EUROLOAN APPOINTS FORMER MORGAN STANLEY FINTECH LEADER JAMES HICKSON AS NEW GROUP CEO

Euroloan Group PLC, the leading European digital financial technology company, appoints James Hickson, former Wall St. Fintech leader, as Group CEO. The move is part of Euroloan's drive to grow the business and market share significantly across Europe.

HELSINKI, Finland, May 19 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Euroloan Group PLC, a pioneering European financial technology company with offices in Helsinki (HQ), Luxembourg, Stockholm and Warsaw, announced today the appointment of James Hickson (B.Sc., M.B.A.) as group Chief Executive Officer.  Hickson, an accomplished financial technology industry executive with 16 years of experience on Wall Street, most recently led a FinTech technology business development practice at Morgan Stanley.   With international experience in New York, London, Saudi Arabia, and Eastern Europe, he has long been at the forefront of a changing financial services landscape, and is uniquely positioned to lead the company through its next phase of growth.

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PIKO TARO TO SERVE AS AMBASSADOR OF WAKUWAKU JAPAN!

TOKYO, May 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- WAKUWAKU JAPAN CORPORATION (headquartered in Minato Ward, Tokyo, Masafumi Kawanishi, President and CEO) has named PIKO TARO, the Japanese singing sensation who skyrocketed to global fame with his single, PPAP, to serve as an ambassador of WAKUWAKU JAPAN. In the year ahead, PIKO TARO, together with WAKUWAKU JAPAN, will share the wonders of Japan worldwide, throughout various countries and regions.

Startling advances have continued for PIKO TARO, with the video for his PPAP hit song exceeding 110 million views (* see note). PPAP has become exceedingly popular for use in television programs, commercials, and events not only in Japan but throughout the world. With successful live performances in March of this year at both the famed Budokan concert hall in Tokyo as well as solo shows in Taiwan, PIKO TARO seems to be on an unstoppable trajectory. His immense popularity among young and old, men and women alike, has garnered him invitations to the US, France, Belgium, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Thailand. Fans go crazy wherever he performs.

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APTITUDE EXTENDS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO WITH IFRS 17

LONDON, May 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) --
To equip insurance CFO’s who will need to act following this morning’s
announcement by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB),
Aptitude Software announces the Aptitude IFRS 17 Solution.



APTITUDE EXTENDS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO WITH IFRS 17

MIA LAUNCHES VIDEO RECORDING AND ESSAY COMPETITIONS

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) marks its 50th Anniversary of its establishment on 30th September this year. In conjunction with the Golden Jubilee celebrations, the MIA is organising a video recording competition for tertiary students and essay competition for upper secondary students.

MIA Vice President Datuk Zaiton Mohd Hassan said the objectives of these competitions are to gauge the students’ interest in the field of accountancy as well as to provide an avenue to express their creativity in video recording and essay writing.

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NEW RESEARCH FINDS HEADER BIDDING AND BRAND SPEND FUELED MOBILE MONETIZATION GROWTH FOR THIRD QUARTER IN A ROW

NEW RESEARCH FINDS HEADER BIDDING AND BRAND SPEND FUELED MOBILE MONETIZATION GROWTH FOR THIRD QUARTER IN A ROW

NTT COM LAUNCHES MUNICH 2 DATA CENTER IN GERMANY

TOKYO, May 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT (TOKYO:9432) Group, announced today that its “Germany Munich 2 Data Center” (Munich 2) has opened, effective immediately, in Unterschleißheim, a suburb of Munich, Germany located 16km from the city center. The facility is under the management of e-shelter, a NTT Com company and leading data-center operator and service provider in Europe.
 
The two-story Munich 2 initially is offering 2,800 square meters of server space, equivalent to 1,100 racks, which is expected to expand to 5,600 square meters. The facility is operating under NTT Com’s Nexcenter™ brand, which encompasses 24/7 data-center services in more than 140 bases worldwide.

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NATIONAL ENERGY SERVICES REUNITED CORP. COMPLETES $210,000,000 INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

NEW YORK and HOUSTON, May 18 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Energy Services Reunited Corp. (Nasdaq:NESRU) ("NESR" or the "Company"), a company formed for the purpose of acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, today announced the closing of its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 21,000,000 units at a price to the public of $10.00 per unit, with the offering raising gross proceeds of $210,000,000.  The units commenced trading on Friday, May 12, 2017, on The NASDAQ Capital Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbol "NESRU." Each unit issued in the IPO consists of one ordinary share and one warrant to acquire one-half of one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per full share. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, the ordinary shares and warrants are expected to be traded on Nasdaq under the symbols "NESR" and "NESRW", respectively. Certain lead investors, as defined in the final prospectus, who have agreed to hold their shares through the consummation of our initial business combination and not seek redemption in connection therewith, purchased an aggregate of $60,000,000 of units in the IPO.

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