The Philippine Payments Management, Inc. (PPMI) and Ant International's unified wallet gateway, Alipay+, have officially enabled Alipay+ on QR Ph, seamlessly connecting the nation's digital payments ecosystem with global commerce. This milestone is in alignment with and supports the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) digital payments transformation goals. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260901759507/en/(L-R) Danny Chu...
AFP awarded at NPPA’s 2023 "Best Of Photojournalism Competition"
The NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) Awards have honoured AFP photographer Luis Tato with three prizes in the Science, Science Story and Politics Story categories.
JEOL Ltd. (President & CEO: Izumi Oi) has developed the benchtop scanning electron microscope (SEM) “JCM-7000Plus” and will begin sales on September 1, 2026. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260825564112/en/JCM-7000Plus NeoScope™ [Development Background] Benchtop scanning electron microscopes are increasingly used in fields including electrical and electronics, automotive and machinery, steel and metals, chemical...
Club Vita, an international leader in longevity data analytics, has launched a German calibration of its popular address-based longevity model, VitaCurves, further expanding its international footprint and supporting the growing pension risk transfer (PRT) market in Germany. The launch marks another milestone in Club Vita's international expansion and extends its suite of address-based mortality models, which already provides mortality insights in the UK, United States, Canada and the Netherl...
AFP photographers honoured at the World Sports Photography Awards
The 2025 edition of the World Sports Photography Awards has recognised the work of five AFP photographers on Thursday, 9 January.
EMVCo – the technical body that creates and manages EMV® Specifications and programmes – has released a draft framework to help promote secure, interoperable and scalable card-based agentic payments. The framework provides a foundation for further industry engagement and potential specification development, with all interested stakeholders encouraged to provide their feedback on EMV® Agentic Payments – Framework for Specifications by Wednesday 30 September.A key focus across the agentic commerce...
ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT), a global leader in intelligent electrification and e-mobility, today announced the appointment of John Saffrett as Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Europe. In this role, Saffrett will be responsible for driving ChargePoint's growth strategy across European markets, overseeing sales, customer relationships, partnerships, and market expansion across the continent. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire...
AFP to Participate in Media Literacy Week Conference with the Lakmusz-HDMO Project for International Fact-Checking Day
AFP, alongside its partners in the Lakmusz-HDMO project—an initiative funded by the European Union to combat disinformation—is participating in a week-long event in Budapest to mark International Fact-Checking Day on 2 April 2025.