Radiologex Partners with Trusona to Bolster User Auth Security for Innovative Healthcare Industry Software

IRVINE, CA, Mar 12, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Radiologex announced this week that it has partnered with Trusona, the pioneering leader of passwordless authentication, for its new all-inclusive software for medical doctors, healthcare professionals and healthcare companies. Radiologex(R) or RDEE for short, pronounced [AR-Dee], is the world's first and only one-stop software ecosystem exclusively for the healthcare industry, powered by blockchain technology, and now protected by the highest level of security. The Radiologex product is especially relevant in light of the current novel coronavirus crisis and other health emergencies where the speed, efficiency and confidentiality of communications and data transmission is paramount.

Radiologex is a real-time productivity, collaboration and information resource available via portable device-based app or via the Web. Its advanced user-authentication technology and builtin KYC (Know Your Customer) now includes a state of the art usernameless and passwordless authentication option that was developed by Trusona, the world leader in the field that holds some of the largest financial services and health care companies as clients.

"Compromised credentials are responsible for over 80 percent of breaches. Trusona's mission is to thwart cybercrime by eliminating static credentials from the user experience," said Ori Eisen, Founder and CEO at Trusona. "Radiologex has set the bar high for security within its product and we have integrated our stringent cutting-edge safeguards into their software engine."

"The recent appearance of novel coronavirus, and the very real possibility of a pandemic, is illuminating the need for a one stop instant communications platform dedicated for the healthcare industry, that is also equipped with a full suite of relevant services and productivity enhancing tools, allowing healthcare professionals to carry out various tasks in the most efficient manner when timing is critical. Yet in providing such services, Radiologex does not want to sacrifice security. Secure and safe transmission of information will always remain a top priority for Radiologex," said John Kiyo Smith, CEO, Radiologex.

"Trusona is the only company anywhere in the world that can provide technological solutions that meet our strict standards for security. We are confident our partnership with Trusona will serve to foster trust and peace of mind among Radiologex customers, and is a natural fit with our game changing platform."

Radiologex is the industry's first and only Web 3.0 solution, encompassing productivity tools; clinical information systems; medical imaging processing and storage; entire payment settlement and lending/finance systems; medical supplies, devices and equipment sales and repair services; content on demand; and a dedicated online community. The Radiologex team is comprised of experienced professionals with diverse backgrounds including medical physicians, healthcare service providers (e.g. radiology), and information systems and software developers with blockchain and distributed ledger technology expertise.

"The healthcare industry is highly vulnerable to security breaches and transactional bottlenecks, negatively affecting patient care, including critical care logistics, from start to finish. Radiologex solves for all of that in one easy-to-use platform with safety and speed built in as the vanguard, and partnering with Trusona only serves to enhance these capabilities," says Radiologex Co-founder, George Tyler.

"I headed a study with our team to uncover the primary pain-points experienced by the healthcare industry associated with the SARS epidemic of 2002, which is a scaled-down version of what we are currently experiencing with this COVID-19 event. The primary pain-point we discovered was the unavailability of a streamlined and dedicated communications platform among healthcare providers, which substantially hindered their ability to determine optimal courses of action in a time efficient manner. There was a dearth of communication amongst healthcare providers, large and small, including all levels of government, that was highly uncoordinated, leading to misinformation and contradictory information being disseminated to the public.

"RDEE's messenger module solves for this by offering the only available real-time, dual end encrypted, user KYC'd solution for the entire healthcare industry and even governments, with Trusona technology serving as the gateway for seamless yet ultra-secure access from anywhere. Healthcare professionals will no longer be required to physically be at their respective organizations or login via a cumbersome VPN process on their laptops to establish a wide-ranging communications channel with their colleagues. With Radiologex and Trusona technology, they can now establish unlimited communications channels instantly, from any portable device or web portal, from anywhere in the world, all without remembering a username or password. It will literally be that easy.

"The second major pain-point we discovered was the unfortunate price-gouging of prized medical goods, services, and products essential to containment, which would be subdued by RDEE's Marketplace and Service-on-Demand modules, providing real time global verified product and vendor authenticity, as well as instant, borderless, transactional capacity that can get these goods and services where they need to be with never-before-seen efficiency and swiftness, thanks in no small-part to secure ease of access facilitated by Trusona," added George Tyler.

Trusona (www.trusona.com), founded in 2015 by cybersecurity expert Ori Eisen, is the pioneer and world leader in passwordless authentication. Over 200 organizations, including some of the world's largest financial services and health care companies, rely on Trusona's solutions.

Radiologex (www.radiologex.com) technology is utility patent-pending, tested and certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the U.S. Department of Human and Health Services. The platform is available worldwide with free to use capacities for all users in April 2020.

For more information, contact Drew Saunders at Launch@radiologex.com, Tel (800) 640-2198 or https://radiologex.com. Follow us on Twitter.com@Radiologex and Telegram.com/RadiologexOfficialGroup.

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JCB International signs License Agreement with Kyrgyzkommertsbank to start acceptance of JCB cards in Kyrgyz Republic

Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic and Tokyo, Japan, Mar 10, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., and PJSC Kyrgyzkommertsbank, one of the leading banks in the Kyrgyz Republic announced signing a License Agreement for building a JCB card acceptance network and to start JCB merchant acquiring operations in the Kyrgyz Republic.

All JCB cardmembers travelling to Bishkek and other cities of the Republic will be able to use their JCB cards for purchases at merchants and for cash withdrawals at ATMs of Kyrgyzkommertsbank throughout the Kyrgyz Republic by the end of 2020.

This partnership will allow both the merchants affiliated to Kyrgyzkommertsbank to add a new payment system brand as an incremental sales opportunity, and JCB to offer cardmembers wide acceptance during tourist and business stays in the Kyrgyz Republic.

JCB is one of the major international payments brands and the only one originated in Japan. There are more than 130 million JCB cardmembers in the world, and JCB cards are accepted at 33 million associated merchants.

Takashi Suetsugu, the General Director of JCB International (Eurasia) LLC commented, "We are delighted to announce that Kyrgyzkommertsbank, a bank with a reliable and stable reputation and having a long history of success in the financial market of the country will start accepting JCB cards in the Kyrgyz Republic. The Kyrgyz Republic has one of the closest relationships with Japan among Central Asian countries, and we see an increasing number of travelers from Russia and China which are countries where JCB's card issuing business is growing rapidly. We hope that the cooperation with Kyrgyzkommertsbank will help to create a more comfortable and hospitable environment for JCB cardmembers from these countries".

"Evolvement of non-cash turnover in Kyrgyzstan is one of our strategic priorities. Developing cooperation with JCB, Kyrgyzkramdsbank will simplify payments with cards for tourists from East and South-East Asia. JCB cardholders traveling in Kyrgyzstan will be able to use their cards to pay for purchases and withdraw cash at Kyrgyzkommertsbank ATMs throughout Kyrgyzstan. This partnership will allow trading companies cooperating with Kyrgyzkommertsbank to get new sales opportunities with the help of the global financial brand," commented Erik Usubaliev, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Kyrgyzkommertsbank.

About PJSC Kyrgyzkommertsbank

PJSC Kyrgyzkommertsbank is a Kyrgyz-Japanese bank that provides a wide range of banking services in the Kyrgyz Republic and has been operating effectively in the financial market for over 27 years.

Constantly improving and keeping up with the most modern international trends, the Bank is a stable and reliable financial institution of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The main areas of business: deposit placement, lending, settlements and cash services for legal entities and individuals, operations with securities, foreign currency, issuing and servicing of credit and payment cards. The Bank has the highest status of Principal Member of the international payment systems, Visa, Mastercard and Union Pay International. It serves Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express, Union Pay International and Elcard cards. Additional information about Kyrgyzkommertsbank is available on the official website of the bank www.kkb.kg

About JCB

JCB is a major global payment brand and a leading payment card issuer and acquirer in Japan. JCB launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding worldwide in 1981. As part of its international growth strategy, JCB has formed alliances with hundreds of leading banks and financial institutions globally to increase merchant coverage and card member base. As a comprehensive payment solution provider, JCB commits to provide responsive and high-quality service and products to all customers worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.global.jcb/en/.

CONTACT
JCB
Kumiko Kida
Corporate Communications
Tel: +81-3-5778-8353
Email: kumiko.kida@jcb.co.jp

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Following US$11.7M Series-A Funding, RegTech Firm Tookitaki Appoints Industry Veteran as Advisor to Strengthen Its Presence in The U.S. And Asia-Pacific Region as Part of Expansion Plan

Colorado, USA, Feb 26, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Tookitaki Holding Pte. Ltd. (Tookitaki), a global next-generation regulatory technology company with solutions in Financial Crime, announced today that it has appointed industry veteran Joe Friscia, former President of NICE Actimize and BAE Systems as Advisor to the Company's Advisory Board. Joe brings over 25 years' extensive experience in the financial crime and enterprise software domains having handled roles of global scale. Joe will be helping Tookitaki scale its operations in the U.S., as well as advise around strategic inroads into the company's Asia-Pacific presence.

Abhishek Chatterjee, CEO and co-founder of Tookitaki shared, "Tookitaki is absolutely delighted to welcome Joe as part of the family. Our vision has always been to revolutionize regulatory compliance and ensure sustainable compliance programs for every financial institution in the world. With Joe at the helm, we are better placed to deliver on this vision by growing our presence significantly across the U.S. and the Asia-Pacific region."

Tookitaki was founded by Mr Abhishek Chatterjee, its CEO, and Ms Jeeta Bandopadhyay, its COO. Abhishek, who was formerly employed at JP Morgan, observed the 2008 financial crisis first-hand and noted that regulators were stricter about financial checks and balances in a bid to maintain financial stability. Tookitaki was formed from this need to provide sustainable compliance programs in the banking and financial services industry (BFS), using solutions powered by machine learning, Big Data analytics, and distributed data-parallel architecture. The company strives to drive its proprietary technological innovation to help fuel its ongoing fight against money laundering and reconciliation issues.

Ensuring regulatory compliance can be expensive for financial services companies, with the average cost nearly doubled from US$16 million to US$30.9 million between 2011 and 2017 according to a survey. Meanwhile in 2017, over 900 agencies together issued over 200 regulatory updates each day, on average.

"As modern-day criminals thrive with the aid of new and advanced methods of conducting financial crimes, machine learning-based technology is rapidly gaining traction in helping future-proof and thwart these evolving threats. For this reason, I am both proud and excited to be part of the Tookitaki team and helping them make Sustainable Compliance a reality." commented Joe Friscia.

With his deep wealth of experience in the financial crime space, Joe's presence will be invaluable in building business momentum and driving growth for Tookitaki as it looks to expand its offerings around financial crime use cases. He will contribute to Tookitaki's strength in business and go-to-market strategy to help position Tookitaki as the leading RegTech company that helps banks detect sophisticated money laundering patterns with best-in-class enterprise software solutions.

Joe joins the current board that includes former CEO of online mortgage broker LendingTree, Tom Reddin and ex-Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company, Inc., Shailesh Kekre. With the guidance of strategic advisors, Tookitaki is better positioned to deliver its vision in revolutionizing regulatory compliance and ensure sustainable compliance programs for financial institutions globally.

Tookitaki is a pioneer in launching explainable machine learning models in the compliance space and validating the same with global banks and reputed third-party consultants. It recently filed a patent on explainable AI and machine learning framework and models to bring transparency into the validation process and output interpretability by banking customers and regulators. Tookitaki's recent Series A round was co-led by Viola Fintech and SIG, followed by Nomura Holdings through its venture capital arm Nomura Incubation Investment Limited Partnership. Other investors include Illuminate Financial, Jungle Ventures and SEEDs Capital, an investment arm of the Singapore government. Its strategic fundraise, complemented with Joe's appointment, positions the company well to help banking and financial institutions stay "regulator ready", particularly in the face of rising financial crime complexities.

About Tookitaki

Tookitaki is innovating the regulatory compliance space by moving beyond rules-based applications and introducing software solutions to maximize efficiency and reduce risks in compliance processes. In the regulatory compliance space, the company's award-winning offerings include an Anti-Money Laundering Suite (AMLS) and a Reconciliation Suite (RS). Tookitaki has also successfully teamed up with Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) in utilizing their award-winning AI and ML technology to deliver a next-generation platform addressing industry-wide reconciliation, matching and exception processing inefficiencies. Incorporated in November 2014, the company is led by a core team with a cumulative 150-years' experience in finance, AI, Big Data Analytics and financial crime. It has offices in the US, Singapore and India. In 2019, Tookitaki won UBS Future of Fintech Challenge and the SG:D Techblazer Awards, along with the Technology Pioneer recognition by the World Economic Forum. Visit us at www.tookitaki.ai

Media Contacts:
KeKommunikation for Tookitaki in Asia-Pacific
Email: Tookitaki@kekommunikation.com; Tel: +65 6303 0567

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JCBI and Far Eastern Bank announced the launch of JCB and MIR-JCB cards

Vladivostok, Russia & Tokyo, Japan, Feb 4, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Far Eastern Bank, which marks 30 years of successful financial activity this year, became the fourth bank in Russia to start issuing cards JCB cards.

PJSC Far East Bank is one of the largest banks in the financial market of the Far East and Eastern Siberia. According to the national rating agency Expert RA, Far Eastern Bank is included in the top 100 Russian banks.

JCB, originated in Japan, is one of the largest payment systems in the world. There are more than 130 million JCB cardholders in 24 countries and regions, also the cards are accepted in 33 million retail and service enterprises around the world.

Far Eastern Bank is launching the issuance of JCB Standard and Platinum cards, as well as co-branded MIR-JCB Standard cards. Cardholders can enjoy various exclusive privileges and discounts at restaurants, shops, airports and travel agencies around the world. In addition to the main privileges from JCB payment system, JCB Standard cardholders will receive 5% cashback on purchases in the duty free, taxi and fast food categories and 0.5% cashback on all other transactions. JCB Platinum cardholders will be able to get cashback up to 7% when shopping in duty free, gift shops and restaurants.

"The implementation of new development vectors using the advantages of modern international payment instruments is a natural growth stage of the retail business of Far Eastern Bank. The first in Primosrky krai to start servicing and issuing payment cards, for 30 years we have maintained and strengthened our leadership. Today, over the entire territory of our presence, the total number of cards issued by the bank exceeds one million, and our many years of experience in issuing and servicing bank cards allows us to offer our customers high-quality products and services that provide enhanced functionality and ease of settlements both in Russia and abroad," emphasized the President of PJSC Far Eastern Bank Valery Pavlyuk.

"The number of Russian tourists from the Far East region to Japan, as well as the number of Japanese tourists to Vladivostok, continues to grow, so this region is one of the most highly-promising for the JCB payment system," commented Kimihisa Imada, President and COO of JCB International Co., Ltd. We are confident that the issuance of JCB and MIR-JCB cards by the Far Eastern Bank meets the needs of residents of the Far East who can use all the privileges of JCB cards in such popular destinations as Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and other countries of Southeast Asia."

About JCB

JCB is a major global payment brand and a leading payment card issuer and acquirer in Japan. JCB launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding worldwide in 1981. As part of its international growth strategy, JCB has formed alliances with hundreds of leading banks and financial institutions globally to increase merchant coverage and card member base. As a comprehensive payment solution provider, JCB commits to provide responsive and high-quality service and products to all customers worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.ru.jcb/ru/ or www.global.jcb/en/.

About Far Eastern Bank

PJSC Far Eastern Bank is a universal financial institution, which keeps a leading position in the Far East and Eastern Siberia. It was founded in Vladivostok in 1990 and is the same age as the banking system of Russia. The international agency Moody's Investors Service assigned Far Eastern Bank long-term deposit rating in foreign and national currency – B2. The rating agency RAEX (Expert RA) assigned to Far Eastern Bank a credit rating at the level of ruBBB. The rating set a stable outlook. Far Eastern Bank serves more than 17,000 corporate clients, small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in all major sectors of the economy, as well as about 240,000 private clients. Today the Bank has a network of 42 branches in 10 regions of Russia. Additional information about the Bank is available on the website http://www.dvbank.ru.

CONTACT
JCB
Kumiko Kida
Corporate Communications
Tel: +81-3-5778-8353
Email: kumiko.kida@jcb.co.jp

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JCB Partners with Oceanpayment for Merchant Acquiring Business

Hong Kong & Tokyo, Jan 31, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – JCB International Co., Ltd. ("JCBI"), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan's only international payment brand, and Oceanpayment Co., Ltd., China's leading cross-border payment brand, announced that they signed a License Agreement to start JCB merchant acquiring business. In order to strengthen the cooperative relationship, Mr. Hirohiko Sugiyama, Managing Director of JCB International (Asia) Ltd. and Lanny Yang, Co-Founder and EVP of Oceanpayment made greetings in Hong Kong to announce the partnership.

As cross-border e-commerce continues to develop, merchants are looking for ways to grow their business and increase sales by accessing more customers all over the world. Oceanpayment, a global payment service provider offering more than 500 various payment methods in 200 countries and regions all over the world, works with merchants from travel, entertainment, retail, dining and many other industries and helps businesses offer their customers preferable payment methods.

JCB has established itself as the first and only international payment brand from Japan, with more than 136.1 million cardmembers and about 33 million merchants as of September 2019.

The partnership with JCB enables Oceanpayment to become JCB's acquiring partner to provide cross-border payment services for JCB's global cardmembers in more diverse consumption scenarios.

Mr. Hirohiko Sugiyama, Managing Director, JCB International (Asia) Ltd., said: "With the rapid growth of mobile payment and international travel in Asia, Oceanpayment's flexible and multi-scenario payment solutions will better satisfy our cardholders' consumption experience. So it's a pleasure for us to sign the licensee agreement with Oceanpayment, and we believe this partnership will contribute to the development of our acquiring business."

"JCB's global development is in line with Oceanpayment's international expansion. We are glad for the partnership with JCB and believe we will create new opportunities and open new markets for our e-commerce clients together," said Lanny Yang, Co-Founder and EVP of Oceanpayment.

About Oceanpayment

Oceanpayment, a global payment service provider strives to offer safe, convenient, professional and simple payment solutions to merchants conducting cross-border business. Headquartered in Hong Kong, Oceanpayment comprises a group of experts who have years of working experience and in-depth understanding in the payment industry. Operating globally, we have set up Technology & Operation Centers or Business Entities in Shenzhen, Australia, America, Europe and Singapore. Serving thousands of merchants who are covering billions of U.S. dollars of transactions monthly in 200 countries, Oceanpayment helps businesses of all sizes, from small to large enterprises, accept and process payments to maximize business opportunities and revenue growth by offering over 500 payment methods in one platform. For more information: www.oceanpayment.com

Contact:
Oceanpayment
Nico Li
Marketing Department
Tel: +86 4006 290 296
Email: marketing@oceanpayment.com.cn

About JCB

JCB is a major global payment brand and a leading payment card issuer and acquirer in Japan. JCB launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding worldwide in 1981. As part of its international growth strategy, JCB has formed alliances with hundreds of leading banks and financial institutions globally to increase merchant coverage and cardmember base. As a comprehensive payment solution provider, JCB commits to provide responsive and high-quality service and products to all customers worldwide. For more information: www.global.jcb/en/

Contact:
JCB
Kumiko Kida
Corporate Communications
Tel: +81-3-5778-8353
Email: kumiko.kida@jcb.co.jp

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