COVID 19 era, KT is prepared to contribute to strengthening the Republic of Korea’s industrial competitiveness and the transformation of our nation’s manufacturing industry, taking advantage of our 5G and AI capability in cooperation with Hyundai Heavy Industries Group," said KT President Ku. "Beginning with Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, we will do our utmost to expand digital transformation in diverse areas."
KT will undertake software development and applications related to intelligent service robots and autonomous driving, while Hyundai Robotics will be responsible for hardware development and manufacturing. This is expected to lead to the introduction of intelligent robots that not only provide hotel amenities but also serve food and beverages at restaurants, and cleaning patrol robots loaded with cleaning and security functions. For entry into the service robot market, the two parties also plan to develop collaborative robots for small factories and large franchise stores.
For a smart factory, KT will provide communication technology, cloud, ICT solutions, and related bundle products, while Hyundai Robotics will supply robots and relevant solutions. In particular, the combination of KT’s smart factory solutions, dubbed "5G Factory Makers," and Hyundai Robotics’ Hyundai Robot Management System (HRMS) is expected to heighten smart factory process analysis, production management and predictive maintenance. The toolkits of both sides will also be applied jointly for smart hospitals and logistics.
Along with its equity participation in Hyundai Robotics, KT will seek an exchange of human resources to help refine elevation of Hyundai Robotics’ competitiveness in robotics and smart factory.
"Beyond mere production, the competitiveness of manufacturers will be determined in the future by the ability of individual businesses to read market trends and transform themselves." said Chung Kisun, Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) of Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings. "Through expansive business cooperation with KT, we believe that not only Hyundai Robotics but the entire Hyundai Heavy Industries Group will be able to achieve digital transformation and thereby improve our competitiveness as leading enterprises in the world."
Hyundai Robotics, spun off from Hyundai Heavy Industries in April 2017, became a separate corporation specialized for robotics and smart solutions in May this year. It provides smart factory and smart logistics services, and has two subsidiaries – Hyundai Robotics Shanghai and Hyundai L&S (Logistics and Solutions). The company aims for an initial public offering in 2022.
In accordance with their business cooperation agreement, KT and Hyundai Heavy Industries Group will delineate details of their collaboration, particularly through a new senior committee on joint efforts in smart solutions, digital transformation, AI and ICT, as well as other business opportunities. The group will include KT President Ku and Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) Chung Kisun.
Last year November, KT and Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings conducted a joint presentation on their 5G-based business cooperation, focusing on smart factory and smart shipbuilding. In February this year, they launched "AI One Team," aiming to lift Korea to global leadership in AI, and two months later, KT and Hyundai Robotics introduced "N Bot," an upgrade from KT’s second-generation GiGA Genie hotel robot in terms of both function and design, at the Novotel Ambassador Seoul Dongdaemun Hotel. It was followed by the signing with Hyundai Construction Equipment of a memorandum of understanding for "joint development and commercialization of 5G smart construction equipment and industrial vehicle platform."
KT expects that its cooperation with Hyundai Heavy Industries Group will expand digital transformation into diverse industrial fields, eventually enhancing national competitiveness. To that end, KT is exerting corporation-wide efforts for digital transformation to help maximize efficiency and widen business opportunities of companies on the basis of its expertise in 5G network, AI, Big Data, cloud and ICT solution.
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ABOUT KT CORPORATION (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT)
KT Corp., Korea’s largest telecommunications service provider, reestablished in 1981 under the Telecommunications Business Act, is leading the era of innovations in the world’s most connected country. The company is leading the 4th industrial revolution with high speed wire/wireless network and new ICT technology. KT launched the world’s first nationwide commercial 5G network on April 3, 2019, after successfully showcasing the world’s first trial 5G services at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in February 2018. This is another milestone in KT’s continuous efforts to deliver essential products and services as it aspires to be the number one ICT Company and People’s Company.
BARCELONA, Spain, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In May 2020, Herta was awarded with the COVID-19 Seal of Excellence certificate delivered by the European Commission (EC) for the project AWARE.
Seal Of Excellence Herta
AWARE was sent for evaluation to the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Pilot. As stated by the EC, the EIC Accelerator Pilot offers Europe’s brightest and boldest entrepreneurs the chance to step forward and request funding for breakthrough ideas with the potential to create entirely new markets or revolutionize existing ones. Highly innovative SMEs with a clear commercial ambition and a potential for high growth and internationalization are the prime target. The 20th of March 2020, the EC made an urgent call through the EIC Accelerator Pilot for technologies and innovations that could help in treating, testing, monitoring or other aspects of the Coronavirus outbreak.
The COVID-19 Seal of Excellence is a highly competitive quality label awarded to project proposals which were evaluated to have a high excellence and impact to deserve funding in this special call, but did not receive it due to current EC’s budgetary constraints.
AWARE proposes a hybrid edge and distributed solution for advanced video analytics, including real-time face recognition and crowd behaviour analysis. Part of the computing pipeline is executed on-premise, on low-power and small-size edge stations using Deep Neural Network accelerator hardware. This allows saving costs and increasing system’s scalability, efficiency and ease-of-installation. HERTA’s cutting-edge algorithms, which are able to identify people even when wearing masks and monitor crowd density, are integrated in the solution. The automatic control of social distancing and the identification of persons in access controls without the need of removing masks become vitally important to control the spread of COVID-19, and are Herta’s main focus to fight against the pandemic.
The Energon is the first in Quantron’s upcoming fuel cell product range. Production is scheduled to start in mid-2022.
AUGSBURG, Germany, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ —
Quantron AG active in the field of hydrogen since its foundation
Quantron AG has been working on hydrogen propulsion for commercial vehicles since its foundation and now, with the new Energon, offers a 44-tonne truck with fuel cell for freight transport that can be fully integrated into logistics processes. It has a range of about 700 km. The 130 kW fuel cell used, supported by a 110 kWh LFP battery, powers the 340 kW engine, which is equipped with a 2-speed transmission.
Quantron AG – Energon Hydrogen Heavy-Duty
Quantron AG is working hard on other vehicles in order to be able to offer a wide range of fuel cell solutions for companies and local authorities in the near future.
Advantages of the fuel cell
A hydrogen vehicle is an electric vehicle that obtains its energy from a chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen in the so-called fuel cell. The electricity generated in this process is either consumed directly in the engine or buffered in the on-board battery. Due to the high system efficiency of the fuel cell, hydrogen trucks have identical performance characteristics to normal diesel trucks. But there is one decisive advantage: the local freedom from emissions of CO2, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. This is because the electrochemical reaction in the fuel cell produces only water vapor, which is then released into the environment when the truck is driven. Added to this are the general advantages of an e-vehicle. Because hydrogen trucks also enjoy tax and toll exemptions as well as lower maintenance and operating costs than trucks with conventional diesel engines.
Pre-orders with a price advantage of 10,000 € are possible atwww.quantron.net.
Signals Analytics’ platform can harmonize varied data sources in an automated, configurable manner to derive deep contextual insights
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Based on its recent analysis of the North American health analytics market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes New York-headquartered Signals Analytics with the 2020 North America Enabling Technology Leadership Award for its novel analytical platform that can harmonize varied data sources in an automated, configurable manner to derive deep contextual insights using natural language processing (NLP) core technology. The platform can be applied in various life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and consumer care industries to help drive data-driven business decisioning and successful business outcomes. It addresses key unmet industry needs for connecting and analyzing vast, unstructured data to extract meaningful insights that can be applied in real-world scenarios, including the current COVID-19 pandemic. To access the full award report, click here.
Signals Analytics
"Unlike competitors that offer analytics that require data collection and customization, Signals Analytics delivers a configurable data platform that has already ingested more than 13,000 different data sources. It includes curated taxonomies and more than 100 analytic models, all of which can be adapted to the needs of the business," said Vandana Iyer, Industry Manager. "The company employs a rich NLP core to facilitate contextual research insights that can drive critical business decisions in a more timely and accurate manner. In the pharmaceutical arena, some of the data sources that are harmonized for analysis include clinical trial data, research publications, patents, company profiles, products, and financials; in the consumer goods space the data sources also including e-commerce product listings and reviews, social media, Key Opinion Leaders and more."
Signals Analytics leverages the power of lexico-syntactic and semantic extraction modeling, deep learning, swarm intelligence, synthetic control frameworks, and neural networking concepts, which enable deep and broad coverage of otherwise disconnected data sources. Furthermore, it can efficiently cut the noise from the data repertoire to extract actionable intelligence.
The company has also created a COVID-19 Playbook to help pharmaceutical companies, biotechs, and public health agencies extract key insights to accelerate drug and vaccine development and repurpose existing drugs to combat the virus. All of the insights generated by the platform can be updated by expanding data sources to include more information and obtain insights pertaining to the progress of the clinical trials.
"Signals Analytics has been serving many large pharma companies with its advanced analytics platform and has received a further boost by its association with renowned consumer brands such as Nomad Foods and partners such as Informa and Nielsen," noted Iyer. "Frost & Sullivan applauds Signals Analytics’ remarkable business growth and commends its ability to enable transformative business decisions for its rapidly growing client base."
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to a company that has developed a pioneering technology that not only enhances current products, but also enables the development of new products and applications. The award recognizes the high market acceptance potential of the recipient’s technology.
"We are honored to receive the Enabling Technology Leadership Award for Healthcare Analytics, and thank the Frost & Sullivan analyst team for recognizing our position in the market as drivers of digital transformation and impact when it comes to the way businesses leverage big data," said Gil Sadeh, Co-Founder and CEO of Signals Analytics.
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.
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With next-generation advanced analytics, Signals Analytics powers the future of market intelligence with the scale and speed of AI. The configurable data platform connects and classifies countless rich, external sources into unified contextual data, and augments analytic applications with unparalleled accuracy and scale. Patented machine learning, NLP and data automation technologies leapfrog traditional approaches of data collection and management to help organizations maximize the impact of advanced analytics and harness the power of external data to drive successful business outcomes. Business users, consumer and market insights teams and data & analytics organizations leverage the platform to surface powerful trends and predictive insights and benefit from business-ready applications and integrations of the data into their business intelligence environments. Trusted by an impressive roster of global brands including Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Roche, Mars and others who experience higher sustainable growth, faster time to insight and other data-driven benefits, Signals Analytics is redefining the world of market intelligence. For more information visit www.signals-analytics.com
Moving forward, post COVID-19, the world is changed – bringing some credence to the phrase “the new normal”. How are businesses going to adapt? What can they do to survive?
FOSHAN, China, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited ("Bright Scholar" or the "Company") (NYSE:BEDU), a global premier education service company, today hosted an online press conference to announce the launch of its virtual "Future Global School" (the "School"), an online school focusing on international curriculums.
Leveraging the rich offline international education resources of Bright Scholar, the "Future Global School" will adopt the Online-Merge-Offline (the "OMO") model for the international curriculum to create new learning experience for potential students around the globe. Students can take all or some classes online, and complete other classes and activities in physical schools within the Bright Scholar global network or physical schools of their choice.
The online school aims to mirror the ethos of Bright Scholar schools via an interactive and intelligent Learning Management System to deliver high quality international curriculums including A-Level, Cambridge English for Young Learners, Cambridge English for General and Higher Education from September 2020, and will start AP and IB courses in the near future.
Mr. Nelson Chen, the Future Global School’s Principal, comments, "Our A-Level curriculum of the School are well suited for students in Grade 11 and Grade 12 whether they are current students of Bright Scholar schools or outside our school network. Upon completion of the courses, candidates will be eligible to participate in the official A-Level exam. They can eventually apply overseas universities with their A-Level results, school transcript and language test results."
Mr. Jerry He, Executive Vice Chairman of Bright Scholar, comments, "Bright Scholar has been investing in digital innovation with focus on education technology in recent years. The launch of the virtual ‘Future Global School’ with OMO model represents a major milestone in utilizing technology to increase access to high quality education for international learners, ushering a new age of learning. The ‘Future Global School’ will significantly improve the learning experience of our students in the face of pandemic, and accelerate the sharing of knowledge, expertise, resources and teachers across our global network of schools."
About Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited
Bright Scholar is a global premier education service company, dedicated to providing quality international education to global students and equipping them with the critical academic foundation and skillsets necessary to succeed in the pursuit of higher education. Bright Scholar also complements its international offerings with Chinese government-mandated curriculum for students who wish to maintain the option of pursuing higher education in China. As of February 29, 2020, Bright Scholar operated 80 schools across ten provinces in China and eight schools overseas, covering the breadth of K-12 academic needs of its students. In the six months ended February 29, 2020, Bright Scholar had an average of 51,879 students enrolled at its schools.
BEIJING, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Yiren Digital Ltd. (NYSE: YRD) ("Yiren Digital" or the "Company"), a leading fintech company in China, announced that it plans to release its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 after U.S. market closes on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.
Yiren Digital’s management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on June 23, 2020 (or 8:00 a.m. Beijing/Hong Kong Time on June 24, 2020).
Participants who wish to join the call should register online in advance of the conference at:
Once registration is completed, participants will receive the dial-in information for the conference call, an event passcode, and a unique registrant ID number.
Participants joining the conference call should dial-in at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.
A replay of the conference call may be accessed by phone at the following numbers until July 1, 2020:
International
+61 2-8199-0299
U.S.
+1 646-254-3697
Replay Access Code:
2773237
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at ir.yirendai.com.
About Yiren Digital
Yiren Digital Ltd. (NYSE: YRD) is a leading fintech company in China, providing both credit and wealth management services. For its credit business, the Company provides an effective solution to address largely underserved investor and individual borrower demand in China through online and offline channels to efficiently match borrowers with investors and execute loan transactions. Yiren Digital deploys a proprietary risk management system, which enables the Company to effectively assess the creditworthiness of borrowers, appropriately price the risks associated with borrowers, and offer quality loan investment opportunities to investors. Yiren Digital’s marketplace provides borrowers with quick and convenient access to consumer credit at competitive prices and investors with easy and quick access to an alternative asset class with attractive returns. For its wealth management business, the Company targets China’s mass affluent population and strives to provide customized wealth management services, with a combination of long-term and short-term targets as well as different types of investments, ranging from cash and fixed-income assets, to funds and insurance. For more information, please visit ir.Yirendai.com.
