Wednesday, 7 June 2017

BDO UNIBANK RENEWS AND EXPANDS FISERV RELATIONSHIP TO INCREASE BUSINESS FLEXIBILITY AND SPEED TO MARKET

SINGAPORE & BROOKFIELD, Wis., June 6 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that BDO Unibank, the largest bank in the Philippines, has extended and expanded its relationship with Fiserv. BDO Unibank operates in an increasingly competitive market and needs a flexible technology platform that allows new capabilities to be delivered quickly. Based on a positive relationship of more than 18 years with Fiserv, the bank will upgrade to the latest version of the Signature® core account processing platform and expand Managed Services from Fiserv.

“We chose to continue and expand our relationship with Fiserv because they have delivered reliable technology that has scaled with our growth, and we are confident they have the technology and expertise to enable us to compete with new financial service players that are entering the market,” said Ricardo Martin, Head of Information Technology, BDO Unibank. “The resilient technology allows us to be flexible when responding to customer needs and provide new products quickly and seamlessly.”

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HERBALIFE NUTRITION REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO VIETNAM SPORTS AS THE OFFICIAL NUTRITION SPONSOR OF VIETNAM OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEES

HANOI, Vietnam, June 6 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Premier global nutrition company, Herbalife (NYSE: HLF), has reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to Vietnam sports with the official signing of five-year nutrition sponsorship agreements with the Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) and Vietnam Paralympic Committee (VPC) today. The completion of the nutrition sponsorship agreements ahead of the 2017 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the 2017 ASEAN Para Games paves the way for Herbalife Nutrition to provide sports nutrition products, nutrition training, awards and incentives to support Vietnamese athletes bound for the two sporting events to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this year.

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UK CORPORATE CONFIDENCE IN CYBER PROTECTION CONTRASTS WITH LACK OF EMPLOYEE AWARENESS OF THE THREATS

UK CORPORATE CONFIDENCE IN CYBER PROTECTION CONTRASTS WITH LACK OF EMPLOYEE AWARENESS OF THE THREATS

Monday, 5 June 2017

TGE (POLISH POWER EXCHANGE) LAUNCHES NEW TRADING SYSTEM POWERED BY NASDAQ

NEW YORK and WARSAW, Poland, June 5 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TGE (Polish Power Exchange) and Nasdaq announced today that TGE has launched a new trading system provided by Nasdaq. Nasdaq has partnered with TGE since 2008. The new technology boosts TGE’s markets performance capabilities and operational flexibility, allowing the exchange to expand future activities, including adding commodity and derivative instruments to its business offering.

The trading platform operated by TGE features comprehensive multi-market model support, a wide range of order type and asset types, market maker support, execution of derivatives market strategies, market data processing and integrated index calculator as well as comprehensive risk management and real-time position keeping and market control and supervision. Nasdaq’s matching engine is the most widely-used worldwide, processing orders at the rate of 100,000 per second at sub-40 microsecond average latency.

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DON QUIJOTE UNVEILS PLAN TO OPEN ITS FIRST SOUTHEAST ASIAN STORE IN SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE and TOKYO, June 5, 2017 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --

The Don Quijote Group announced on June 5 that its holding company for overseas operations, Pan Pacific International Holdings Pte. Ltd. (hereafter PPIHD) based in Singapore, will develop its first Southeast Asian store in the Orchard area of Singapore.

In Singapore, PPIHD will create a one-of-a-kind business to offer "Cool Japan"-themed Japanese products suiting the local trade area by leveraging the know-how it has accumulated in developing business methods and setting up stores at home and abroad. It will also play a role as a development center for new resources that enable the group to execute growth strategies and expand its business in Southeast Asia.
The Singapore store's opening date and other details will be announced in further notice.

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xTBG COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF DTN, A LEADING PROVIDER OF DIGITAL INFORMATION SERVICES AND DECISION SUPPORT SOLUTIONS

TBG to Fully Restore DTN Branding, Focus on Domestic and International Growth

MINNEAPOLIS and OMAHA, Neb., June 2 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the completion of TBG’s acquisition of DTN from Schneider Electric SE for a total consideration of $900 million, TBG plans to fully reinstate the powerhouse DTN brand that has been known and trusted since 1984, and focus on growing the business in both the domestic and international markets.

DTN is a highly respected, independent source of insight and analysis, and decision-support solutions to more than 80,000 subscribers worldwide in agriculture, oil and gas, trading and weather-sensitive industries. Through DTN’s suite of products, customers receive actionable market information, weather, news and analysis via a SaaS platform.

“The acquisition of DTN is very important for TBG as we have a deep understanding of the SaaS (software as a service) business with decades of experience supporting such solutions,” said DTN Executive Chairman Jerre Stead. “We are fully committed to the DTN business over the long term and our plan is to facilitate DTN’s strategic and commercial expansion around the globe.”

DTN President Ron Sznaider said, “TBG provides strong and stable ownership that offers unmatched long-term investment and commitment to the DTN business. With this support, we intend to deliver new world-class solutions to the market to drive our domestic growth and international expansion plans, and to further enhance the DTN brand.”