Thailand’s Finance Ministry Has Granted the 5th Digital Asset Trading License to Huobi to Operate Crypto Business

Thailand’s Ministry of Finance has officially granted the 5th digital asset trading license, which makes Huobi the fifth licensed digital asset exchange in Thailand to operate digital asset trading in compliance and permits it to start local fiat trading and token trading services. [www.sec.or.th/digitalasset]

“Huobi Thailand is built on Huobi Cloud, which provides a one-stop solution for global digital asset exchanges. Huobi Thailand will provide Thai users with secure and reliable digital asset trading services through Huobi Cloud’s verified technical capabilities. In the field of digital asset trading, Huobi is one of the largest exchanges in the world by trading volume and has accumulated six years of experience in safe operation. After entering Thailand, Huobi will also actively cooperate with the government and local enterprises to explore the application scenarios of blockchain.” said by Sakda, head of Huobi Thailand.

In the last two years, Thailand has improved legislation on digital assets to provide a safe investment environment for investors. In May 2018, SEC, Thailand’s digital assets regulator, announced that all companies in Thailand involved in digital asset business would only operate after receiving the license. It also required existing companies with related businesses to submit applications for licenses within 90 days. In January, after four months of the approval period, Bitcoin Exchange, Bitkub Online, Satang Corporation and a digital asset broker successfully received the licenses, while the applications of three other companies were denied.

On May 14, the Royal Decree on Digital Asset Businesses B.E. 2561 (2018) (the “Royal Decree”) went into effect. The Decree, which consists of 100 sections, clearly defines and classifies of digital assets, the business scope of virtual currency, and the subject and authority of supervision. In addition, the Decree also outlines strict prohibition against insider trading and market manipulation and sets punishments for violators.

When considering license applicants, the regulators focus on whether the applicant has a sound management system, the background of board and management team members, whether there is a monitoring system to detect conflicts of interest, and whether there is a routine cyber security check, etc. Obtaining a license requires the approval of the regulatory commission, who usually only makes it once a month.

In addition to regulated exchanges, Thailand’s government is also actively exploring other blockchain applications. In August, the Bank of Thailand announced the development of Intanon, its official virtual currency. Intanon would be based on the distributed ledger technology developed by R3 and CORDA platform, which aimed to use blockchain technology to improve the efficiency of interbank payments. Eight commercial banks in Thailand, including Standard Chartered Bank of Thailand and HSBC, announced support for the project.

As one of the world’s leading digital asset service providers, Huobi has a deep global layout with licenses and compliance teams across a number of regions. Its strategic partner in the United States holds an MSB as well as MTL licenses in 12 states. In Japan, Huobi has obtained No.0007 exchange license. In addition, Huobi has obtained one of the first DLT license under Gibraltar’s purpose build regulatory regime. 

About Huobi Group

Consisting of numerous upstream and downstream enterprises, Huobi Group is a leading global blockchain company. Established in 2013, Huobi Group’s accumulative turnover exceeds US$1 trillion. It proudly provides safe, secure, and convenient cryptocurrency trading and asset management services to millions of users in 130+ countries. For more info, visit https://www.huobigroup.com

About Huobi Cloud

Huobi Cloud is a one-stop solution provider to help partners build reliable and stable digital asset exchanges. Huobi Cloud helps partners to build the system of OTC and digital asset trading. As of December 31, 2018, more than 120 digital asset exchanges have launched. Huobi Cloud’s partners come from Russia, the UK, Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Canada, Brazil, Thailand, etc. Huobi Russia, Huobi Indonesia and Huobi Thailand have built up.

Media contact: 
Huobi Global Limited 
Wu Fengheng 
E: wufengheng@huobi.com
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Mighty Earth Complaint to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for dissociation of Korindo dismissed by FSC

Mighty Earth, a US NGO, filed a complaint to FSC that the Korindo Group should be dissociated from FSC.

On November 1, 2017, FSC initiated an investigation on alleged violations of the Policy for the Association of Organizations with FSC.

It should be underscored that there can be only two outcomes of the FSC investigation, dissociation if proven guilty of the charge or maintaining association if proven innocent. Nothing else, nothing in between.

On July 15, 2019, the FSC Board of Directors announced that the Korindo Group is not to be dissociated from FSC, and is to remain associated with FSC.

FSC investigated all of ME claims, rejected its key allegations as unfounded, including the one that Korindo used fires. FSC’s investigation concluded that Korindo did not set fires, and that Korindo was not involved in illegal activities by use of fire. This was the FSC conclusion that was released to the public on July 23, 2019.

Mighty Earth has been spinning the FSC decision by avoiding the facts, and distorting the cause and outcome of the investigation itself for those who are not familiar with the FSC mechanism and process.

Korindo social programmes include having built, managing and funding a state of the art full-service hospital (voted as the Best Primary Clinical Hospital in Papua and West Papua by the Indonesian National Health Insurance), 19 medical clinics, 28 schools along with school buses and some 200 teachers, 66 mosques/churches, providing infrastructure of free power supply and several hundred kilometers of roads, vocational training of chicken and vegetable farming, and has begun, inter alia, introducing clean cookstoves and compost toilets.

Korindo will not let allegations, which already have been fully investigated and rejected, and harm Korindo and some 100,000 Indonesians who work with Korindo, be repeated.

For media enquiries:
Public Relations Department, Korindo Group
Email: corpcom@korindo.co.id
www.korindo.co.id

SunTec increases investments in Australia & New Zealand

Launches Xelerate Digital Core – A Low Risk, Progressive Digital Transformation Approach for Banks

SunTec Business Solutions, the leader in revenue management and customer experience orchestration solutions, announced the opening of its operations in Melbourne, Australia, increasing its focus on the Australia and New Zealand markets.

This is a significant move especially after SunTec’s recent launch of Xelerate(R) Digital Core – an extremely low risk approach for banks to accelerate their Digital transformation journey, without having to replace their functionally stable legacy core systems.

SunTec’s expansion comes at a time when many large banks in Australia and New Zealand are embracing customer centric transformation, to stay ahead of the competition. In addition, the recent regulatory requirements to improve standards and transparency, prevent misconduct and immediate remediation of customers makes it imperative for banks to act fast. But it is not an easy decision. On one hand banks are battling legacy issues while on the other, they are looking for technologies that can help them to quickly connect with the fintech ecosystem, create innovative products and own the customer experience. Xelerate(R) Digital Core ticks all boxes and simplifies the process by providing an intelligent and flexible middle layer that helps banks embrace a progressive digital transformation strategy. 

Nanda Kumar, CEO of SunTec, said, “We are thankful to the growing acceptance we have received so far. Australia and New Zealand bear strategic significance in our growth plans. Setting up operations in Australia is a logical next step as it allows us to be close to our customers, strengthen our support and demonstrate our commitment to the region”.

SunTec is headquartered in India and has operations in USA, UK, Germany, Singapore and UAE. The Australia and New Zealand operations, which were being handled by the Singapore office will now be managed directly by the Melbourne office. 

To find more on SunTec Xelerate, please visit: http://suntecgroup.com/

About SunTec(TM)

At SunTec, we help our clients increase the lifetime value of their customer relationships through effective revenue management and real-time customer experience orchestration. Our low risk digital transformation approach enables clients to own the customer experience by enhancing their value-based engagement. With 130+ clients in 45+ countries, SunTec is a trusted partner of leading organizations across Banking, Financial services, Insurance, Telecom and Travel industries. Headquartered in India, we have operations in USA, UK, Germany, UAE, Singapore and Australia. 

For media enquiries, contact:
SunTec: 
Anoop M George
Head-Corporate & Digital Marketing
Tel: +91-949 505 9292
Email: anoopmg@suntecgroup.com

Captiva Verde Land Corp Signs Binding Purchase Agreement to Acquire Large 5.6 Million Square Feet Outdoor Grow Land Package in New Brunswick, Canada and Announces Private Placement to Fund Commencement of New Brunswick Cannabis Outdoor Grow Infrastructure Build Out

Captiva Verde Land Corp. (CSE: PWR) (the “Company”), is extremely pleased to announce that its 100% wholly owned subsidiary, Solargram Farms Corporation (“Solargram”), a Canadian controlled private corporation, having corporate offices in Moncton, NB has negotiated and signed a binding purchase agreement to acquire a large 5.6 million square feet outdoor grow land package located in Renaud Mills, New Brunswick. The land acquisition is scheduled to close on or before August 31, 2019. In conjunction with this land package acquisition, Captiva announces the commencement of a non-brokered private placement whereby the company will raise $3,000,000 (12,000,000 units @ $.25 per unit). The units will have a four month hold and will include one common share and one full share purchase warrant exercisable at $.75 per share within two years of the unit issuance date. Funds are to be used for land acquisition, initial infrastructure build-out and production assets to support the planned outdoor cannabis outdoor grow initiatives for the 2020 grow season.

In May 2019, Captiva Verde took a 100% ownership interest into a world class team of experienced operators and growers, dedicated to full spectrum, hand crafted, outdoor organic cannabis and oil extracts, providing high valued finished health and wellness products using natural farm inputs. The Solargram team has over 120 years of combined industry specific, non-stop operating, growing and processing experience in a specific regional market that, taken together, has over 175 years of collective experience.

The acquisition includes land assets, growing assets, proprietary IP and technological expertise necessary to successfully run and operate multiple planned outdoor grown, low cost per gram, vertically integrated, organic cannabis site operations together with its planned related full spectrum cannabis oil concentrate processing facilities. Solargram now has a five year planned outdoor farm grown cannabis production capacity, located over 250 farm acres, spread through three New Brunswick outdoor grow sites representing over 100,000 kgs of dried cannabis targeted for organic cannabis oil (CBD, CBD-THC) concentrate for export as well as developed for in-house, best in class unique cannabis and edible products.

In concert with this acquisition, Captiva Verde is working together with its advisory board chairman Drake Sutton-Shearer, CEO of leading CPG brand and marketing platform PROHBTD, to advise Captiva Verde on best in class branded products for export, enabling Captiva Verde to have a unique position in the Canadian and international market.

Captiva Verde believes the entire cannabis market is at the beginning of its second phase, where hard learned financial lessons gained from the first 130+ licensed producers before it, allow Captiva Verde to emerge as a successful graduate from the first five years of public cannabis operations. The second phase will be a time of consolidations, disintegrations and the emergence of new public companies like Captiva Verde, strengthened by the lessons of this valuable history. Cannabis is an evolutionary business within a revolutionary change of politics. The torch is being handed back to veteran growers, scientist and proven business leaders who understand the original intent of legalization, which is to have the lowest cost, first in class products available to everyone.

Many scientists believe that the most prolific natural factory of medicines in our planet, is the cannabis plant, and that the most potent and purest of these plants, is the outdoor and organically grown variety, where its contact with the natural elements and diurnal weather patterns, enjoin and stimulate the production of high potency cannabinoids.

Less than 4% of Canada’s current legal cannabis products are derived from outdoor operations. Sun grown outdoor plants have the lowest cost with consistent high yields and potency, providing consumers with an opportunity to choose from a selection of natural and healthier products than what the market currently offers.

New successful companies like Captiva Verde, can provide both a superior product and a price point, inclusive of taxes, that is well below the black market rates, which the latter currently outperforms the legal market at a rate of more than three to one. Companies such as Captiva Verde, embrace the experiences of long time growing veterans, scientist and proven business leaders whose collective experience together, puts cannabis where its intention is most valued, to the trusted consumer.

The operation will commence with 5.6 million square feet of outdoor growing space and the acquisition of all the components to start the operations will now begin at a fast pace.

The above activities are in addition to Captiva’s ongoing efforts in the USA to offer legal hemp and CBD products to big box retailers and its build-out of a robust distribution network in Mexico that will offer curated and affordable hemp, CBD and Cannabis branded products to people interested in health and wellness. In addition, the company is extremely diversified to provide shareholder security through its ownership of a 50% interest in and to an approved $350 Million residential subdivision in Southern California. The company’s 50% partner, Greenbriar Capital Corp. (GRB-TSXV), is currently in final negotiations with a US Federal Agency, to lease the entire subdivision under a long term lease agreement.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors 
“JEFF CIACHURSKI”
Jeffrey Ciachurski
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Cell: (949) 903-5906
E-mail: westernwind@shaw.ca

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Information
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include regulatory actions, market prices, and continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.

To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/46476

18th Hospital Management Asia to be held in Hanoi on 11-12 September

Hospital Management Asia 2019, the annual event for Asian healthcare leaders, will be held September 11-12, 2019, at the National Convention Centre of Vietnam.

Hospital management and healthcare professionals from around the Asia Pacific region will gather at HMA to exchange ideas and insights on evolving business models, innovative technologies and improvements on the management of healthcare systems.

Attendees can expect to tackle topics such as the latest technologies for healthcare, cost reduction and patient safety to increase efficiency and improve patient outcomes. The conference will also discuss Healthcare 4.0, investments in hospitals and healthcare across Asia, and winning the war for healthcare talent, among others.

This year, the conference will feature five main streams, including a new one for C-level leaders which will discuss financial sustainability through investments, the impact of public policy for hospital services and how to address the challenges in the implementation of value-based care. Other streams include Safety, Quality & Accreditation; Patient Care & Engagement; Talent Management; and Healthcare 4.0.

Running alongside the conference is the Asian Hospital Management Awards that recognise and honour hospitals in the Asia Pacific that implement best practices. All projects submitted by Vietnamese hospitals will also be eligible for the ‘Most Improved Local Hospital’ category — a special award for entries by Vietnamese hospitals only.

Madam Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, Minister of Health for Vietnam, said, “The government has developed an action plan to improve healthcare in Vietnam on all fronts. One of the best opportunities to further our mission towards reform lies at Hospital Management Asia, with several stellar case studies from across the region.”

“Healthcare is accelerating exponentially in Asia and there is no better place to keep up with the latest in the industry to meet the demands of their respective communities. The Ministry is pleased to host the event for the second time, and I am excited to be part of the movement to bring hospitals, investors and solution providers together to help our hospitals provide better service and the best patient outcomes possible.”

Madam Prof. Tien will also be leading the Ministers of Health Panel, alongside YB Datuk Seri Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad, Minister of Health for Malaysia, and Dr. Kidong Park, Country Representative – Vietnam, World Health Organization.

“Siemens Healthineers is proud to be associated with Hospital Management Asia as a title sponsor for the third consecutive year. This year at HMA, we are focusing on how we enable healthcare providers to deliver high-value care at low cost by means of expanding precision medicine, transforming care delivery, and improving patient experience, all enabled by digitalizing healthcare,” said Elisabeth Staudinger, President of Siemens Healthineers Asia Pacific.

“We look forward to this opportunity of interacting with the C-level community while understanding their demands and concerns in Southeast Asia.”

HMA is organized by Clarion Events and co-hosted by the Ministry of Health, Vietnam. For more information and registration details, please go to vwww.hospitalmanagementasia.com.

* 2019 Conference Agenda: https://www.hospitalmanagementasia.com/conference/agenda/

About Hospital Management Asia 2019

Hospital Management Asia (HMA) is an annual platform for Asian hospital owners, C-level executives, directors and healthcare leaders to network, collaborate and share insights on healthcare management best practices and regional solutions for shaping the future of the industry. In its 18th year, the event will gather 80+ speakers and 1,000+ hospital owners, C-level executives, directors, clinicians and healthcare leaders from the Asia Pacific on 11-12 September in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hospital Management Asia 2019 is co-hosted by the Ministry of Health, Vietnam and supported by 19 top hospitals associations in Asia. Visit www.hospitalmanagementasia.com.

About Clarion Events

Founded in 1947, Clarion Events is one of the world’s leading event organisers, producing and delivering innovative and market-leading events. Our 950 employees in 13 offices worldwide specialise in delivering first-class marketing, networking, and information solutions in high-value sectors, both in mature and emerging geographies. Clarion’s customers use our exhibitions, conferences, trade shows, and websites to target new business, demonstrate their products, build deeper relationships with clients and identify new opportunities for performance improvement. Our core markets include energy, defence and security, telecoms, payments, retail, infrastructure, and resources. Please see www.clarionevents.com.

Media Contact:
Serynn Guay
Clarion Events Singapore
E: Serynn.Guay@clarionevents.com
T: +65 6590 3968 

NPCI launches RuPay JCB Global Card

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., together with Indian banks, announced the launch of RuPay JCB Global Cards, which can be used at RuPay card accepting points in India and JCB card accepting points outside India for both POS and ATM. This is the first ever JCB brand card issued in India.

State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Axis Bank, Union Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Andhra Bank, City Union Bank, TJSB Bank, and many more banks will issue RuPay JCB Global Cards.

Following the enablement of POS terminals and ATMs in India for incoming foreign JCB card members in 2017, both parties have entered into the second phase of the strategic partnership with this launch to serve the needs of increasing outbound Indian travellers.

As a launch campaign, NPCI and JCBI jointly offer a special cashback program where the card members can get cashback of 15% for POS transactions outside India and additional 15% (total 30%) in selected popular destinations for Indian travellers: Thailand, Singapore and the UAE. *Terms and conditions apply. Additionally, JCB provides international services such as in-city card member lounges, called JCB Plaza Lounge, in the USA, France, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore as well as JCB Plaza in Japan and round the year merchant promotions all over the world.

In the launch ceremony held today, Mr. Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO, NPCI said, “The NPCI-JCB collaboration is one of the most valued alliances for our home-grown card network, RuPay. Our relationship allows RuPay JCB Global Card holders to use their cards at tens of millions of locations around the world. The cardholder will enjoy facilities like JCB Lounges in the airports of China, Japan, Hawaii, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Korea. With this initiative, both companies will continue to provide high value service to our customers, especially outbound Indian travellers.”

Mr. Ichiro Hamakawa, Chairman and CEO, JCB Co., Ltd. and, JCB International Co., Ltd. said, “We very much appreciate our valuable partnership with NPCI who continues to make massive strides in moving India towards a truly digital payment state. I am sure that the RuPay JCB Global Card will enrich the customers’ payment experience immensely, with the rapid growth of Indian outbound travellers.

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. An initiative of RBI and IBA under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, NPCI was initiated for creating 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) and Bharat BillPay. NPCI also launched UPI 2.0 to offer more secure and comprehensive services to consumers and merchants.

NPCI is focused on bringing innovations in the retail payment systems through the 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/

NPCI
Zeba Mirajkar / Swagata Gupta
zeba.mirajkar@npci.org.in / swagata.gupta@npci.org.in

Adfactors PR
Sumeet Chhabra / Sinoj Sadanandan
9619437559 / 9619375635
Sumeet.Chhabra@adfactorspr.com / Sinoj.sadanandan@adfactorspr.com

About JCB 

JCB is a 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 about 30 million merchants as well as cash advance locations around the world. JCB cards are now issued in 23 countries and territories, with more than 130 million cardmembers. As a comprehensive payment solution provider, JCB commits to providing responsive and high-quality service and products to all customers worldwide. www.jcbcorporate.com For more information, please visit: www.global.jcb/en/

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

Hong Kong Investment Promotion Chief visits Thailand to promote Hong Kong’s business advantages

The Director-General of Investment Promotion of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Stephen Phillips, today (July 23) started his duty visit to Bangkok, Thailand, in the latest bid to attract Thai companies to set up a presence in Hong Kong to tap the new business opportunities that the city has to offer.

During the visit, Mr Phillips will meet with leaders from diverse industries as well as officials from the Thailand Board of Investment. Thailand is the second-largest economy in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), hence the visit is a significant step for Invest Hong Kong to lure Thai companies seeking an international business platform from which to grow.

Mr Phillips said, “Through this visit I hope to update Thailand business communities of the various new economic developments in Hong Kong, so that they can better understand the benefits of having a presence in Hong Kong.

“The country is undergoing a significant economic transformation with the Thailand 4.0 policy. The various initiatives include reinforcing promotions and support for innovation, creativity, research and development, higher technologies and green technologies. These bear a lot of similarities with some of Hong Kong’s economic priorities,” he added.

He continued, “While Hong Kong is a convenient channel for companies to manage and raise funds for Belt and Road projects, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development adds another appeal. Hong Kong is being identified as the international hub for this integrated market that has a population of 71 million and a gross domestic product of US$1.6 trillion. By having a base in Hong Kong, companies from Thailand can easily tap the huge opportunities arising from the bay area.”

About InvestHK

InvestHK is the department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government responsible for attracting foreign direct investment and supporting overseas and Mainland businesses to set up or expand in Hong Kong. It provides free advice and customised services for overseas and Mainland companies. For more information, please visit www.investhk.gov.hk. 

Media contact:
Yada Saraneeyatham
Invest Hong Kong Consultant (Bangkok)
Tel: +66 2 260 8200
Email: ysaraneeyatham@investhk.com.hk

UNI GOLD COIN (UGC) to be listed on IDAX

UNI GOLD COIN (UGC) is excited to list on IDAX for UGC/ETH, UGC/BTC on July 22nd at 10:00 (UTC+8). UGC aims to develop unique international tourism products by creating the UNI GOLD Resort vintage-style gold-mining experience.

The UNI GOLD Resort creates an innovative model for global tourism, actively supporting the local economy and youth employment while developing a family-friendly resort and trailer-style campgrounds where participants can enjoy spending a night in the area and experiencing the world’s biggest ‘Old West’ Goldrush and gold-mine.

By developing a blockchain platform with these innovative systems, UGC aims to become a market leader and a leading company in bringing the world closer together.

About UGC

1. Name of Coin: UNI GOLD COIN (UGC) 
2. Project: Developing international tourism products by creating gold mining experience UNI GOLD Resort.
3. Contents of Projects: Activation of local economy and job creation by creating UNI GOLD Resort in which people from around the world experience a Gold Rush of the U.S. Old West-era through Korean Goldmine, world’s first gold mining experience resort where people can swap the gold they mined into UNI GOLD COIN to take away as souvenirs.
4. Resort contents: Vintage-style caravan camping site from U.S. Old West era, Swimming pool, Cinema, Convenience store, Gold mine, BBQ, Wine bar, American Coffee shop, American Cowboy land etc.
5. Project prosperity: Developing a family-friendly resort where participants can enjoy spending a night in the area to experience the world’s biggest gold-mining goldrush and trailer-style campgrounds, and Creating models of global tourism products and job creation that actively contribute to youth job creation.
– UGC Whitepaper: http://www.acnnewswire.com/pdf/ugc-whitepaper.pdf
– Official UGC website: http://unigoldcoin.net/

About IDAX (www.idax.pro)

IDAX is an international cryptocurrency exchange platform originating from GBC (Global Blockchain Research Center). Founded in 2017, IDAX is ranked Top 8 at CoinMarketCap. IDAX provides users from all around the world with convenient, safe and fast cryptocurrency transaction service. IDAX has over 2 million registered users with daily trading volume of over 2 million US dollars and is now offering IDAX users the opportunity to support the UGC project by purchasing UGC tokens.

IDAX values every user of the platform, and looks at and maintain our relationship with users from a long-term perspective. As one of the world’s leading exchanges, IDAX will strive to build the first users’ community system initiated and promoted by the exchange. IDAX uses unique products and services to integrate into people’s lives, bringing joy and more opportunities to users and society in general.

IDAX Social Groups:
Telegram (Chinese): https://t.me/idaxcenter
Telegram (English): https://t.me/IDAX_Overseas_group
Telegram (Korean): https://t.me/IDAXKoreaOfficialGroup
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IdaxCenter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDAXpro
Medium: https://medium.com/@IDAX11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/idaxcenter/

Contact:
http://idax.pro
Email: pr@idax.pro

Blockpass and ComplyAdvantage Collaborate to Further Compliance Goals

Blockpass has revealed its latest partner in AML/CFT solution provider, ComplyAdvantage. Both companies are focussed on providing the most comprehensive and simple measures that will see compliance with financial regulation become quick and easy, as well as being as robust as it can possibly be. As the two companies move forward, they will pool their expertise in various events and collaborative efforts to see these ideals realised. Blockpass and ComplyAdvantage first began their work together in December 2017 with the announcement that Blockpass would leverage ComplyAdvantage’s solution for AML in their KYC Connect Product offering.

ComplyAdvantage was founded in 2014 with the goal of improving the outdated and inefficient tools that were used for AML compliance. ComplyAdvantage offers AML screening and monitoring technology with an Al-driven risk database on people and companies that pose financial crime risk. By employing machine learning and data science, ComplyAdvantage has introduced automation and technological solutions that not only provide faster results but also reduces the amount of false-positives that are returned by 70%. 

Blockpass is digital identity application and service which brings control back to the user. Blockpass provides a streamlined and cost-effective user onboarding process for regulated industries and any kind of online service. From the Blockpass Application, users can create, store, and manage, data-secure digital identity that can be used for an entire ecosystem of services or token purchase.

“KYC and AML are the two largest areas of interest for financial institutions.” said Adam Vaziri, Blockpass CEO. “We have always admired the incredible work done by ComplyAdvantage in advancing AML solutions through their innovation and technological expertise. We are excited to have them as a partner and to see what kinds of revolutionary ideas and technology we can work on together.”

ComplyAdvantage CEO Charlie Delingpole said: “This partnership shows the need for strong AML/CFT solutions in the blockchain market. Blockpass has brought a unique product to market that will strengthen businesses in the fight against financial crime. Our partnership will provide a single solution for companies’ ID-V and monitoring needs using cutting-edge technology.”

Blockpass has expanded in size and use over the past year, with the inauguration of the Blockpass Identity Lab in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University in September, followed by a number of new partnerships and collaborations with companies from a variety of industries and interests. Blockpass continues to develop its digital identity protocol with updates and additions to improve the compliance experience. Blockpass is seeing rapidly increasing numbers of users in the past few months as its identity verification solution is used for ICOs, STOs and IEOs, with the Ampleforth IEO concluding successfully just a few weeks ago. The Blockpass App is available from the App Store and Google Play. 

About Blockpass IDN

The goal of Blockpass IDN (http://www.blockpass.org/) is global realization of identity for the Internet of Everything. Through the use of blockchain technology and smart contracts, Blockpass is a production ready Regtech platform offering shared regulatory and compliance services for humans, businesses, objects and devices. As this identity system supports verification of humans (KYC), objects (KYO) and connected devices (KYD), it will enable the development of new applications that rely on a trusted connection between human, corporate, and device identities. Registered in Hong Kong, Blockpass IDN is a joint venture of Infinity Blockchain Labs and Chain of Things. Blockpass IDN licenses its technology from the non-profit Blockpass Foundation, registered in the Isle of Man.

For more information and updates, please visit and sign up to the following:
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Website: http://www.blockpass.org
Medium: https://medium.com/@blockpass
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Telegram: https://t.me/blockpass

About ComplyAdvantage

Compliance doesn’t have to be painful. ComplyAdvantage gives businesses the financial crime insight they need to take control.

Their data and technology help you to uncover the risk of who you’re doing business with, using the world’s only dynamic global risk database of people and companies. Their suite of configurable cloud services integrates seamlessly to help automate and reduce the frustration of complying with Sanctions, AML and CFT regulations. 

Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. In January of this year, they raised $30 million in their Series B fundraising round led by Index Ventures and joined by Balderton Capital. For more information, go to www.complyadvantage.com. 

Serbia President Met with NetDragon Chairman Joining Hands to Support Innovation and Education Reform

NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (“NetDragon” or “the Company”, Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that, Mr. Liu Dejian, Founder and Chairman of the Board of NetDragon was recently invited to meet with Mr. Aleksandar Vucic, President of The Republic of Serbia (“Serbia”) at the Presidential Residence. The two parties explored the collaboration possibility for NetDragon to set-up an office, a R&D Centre and the National Digital Education Platform in Serbia in order to promote innovation and education reform in Serbia and stimulate industry upgrade and economic development.

During the meeting, Mr. Liu Dejian shared NetDragon’s fruitful results achieved in digital education in recent years along with the plan to set-up an office and a R&D Centre in Serbia. With the support of its technology prowess on areas including AI and VR, NetDragon will assist Serbia in local education resources production and the research and development of educational application products including AI assistants and robots. It will also carry out trainings in teaching and game production to help young people’s career development. In addition, the two parties discussed the introduction of authorized museum branches of Nikola Tesla Museum in “digital education towns” that NetDragon is involved in and the establishment of “future education exhibition centre” in Serbia’s local universities.

Mr. Liu Dejian also shared his three wishes about the future cooperation with Serbia, “We hope Serbian students can have the opportunities to use e-books and learn with fun and efficiency, and perform experiments with ‘virtual laboratory’ in a safer and more convenient environment; we hope Serbian teachers can adopt the easy-to-use teaching tools for their classes and to teach more effectively with the help of AI assistants; we also hope youngsters in Serbia can access high-quality learning resources with the help of the training platform, in order to improve their knowledge and skills, and make learning an essential part throughout their lives, and hence, enabling them to make greater contributions for Serbia’s development.”

President Vucic commented, “Serbia considers China the sincerest friend and welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest in Serbia. We attach great importance to the science innovation and development of technology and we are happy to learn from China in this field. We are happy to provide our Chinese partners with full support in terms of government subsidies and concessionary initiatives. Serbia also looks forward to working with NetDragon in this project. Serbia’s education system is undergoing a digital reform and it hopes to cooperate with Chinese enterprises to cultivate AI technical talents, in order to drive technology innovation in the country.”

NetDragon has worked with Serbia for multiple times in the past. In 2018, Beijing Normal University, the University of Novi Sad in Serbia and NetDragon established a “joint virtual laboratory for future education”. And during the Digital China Summit this year and last year, NetDragon repeatedly invited Mr. Nenad Popovic, Minister without Portfolio of Serbia in charge of Innovations and Technological Development, to participate in the Digital Maritime Silk Road Sub-forum as an honorable guest. Mr. Nenad Popovic took the chance of participation to officially hire Mr. Liu Dejian as an advisor of his department to help enhance Serbia’s technology innovation capability.

As the “bridge” and intersection between Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Near East and the Middle East, Serbia plays an important role in the countries along the “Belt and Road”. Under the “Belt and Road Initiative” initiative, China and Serbia established a comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership in 2016, and the economic cooperation between the two countries expanded. NetDragon will use Serbia as a starting point to expand international digital education cooperation with the 17 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and export the “China Solution” for digital education.

About NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited
NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0777) is a global leader in building internet communities with a long track record of developing and scaling multiple internet and mobile platforms that impact hundreds of millions of users. These include China’s number one online gaming portal, 17173.com, and China’s most influential smartphone app store platform, 91 Wireless, which was sold to Baidu for US$1.9 billion in 2013 as the largest Internet M&A transaction in China.

Established in 1999, NetDragon is one of the most reputable and well-known online game developers in China with a history of successful game titles including Eudemons Online, Heroes Evolved and Conquer Online. In recent years, NetDragon has also started to scale its online education business on the back of management’s vision to create the largest global online learning community, and to bring the “classroom of the future” to every school around the world. For more information, please visit www.netdragon.com.

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