Ant International today announced its collaboration with HSBC on the bank’s new Tokenised Deposit Service in Hong Kong. The service will support treasury management with real-time, always-on HKD and USD payments between corporate wallets held by a corporate client at HSBC Hong Kong. The Tokenised Deposit Service is also the first bank-led, blockchain-based settlement service in Hong Kong. The launch comes after a successful pilot test between HSBC and Ant International on Ant’s Whale platform, ...
Kyriba, a global leader in liquidity performance, today introduced its agentic AI solution, TAI – a significant advancement in the safe, compliant use of generative AI in finance operations to improve productivity and efficiency amid continued economic uncertainty. Powered by Kyriba's embedded Large Language Model (LLM) and over 20 years of unmatched global liquidity data, TAI simplifies complex workflows, identifies risks with predictive analytics, and enhances data-driven decision-making acr...
BeiGene, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ONC; HKEX: 06160; SSE: 688235), a global oncology company that will change its name to BeOne Medicines Ltd., today announced it will share 23 abstracts featuring new data across its hematology and solid tumor portfolio at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, May 30 – June 3, 2025. With two abstracts selected for rapid oral presentation, these data reflect the Company’s vision to address cancer across multiple fronts and provide i...
Galderma (SIX: GALD), the pure-play dermatology category leader, today announced that it has agreed to repurchase 2.38 million shares at a price of CHF 97.75 per share for a total consideration of CHF 232.5 million in the context of the accelerated bookbuild offering (“ABO”) of Galderma shares by Sunshine SwissCo GmbH (“EQT”), Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Auba Investment Pte. Ltd. launched yesterday evening. The repurchase was made at the same price per share determined by the bookbuildin...
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, and KNET, Kuwait’s national electronic banking company, today announced that WAMD, Kuwait’s real-time payment system, recorded significant growth in the number of transactions processed since its launch in June of 2024, making WAMD one of the world’s most rapidly adopted real-time payment initiatives. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250...
IFF (NYSE: IFF) today announced that it has completed the divestiture of its nitrocellulose business, including Walsrode Industrial Park in lower Saxony, Germany, to Czechoslovak Group (CSG). The business manufactures nitrocellulose strictly for industrial purposes, serving customers primarily in coatings and printing inks, and had been part of IFF’s Pharma Solutions business unit. “The divestiture of our nitrocellulose business builds upon our deleveraging journey and enables us to focus on o...
Monument Re Limited (“Monument”) announces today that it has transferred a legacy €1.4bn reinsurance portfolio, comprising annuity and other life insurance liabilities acquired as part of the 2020 Greycastle transaction, to RGA Americas Reinsurance Company, Ltd. (“RGA”). This transaction releases capital resources that Monument will redirect to its core strategy of consolidation in European life insurance markets. The transaction completed on 2 May 2025 following approval by the Boards of Direc...
In a landmark move poised to significantly shape Dubai's luxury real estate landscape, MAG Group and CITIC Limited, one of China's largest state-owned conglomerates, have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of Keturah Ardh — a visionary USD 6 billion project spanning 18.47 million square feet in the Al Rowaiyah First District of Dubai. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250527...
KnowBe4, the world-renowned cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, today launched its “Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report 2025” which measures an organization’s Phish-prone™ Percentage (PPP) — the percentage of employees likely to fall for social engineering or phishing attacks, indicating the organization’s overall susceptibility to phishing threats. This year’s report found a global average baseline PPP of 33.1%, meaning a third of employees interac...