SBI, NPCI and JCB Launch ‘SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card’

Mumbai & Tokyo, Dec 1, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – State Bank of India (SBI), National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCB) have announced the launch of 'SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card'. This Card has been launched on the RuPay network by SBI in association with JCB. The SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card comes with a unique dual interface feature which will enable customers to perform both Contact & Contactless transactions in the domestic market and seamless contact transactions overseas. With this card, consumers would be able to transact on ATMs & POS terminals across the globe under JCB network. They can also shop online from JCB partnered international e-Commerce merchants using this card.

The 'SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card' supports RuPay offline wallet based transactions, enabling an additional payment mode within the Card. Consumers will be able to load the offline wallet and utilize it in transit in India (bus and metro) and retail (merchant) payments. This innovative proposition will offer customers uninterrupted shopping experience with an extra layer of convenience. Customers can also enjoy attractive discounts and offers while shopping at top brands, both within India as well as in international markets by using this Card. Additionally, customers will have access to JCB PLAZA Lounge (in-city exclusive lounges for JCB cardmembers) in prominent travel destinations such as Bangkok (Thailand), Orchard Road (Singapore) and Paris (France) which is a one-of-a-kind feature provided by JCB.

Ms. Praveena Rai, COO, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) said, "We believe our collaboration with SBI and JCB will provide the cardholders compelling benefits and an unparalleled value proposition both in Indian and international markets. SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card holders can now use their cards at millions of locations in the world. It is also great to witness RuPay strengthening its foothold in international markets through our networks. We at NPCI constantly strive to offer an evolved and personalised shopping experience to the customers, and augment the existing segment of RuPay card holders."

Ms. Vidya Krishnan, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India said, "We are pleased to launch the 'SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card' through our strategic partnership with NPCI for RuPay and JCB. We believe the tap and pay technology on the Card will simplify the everyday purchases of customers with secure and fast contactless payments. With several attractive benefits and offers associated with this contactless Debit Card, we are hopeful that this Card would not only provide a rewarding shopping experience to the cardholders but also make their international travels worthwhile. At SBI, our consistent endeavour is to offer a differentiated and customised experience to our diverse set of customers in terms of their regular spends and transactions."

Mr. Yoshiki Kaneko, President and COO of JCB International Co., Ltd. said: "We are extremely happy and honoured to have the largest bank in India, State Bank of India, as a RuPay JCB Global Debit Card issuing partner. Together with our esteemed network partner, NPCI, we will bring best in class technology, access to the vast JCB global merchant network, and special offers and privileges to SBI customers. As more and more Indian customers adopt digital modes of payment to transact both domestically and internationally, we are sure this product proposition will be enjoyed and appreciated by the cardmembers."

About State Bank of India

State Bank of India (SBI) is India's largest commercial bank in terms of assets, deposits, branches, customers, and employees. It is also the largest mortgage lender in the country. As on June 30, 2020, the Bank has a deposit base of over Rs. 34 lakh crore with CASA ratio of more than 45% and advances of nearly Rs. 24 lakh crore. SBI commands nearly 34% market share in home loans and nearly 33% in the auto loans segment. The Bank has the largest network of over 22,100 Branches in India with an ATM/CDM network of over 58,500 and total BC outlets of more than 62,200. The number of customers using Internet Banking facilities is about 76 million and Mobile Banking services stand a little more than 17 million. The integrated digital and lifestyle platform by SBI – YONO has crossed the landmark of 58 million downloads. YONO which has 26 million registered users, witnesses 5.5 million logins per day along with over 4000 daily disbursals of personal loans, 16,000 YONO Krishi Agri Gold Loans. The Bank recently launched the YONO Global app in the UK and Mauritius and plans to cover 9 more countries by the end of 2020. On social media platforms, SBI has the highest number of followers on Facebook and Twitter amongst all banks worldwide. For more information, visit: https://bank.sbi

State Bank of India is the market leader in Debit Cards segment with a history of offering advanced and tailor-made products to its customers through various Channels. The Bank's latest offering in the form of SBI RuPay JCB Debit Card will also allow customers to pay for transit apart from retail payments – adding an extra layer of convenience for them. This card has all the potential of being the most preferred cards for customers.

The SBI RuPay JCB Contactless Debit Card is designed to enable banks to reduce their customers' effort of cash handling and provide them with the convenience of single tap payment. RuPay Contactless specifications are open standards, interoperable and scalable and can be adopted by all Card schemes. RuPay Contactless specifications have been developed to offer a vendor-agnostic, interoperable, secured and cost-effective ecosystem of low value payments to facilitate the government in building a less-cash economy. The SBI RuPay JCB Platinum Contactless Debit Card has all the elements to offer customers with ultimate choice of customising their payment decisions based on their comfort and needs, thereby creating for them, an ultimate transformative yet gratifying shopping experience.

About NPCI

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was incorporated in 2008 as an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. NPCI has created a robust payment and settlement infrastructure in the country. It has changed the way payments are made in India through a bouquet of retail payment products such as RuPay Card, Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), BHIM Aadhaar, National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC Fastag) and Bharat BillPay. NPCI also launched UPI 2.0 to offer a more secure and comprehensive services to consumers and merchants.

NPCI is focused on bringing innovations in the retail payment systems through use of technology and is relentlessly working to transform India into a digital economy. It is facilitating secure payments solutions with nationwide accessibility at minimal cost in furtherance of India's aspiration to be a fully digital society. For more information, visit: https://www.npci.org.in/

About JCB

JCB is a major global payment brand and a leading Credit Card issuer and acquirer in Japan. JCB launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding worldwide in 1981. Backed by its vast global acceptance network, JCB cards are now issued in 24 countries and territories with more than 140 million cardmembers. 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 providing responsive and high-quality service and products to all customers worldwide.
For more information, please visit https://www.global.jcb/en/index.html
All information is current as of 4th November 2020

Corporate contacts:
NPCI
Swagata Gupta
98200 88951
swagata.gupta@npci.org.in

SBI
Ritesh Mehta
9930125097
Ritesh.mehta@sbi.co.in

JCB
Kumiko Kida, Ayaka Nakajima
+81-3-5778-8353
jcb-pr@jcb.co.jp

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NIU Technologies Announced Q3 2020 Financial Results: Revenue up 36.7% YoY, Total Volume of E-scooter Sales up 67.9% YoY

HONG KONG, Nov 27, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – NIU Technologies ("NIU", or "the Company") (NASDAQ: NIU), the world's leading provider of smart urban mobility solutions, announced its financial results for Q3 2020.

Driven by Strong Growth in the China Market, Revenues and E-scooter Sales Volume increased significantly

For Q3 2020, the revenue is RMB 894.5 million, which is an increase of 36.7% YoY. The net income is RMB 80 million for Q3 2020, compared with RMB 66.4 million in Q3 2019. The adjusted net income (non-GAAP) is RMB 90.6 million, compared with RMB 72.5 million in Q3 2019.

Due to strong growth in China, the number of e-scooters sold reached 250,889 units, which is 67.9% YoY. The number of e-scooters sold in China reached 245,293, which is up 70.2% YoY. E-scooter sales revenues from China market is RMB 740.8 million, an increase of 39.2% YoY, which represents 92.6% of total e-scooter revenues. The increase is mainly driven by retail network expansion and new product launches in China. During Q3 2020, the number of franchised stores in China reached 1,266, which is an increase of 182 stores from Q2 2020. In the international market, the number of e-scooters sold reached 5,596 units, which is up 6.3% YoY. Due to the higher average sales price in the international markets, e-scooter sales revenues from international markets is RMB 59.6 million, represented an increase of 35.2% YoY. The international sales network now expanded to 36 distributors covering 46 countries.

Accessories, spare part sales and services reached a revenue of RMB 94.1 million, an increase of 20.2% YoY and represented 10.5% of the total revenue. This increase is mainly due to higher sales from China market. Gross margin declined from 22.2% to 20.9% in Q3 2020 compared with Q3 2019, which is mainly due to sales discount and high sales volume of G0 model that has a lower gross margin.

Additional Expansion of Product Portfolio and International Sales Network

NIU continued its focus on new products development in Q3 2020. R&D expenses is RMB 28.9 million (including RMB 3.0 million of share-based compensation) in Q3 2020, which is an increase of 69.4% from RMB 17.1 million in Q3 2019.

Meanwhile, NIU also has been expanding into new international markets and will continue to advance its global strategy. NIU CEO Dr. Yan Li commented: "Southeast Asia will become an important market for NIU in Q4 2020. In Q4 2020, we plan to launch our new Gova product in Indonesia market. The marketing campaign and pre-sales will start from December 2020."

In October 2020, the number of e-scooters sold in the international markets reached 2,275, which represents an 83.9% YoY growth. In November 2020, sales volume for the first 19 days has surpassed the total sales volume for the entire month of November 2019. NIU expects revenues of the Q4 2020 to be in the range of RMB 565 million to RMB 615 million, which represents YoY increase from 5% to 15%.

Dr. Yan Li commented: "We are very pleased to see the strong sales growth in China during Q3 2020. Although our international sales were affected by rebound of COVID-19 in Q3 2020, we are working closely with our international distributors to mitigate the impact to bring our sales back to fast growth. With the continued cost optimization efforts, we expect our gross margin to improve. For the Indonesia market, we are very excited about the growth prospective and plan to expand our product portfolio and retail sales network in the next few years."

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HKTDC to Host Five Major Annual Events in Early December

HONG KONG, Nov 19, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is staging five industry-leading events online in early December, namely the HKTDC SmartBiz Expo, HKTDC Hong Kong International Franchising Show, the Business of IP Asia Forum (BIP Asia Forum), DesignInspire, and the Asian E-tailing Summit. Through these brand-new online platforms, numerous industry elite speakers will look at the current business practices of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and examine how they can apply innovative technologies and creative thinking to address the challenges of an evolving market landscape, and to help strengthen their development during the pandemic and beyond.

HKTDC Assistant Executive Director Stephen Liang said: "In light of the global pandemic, several HKTDC events are going online, but this doesn't impede our efforts to provide the latest market information and create business networking opportunities. We have been encouraged by the way different industries have proactively participated in our online activities, which helped them make good progress even under the current difficult situation. In order to enhance the competitiveness of local SMEs, the HKTDC is staging virtual events about e-commerce, digital transformation, franchising, intellectual property (IP) and creative design in December. Our goal is to help companies continue to grasp new business opportunities under the new normal."

SmartBiz Expo and International Franchising Show – Reimagine and Reinvent

The fourth HKTDC SmartBiz Expo and the sixth Hong Kong International Franchising Show will be held online from 2 to 4 December, providing a one-stop platform to support SMEs in exploring innovative business solutions and management optimisation technologies that can enhance both productivity and competitiveness. Under the theme "Reimagine, Reinvent", the virtual event will bring industry leaders together to share their insights at a series of webinars covering areas such as the stay-at-home economy, challenges under the new normal, boosting productivity, and capturing new business opportunities.

The first webinar on day one will be "T-Chat: Riding the wave of the Stay-at-Home Economy and Managing a Remote Business". Robert Glazer, Founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, will share insights into corporate cultures under work-from-home arrangements, human resource (HR) transformation and supporting corporations in adjusting to the new normal. Not only is Mr Glazer a renowned thought leader in corporate culture, he is also a bestselling author and renowned speaker. He ranked second on Glassdoor's list of top CEOs for SMEs in 2018, and was on the Forbes list of 20 Speakers for 2017.

Many people showed a preference for staying at home during the pandemic, with e-commerce platforms helping users to efficiently access all basic necessities. This in turn boosted the development of the stay-at-home economy, where enterprises need to attract customers looking to shop from home and upgrade their delivery and pickup processes at the same time. This trend will be examined in a webinar titled "Winning the E-Commerce Race – Re-creating a Brand New Customer Experience". Gordon Lam, Board Executive Director at Bonjour Holdings Limited, and Angel Cheng, Business Development Manager at Starling Labs Limited (SHOPLINE), will share their thinking on the growth of the stay-at-home economy and the market strategies that can help enterprises capture opportunities. In another webinar, "Redefining Work under COVID-19", Peter Lee, Head of Corporate Business at Microsoft Hong Kong Limited, will examine the technological ways to enhance corporate productivity under work-from-home arrangements.

Other webinars will focus on e-commerce, marketing, artificial intelligence (AI) and big data applications, cyber security, domestic sales and 5G technology. The SmartBiz Expo also includes activities related to corporate transformation, with various seminars, programmes and workshops supporting SMEs to be future-ready.

In addition, a one-year online promotion programme called "Connect with Smart Advisors" will be launched, enabling experts in innovation and technology to virtually demonstrate their products and technological solutions on the SmartBiz Expo, Hong Kong International Franchising Show and hktdc.com Sourcing websites, helping SMEs to seize new business opportunities in the face of the pandemic.

BIP Asia Forum boosts competitiveness of enterprises

Addressing the importance of IP trading and research collaborations in corporate development and adaptation to changes, the 10th BIP Asia Forum will be held from 3 to 4 December under theme "Open Innovation: Driving Collaboration in Times of Change". Jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the HKTDC and the Hong Kong Design Centre, the two-day event will feature about 60 international IP experts and business leaders sharing on the latest industry trends.

Collaboration is essential during these challenging times, with many businesses having to make significant changes in order to survive. This development will be in focus at the keynote session on the first day of the forum, which will look at how open innovation drives collaboration at this critical juncture. Yancey Strickler, Co-Founder and Former CEO of Kickstarter, will share his experience in creating Kickstarter, a global crowdfunding platform that has brought innovators together and created value through innovation and partnerships.

As companies face up to increasingly fierce global competition, establishing new ways of collaboration between nations, industries and individuals has become a vital business strategy. This topic will be explored at a 3 December plenary session with the theme "Creating IP Values through Collaboration". It will feature a discussion from industry experts including John Mulgrew, VP, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Intellectual Property, Lenovo; Christina Petersson, Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Ericsson; and Beat Weibel, Chief IP Counsel and Group Senior Vice President, Siemens AG.

At the Global Tech Summit on the second day of the forum, Li Zexiang and Gary Chan, professors from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, will be joined by Alexander Ng, Vice President of Tencent Healthcare, to discuss emerging technologies that are likely to reshape economies and redefine industries.

Complementing the forum's main programme, a new session called InspoTalk will be launched on 2 December, the day before the event opens. It will feature industry experts discussing a range of IP-related topics, such as working with social media influencers, and the challenges and opportunities resulting from the pandemic.

This year's forum will also kick off the third edition of the open innovation competition "IPHatch Hong Kong", which features past winners and IP experts from renowned technology companies as speakers. They will share on ways to enhance corporate value and realise growth potential. The 2020 competition will spotlight digitalisation, smart city, and the internet of things; with participating start-ups encouraged to unleash their creativity and expand existing patented technologies to new business areas.

Asian E-tailing Summit captures latest marketing strategies

E-tailing is a rapidly developing industry that offers business opportunities to enterprises – a development spotlighted at the Asian E-tailing Summit. Under the theme of "Embracing Change and Unlocking Opportunities in the New Digital World", this year's summit will be held online from 9 to 11 December, serving as a one-stop platform for participants to explore the latest e-tailing trends.

To keep enterprises abreast of the latest developments, close to 40 speakers from around the world will share their insights. The summit's first session, "Cross-border E-commerce in the New Digital Era", will feature heavyweight speakers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan. They will examine a go-to-market strategy that enables companies to reach scattered markets through a cost-effective cross-border e-commerce model. Nitin Navneet Tatiwala, Marketing Managing Director for Product, Solutions & eCommerce for the AMEA (Asia, Middle East and Africa) region at FedEx Express, will share on how an international logistics service provider helps online merchants expand into new markets and speed up the flow of products to customers around the world through cross-border e-commerce. This will be followed by the "Seeking Business Success in a Data-driven Economy" session, at which professionals from Singapore, the Philippines and Myanmar will explain how to use of data analytics to optimise business operations, improve efficiency and identify new opportunities. Greg Wong, Director of Analytics, Platform and Technology for the Centre of Excellence at SAP Greater China, will depict the importance of data analytics for achieving market leadership.

Blockchain technology, which provides a methodology for storing and using customer profile data that has the potential to reshape the field of customer relationship management (CRM), will be examined at a session titled "Blockchain's Role in Customer Relationship Management", where local start-ups and experts from Germany and Vietnam will look into how the technology can improve current CRM systems and solve some of the supply chain-related issues faced by enterprises.

The second day of the summit will feature three sessions, namely "The Rise and the Reach of Mobile Commerce", "Making the Customer Journey a Personal Experience" and "Navigating the Future of Omnichannel". At the first session, Kazuhisa Iwamoto, Director, Business Creation Department, Smart-Life Division, NTT DOCOMO INC., will explain how 5G can contribute to the development of mobile commerce, while a representative from United States e-commerce expert And Luxe Inc. will analyse how mobile commerce is tapping into the huge mobile-user market, with demonstrations of live stream shopping. The second session will see Japanese personal care brand Sparty share on how it creates tailor-made messages and content in digital customer engagement strategies. The third session will feature a leading Nigerian omnichannel fashion store, PayPorte, whose founder and CEO Eyo Bassey will explore how businesses can adopt omnichannel strategies to connect with customers and stay competitive as e-commerce evolves.

On the summit's final day, Euromonitor International, Shopify and other online marketing firms will provide advisory services to companies that are interested in setting up own e-commerce platforms. Attendees can also consult experts in the question-and-answer session, getting real-time suggestions on developing an e-commerce business.

DesignInspire showcases global creativity

DesignInspire will be held online from 3 to 9 December to showcase outstanding designs, award-winning projects, and creative solutions for the design industry. Open to both industry players and the general public, the virtual exhibition will help to boost business for the sector as well as offering a new kind of creative experience to the public. Running under the theme "Design for Good", the event will focus on how design can contribute positive energy to individuals, the broader community and the business world. This one-week showcase will feature captivating designer projects and stories while offering fun interactive experiences and a range of inspiring talks and creative workshops.

Websites
– HKTDC SmartBiz Expo: https://portal.hktdc.com/smartbizexpo/en/
– HKTDC Hong Kong International Franchising Show: https://portal.hktdc.com/hkifs/en/
– Business of IP Asia Forum: http://www.hktdc.com/ncs/bip2020/en/main/index.html
– Asian E-tailing Summit: http://www.hktdc.com/ncs/aes2020/en/main/index.html
– DesignInspire: https://www.designinspire.com.hk/main/en/

Media registration

To attend the above events, media representatives are required to pre-register to receive a confirmation email for accessing the fairs and conferences by completing the registration form and emailing it to cathy.wk.lee@hktdc.org by 30 November (Monday). Please note that the events are not accessible to unregistered media representatives.

Members of the media wishing to interview speakers can email interview requests to clayton.y.lauw@hktdc.org or christine.kam@hktdc.org by 27 November.

About HKTDC

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 to promote, assist and develop Hong Kong's trade. With 50 offices globally, including 13 in Mainland China, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way global investment and business hub. The HKTDC organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create business opportunities for companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the mainland and international markets. The HKTDC also provides up-to-date market insights and product information via trade publications, research reports and digital news channels. For more information, please visit: http://www.hktdc.com/aboutus. Follow us on Twitter @hktdc and LinkedIn.

Contact:
Christine Kam, Tel: +852 2584 4514, Email: christine.kam@hktdc.org
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Cathy Lee, Tel: +852 2584 4393, Email: cathy.wk.lee@hktdc.org

UNISOC and China Unicom Deploy World’s First E2E Network Slicing Solution

SHANGHAI, Oct 19, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – UNISOC and China Unicom have successfully deployed the world's first 3GPP-compliant end-to-end network slicing selection solution, enabling 5G smartphone and data terminal network slicing to 3GPP standards. The solution allows devices to independently and flexibly select network slices through APP ID, FQDN, DNN and other identifiers in China Unicom's 5G SA trial commercial network, bringing broader development prospects for the transformation of industry verticals.

Network slicing is among the most important features of 5G network architecture, the key entry point for 5G to empower thousands of industries. However, network slicing technology is highly complex and a technical solution must run through multiple network levels. Network slicing in devices had become a constraint to the development of end-to-end network slicing, while technical bottlenecks lie in the limitations of chips and terminal operating systems.

In a scheme equipped with the UNISOC 5G chip, this solution supports 5G smartphones and data terminals for all slice selection strategies under 3GPP specifications, and optimizes the users' business experience. The two sides have recently completed technical verification on China Unicom Beijing's 5G SA trial commercial network, laying a technical foundation for the diversified development of 5G industrial applications in the future.

Earlier this year, China Unicom launched the world's first 5G terminal priced under 1,000 yuan, the 5G CPE VN007. Powered by the UNISOC V510, the CPE VN007 supports an end-to-end 5G network slicing selection solution through a software upgrade, completing test verification. This will lower the commercialization threshold for 5G network slicing, and rapidly empower 5G industry application scenarios across the spectrum.

About UNISOC
UNISOC is a leading fabless semiconductor company committed to R&D of core chipsets for mobile communications and AIoT. With 4,500 staff, 17 R&D centers and 7 customer support centers around the world, UNISOC has become one of the largest chipset providers for IoT and connectivity devices in China, and in market share a global top 3 mobile chipset supplier and the leading 5G company in the world. For more information, please visit http://www.unisoc.com.

Media Contact:
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E: mengran.wu@unisoc.com
UNISOC Technologies Co., Ltd

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Indosat Ooredoo, Smart Axiata, PLDT Global, and over 50 mobile operators from across the region to gather to shape the future of intelligent connectivity in Asia

SINGAPORE, Oct 16, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Asia's fastest-growing telco event, Telecoms World Asia, will take place virtually on 27-29 October with a focus on intelligent connectivity in Asia. Look forward to 6 channels of targeted content covering 5G, Network Virtualisation, Telco 4.0, Intelligent Connectivity and Carriers World Asia, with presentations addressing the key topics disrupting and re- shaping the telecoms industry in the region.

On Day 1 of the virtual conference, Rahul Atri, Managing Director, Rakuten Mobile Singapore and Head of Product and Engineering, Rakuten Mobile will open the morning plenary with his keynote on "The world's first end to end cloud native networks." Following that, leaders from EVOS Esports, Garena, ONE Esports, Singtel International Group, United States Esports Federations, and Thailand Esports Federation will debate "The growth of digital content: Esports case study." Donald Tan, CEO, China Telecom Global will also be delivering a presentation followed by a fireside chat.

On Day 2, The focus then shifts towards 5G and Intelligent Connectivity with Su Ann Lim, Industry Head Telco & Technology, Google addressing "New technologies, new opportunities of going digital". Vikram Sinha, COO, Director of Indosat Ooredoo, Katrina Luna-Abelarde, CEO of PLDT Global and Thomas Hundt, CEO of Smart Axiata will then take the LIVE stage to evaluate Asia's 5G future in the Boardroom session moderated by Ajay Sunder of SC-NEX. Tom Varghese, Head of Connectivity & Access Policy, APAC of Facebook and Dhanant Subhadrabandhu, PhD., Senior Executive Vice President, Marketing and Service of CAT Telecom will then continue the discussions on "Digital Platform Transformation: Bringing more people online to a faster internet" and "The Next Steps of Thailand's Digital Outlook."

Rounding up the Day 3 keynotes, Tanapong Ittisakulchai, Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS) will explore 5G & Digital Ecosystems for Businesses in Thailand while Richard Fung, CEO, China Broadband Communications shares his perspectives on "The telco transformation for everything cloud".

Telecoms World Asia will bring together over 50 senior decision-maker speakers and over 1500 leaders and professionals from mobile operators, government regulators, development banks, consultants, global suppliers, and solution providers, who are leading the future of intelligent connectivity in Asia. Some confirmed speakers include:

– Sandra De Zoysa, Group Chief Customer Officer, Axiata
– Yaw Yeo, General Manager, International Product & Business, Alibaba Group
– Anik Dhar, Head of Digital, Banglalink
– Praveen Agarwal, VP & Business Head, APAC, China, India & SAARC, Bharti Airtel
– Natasak Rodjanapiches, Vice Chairman, Creative Digital Economy, Board of Trade Thailand
– Myo Ohn, CEO, Campana Group
– Ming Yow, Chief Customer Officer, China Broadband Communications
– Mya Han, CEO, Fortune Telecom
– Raden Kurnia Supriadi, VP, Head of Core Planning & Engineering Indosat Ooredoo
– Piyawat Jriyasetapong, Chief Commercial Officer, Lao Telecommunication Company
– Pichet Rerkpreecha, CEO, LINE Corp (Thailand)
– Nathan Bell, Chief Digital Officer, M1
– Idermunkh Tsogbadrakh, CEO, MobiCom Networks
– Binh Vu, CEO, NetNam
– Mel Velarde, CEO, NOW Telecom Corporation
– Satoshi Nagata, Vice Chairman, 3GPP TSG-RAN & Manager, NTT Docomo
– Bharath Rathinam, Head, RCP Uplift & Orchestration, Rakuten Mobile
– Saad Sheikh, Chief Architect, Saudi Telecom Company
– Rangarajan Kalyanasundaram, CEO Enterprise Business, Smartfren Telecom
– Swe Thu Han, Digitization Solution Department, SCSK Myanmar, Sumitomo Corporation
– Edi Siswanto, Vice President, Infrastructure Planning & Development, Telkom Indonesia International
– Maxime Carpentier, VP IoT Operations, True Digital Group
– Mandeshpal Singh Banvet, Head of Cybersecurity & Network Product, Asia, Verizon
– Jaime Diez, CTO, APAC, Vodafone Business

Leading solution partners Advanced Info Services (AIS), CAT Telecom, Servicenow, Metaswitch, MSIG, EnableX, Atmail, CDNetworks, China Mobile International, China Telecom, CSG, IEEE, Netrounds, Marveltec, PCCW Global, R3, SQREAM, Turkcell, Zinier, Vertiv, FNT, Canopus Networks and more will be showcasing their latest solutions via TECH Demos on 26th October and in the virtual exhibition hall.

About Telecoms World Asia 2020
27-29 October 2020
9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. LIVE ONLINE
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JCB and NTT Com to Demonstrate Multifunctional Mobile Wallet App

TOKYO, Oct 8, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – JCB Co., Ltd., Japan's only international payment brand, and NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, announced today that they will conduct a demonstration test for JCB Mobile Wallet (tentative name), a one-of-a-kind feature[1] that guarantees the original foreign currency exchange rates for a certain period. JCB and NTT Com personnel will participate in the test, which will be conducted until the end of November, prior to the scheduled launch of commercial services in Japan and other Asian markets next year.

JCB Mobile Wallet (tentative name)

The multifunctional app, which enables users to instantly create JCB brand virtual prepaid cards, provides a range of useful services, including cashless payments, mobile remittances, account settings and map-based searches for JCB merchants, for the convenience of international students, businesspeople and international residents in Japan. Features include:

– Multi-Currency
Users can exchange home currency to 22 other currencies, with the choice of either a real-time rate or a guaranteed period rate. Guaranteed period rates are a one-of-a-kind feature. Any currency not used within fourteen days is exchanged back at the original rate.

– Multi-Account
Multiple sub-accounts are offered for families and businesses. For example, a parent could charge up the sub-account of a child studying abroad with money whenever needed, 24/7. For corporate accounts, companies can easily manage the balance of sub-accounts when employees travel overseas on business.

– Multi-Service
Many useful services are bundled with the app, such as reserving restaurants and taxis.

The demonstration will be used to confirm the functionality and practicality of the app's user interface and user experience for various functions and services developed by JCB and NTT Com. It will also test NTT Com's system for the Home Currency Anywhere®[2], which manages rate-guaranteed foreign currency information[3] comprehensively and quickly by leveraging NTT Com's API Gateway as a Service[4] to centrally manage the APIs of Home Currency Anywhere® and other services.

The new app will be compatible with mobile contactless payment systems and other payment environments in many countries and regions using Near Field Communication[5], QR codes and linkage to credit cards.

In the future, expanded functionality will be realized through the planned incorporation of NTT Com's Wallet Exchange®[6] service to enable online transfer and management of electronic money in various currencies. Also, the measures will be incorporated to ensure that JCB Mobile Wallet offers robust security for customer transactions.

[1] According to research by JCB and NTT Com.
[2] Home Currency Anywhere® is a service provided by NTT Com that distributes information about rate-guaranteed foreign exchanges and transactions through a secure environment. Foreign exchange rates guaranteed for a certain period of time enable end users, such as travelers, businesspeople and overseas residents, to exchange currencies without having to worry about fluctuating rates. Please see https://www.ntt.com/en/about-us/press-releases/news/article/2019/1112.html.
[3] Foreign currency exchange based on foreign exchange rates will be carried out by NTT Com's partner company M-DAQ Pte. LTD. Please see https://www.m-daq.com/.
[4] API Gateway as a Service centrally manages API connections with other services for quick and easy deployment across API connections and data formats of each service. Please see https://www.ntt.com/en/about-us/press-releases/news/article/2017/0614.html.
[5] Near Field Communications (NFC) is an international standard wireless communication technology, defined by ISO as a non-contact IC card interface standard, for wireless connection with NFC-equipped mobile phones or NFC-compatible credit cards over short distances of a few centimeters.
[6] Wallet Exchange® is an NTT Com online service that uses Home Currency Anywhere® to charge electronic money accounts with various currencies. A user can convert their electronic money from home currency into foreign-currency in overseas travel destinations, and later can reconvert any unused e-money back into the home currency at the original rate within 14 days.

About JCB

JCB is a major global payment brand and a leading credit card issuer and acquirer in Japan. JCB launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding worldwide in 1981. Its acceptance network includes 34 million merchants in the world. JCB cards are now issued in 24 countries and territories with more than 140 million cardmembers. 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 providing responsive and high-quality service and products to all customers worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.global.jcb/en/

About NTT Communications

NTT Communications solves the world's technology challenges by helping enterprises overcome complexity and risk in their ICT environments with managed IT infrastructure solutions. These solutions are backed by our worldwide infrastructure, including industry leading, global tier-1 public and private networks reaching over 190 countries/regions, and more than 500,000m2 of the world's most advanced data center facilities. Our global professional services teams provide consultation and architecture for the resiliency and security required for your business success, and our scale and global capabilities in technology world are unsurpassed. Combined with NTT Ltd., NTT Data, and NTT DOCOMO, we are NTT Group.

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Triller to Offer Live Streaming Starting on October 12th

LOS ANGELES, CA., Oct 8, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Beginning on October 12th, 2020, Triller users will have the ability to livestream content, further expanding Triller's capabilities as the social platform's user-base grows. This new feature will offer creators a new way to monetize their content.

With a paywall feature and donate now, creators will be able to go live at any time opening up additional monetization routes.

"We always want to put our artists first. Go live was one of the first things our influencers wanted. In response, we designed a program that is the best and most sophisticated go live technology there is. This will be game-changing for influencers," said Bobby Sarnevesht, Chief Triller Officer and Executive Chair. "We find it disturbing that TikTok takes such a big share of the artists work," he continued.

While other social platforms do give creators the opportunity to monetize their live-streams, a majority of the money raised often goes to the platform itself. Triller, however, continues to be an artist-first application. With the well-being of creators being at the core of its business model, Triller will make sure that 70% of all money raised during live streams goes directly to the artist. Triller has also designated $5 million in 'go live' backlog that has been pre-purchased for influencers on a first-come, first-serve basis. The first 10 influencers who hit 100,000 concurrent viewers will each get 50K donations directly from the company. This is the first of many up and coming monetization programs for influencers. "We have already done internal tests, and if influencers use their IG and other social to encourage their followers to join their go live, this is a relatively easy metric for them to hit," said Mike Lu, CEO of Triller.

"This generation has a huge appetite for live-streamed content, as we see how live-streamed events across social platforms have accumulated millions of viewers simultaneously. We want our users to know that we continue to update our app and add new features based on what we know will improve the experience for them based on their feedback," continued Bobby Sarnevesht.

This latest development is the final integration of Halogen Networks into the platform, which Triller acquired this June with the intention of giving Triller users the opportunity to watch live events, including sports, musical acts, and more.

ABOUT TRILLER

Triller is an AI-powered music video app that allows users to create professional-looking videos in a matter of seconds. Pick a song, select the portion of the song you want to use, snap a few takes, and with the tap of a button, you have a celebrity-quality music video starring you and your friends. Triller relies solely on organic growth and has more than 250 million downloads, with celebrities like Alicia Keys, Cardi B, Marshmello, Roddy Ricch, and Eminem regularly using the app to create their own music videos. Triller recently was acquired by Proxima Media. For more information, visit www.triller.co and follow @trillervids on Instagram.

CONTACT:
press@triller.co

SOURCE: Triller

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