HONG KONG, Jun 27, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The first industry forum (“the Forum”) under the “SME ESG Best Practices Recognition Programme” (“the Programme”) took place today under the joint auspices of Dah Sing Bank, Limited (“Dah Sing Bank”) and Friends of the Earth (HK) (“FoE HK”). Held in the theme of […]
JAKARTA, Jun 22, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The G20 members and several relevant international organizations agreed to work together to create the Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) to help countries in need to face any pandemic in the future. Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin (L) and Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani (R) […]
Mourners carry the body of Ghofran Warasnah, killed by Israeli security forces after she approached a soldier with a knife, during her funeral at Al-Aroub refugee camp north the West Bank city of Hebron, on June 1, 2022. (HAZEM BADER / AFP) HEBRON, West Bank – A knife-wielding Palestinian woman threatened an Israeli soldier in […]
People queue up to buy kerosene oil for cooking amid cooking gas shortages in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 17, 2022. (ERANGA JAYAWARDENA / AP) COLOMBO – Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island […]
Palestinians mourn around the casket of slain Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as clergy pray over it, at a church in Jerusalem, before her burial on May 13, 2022. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) JERUSALEM – Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who was killed while covering clashes in the occupied West Bank, was buried on […]
Palestinian militants carry the body of Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network, in the West Bank town of Jenin, May 11, 2022. (MAJDI MOHAMMED / AP) JENIN, West Bank – A prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera reporter was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, and Israel […]
This picture shows a general view of the West Bank town of Jenin on April 12, 2022. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) Israel’s new rules to tighten foreigners’ visits to the West Bank areas that it occupies could threaten the sustenance of some 2 million people who need humanitarian assistance, experts said. The new rules target […]
DUNMORE, Pa., April 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — On April 27, 2022, the Board of Directors of FNCB Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:FNCB) declared a dividend of $0.075 per share for the second quarter of 2022, an increase of $0.015, or 25%, from $0.060 per share for the second quarter of 2021. The second quarter 2022 dividend is payable […]
Davina Bergin Davina Bergin MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Evolve Bank & Trust (“Evolve”), a leading financial technology solutions provider, announced today it has appointed Davina Bergin as President of its SBA Lending Division. Bergin joins Evolve with more than 30 years of experience in the SBA Lending industry. “Davina’s […]
Washington, Apr 21, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – G20 members have urged the World Bank to immediately prepare for the establishment of the Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF), Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated. FIF should be formed immediately in the framework of pandemic preparedness and response (PPR) in the future, the minister emphasized. […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Caely Holdings Bhd, a leading domestic producer of women’s intimate apparel, takes note of the order to freeze all the Group’s bank accounts and wishes to reassure all stakeholders that measures are being explored to ensure business continuity and sustainability. Caely Executive Director and […]
An Israeli settler stands with an Israeli flag before a man holding up a Palestinian flag during a demonstration attended by Palestinians, Israelis, and other foreign activists in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Feb 25, 2022, denouncing the evacuation of Palestinian families from their homes and settlement activity in the Palestinian Territories […]
Grapevines are pictured in the Palestinian village of al-Khader, in the West Bank near the town of Bethlehem, on Sept 14, 2020. (HAZEM BADER / AFP) RAMALLAH – A 21-year-old Palestinian man was killed on Sunday night in clashes with Israeli soldiers near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. […]
Afghan students leave school classes in a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 27, 2021. (RAHMAT GUL / FILE / AP) WASHINGTON – The World Bank has put four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million on hold amid concerns over a decision by the country's ruling Islamist leaders to ban girls from returning to […]
(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) The United States' decision to punish the Taliban by freezing $7 billion of the Afghan central bank's assets after they assumed power following the fall of the Ashraf Ghani government shocked people both at home and abroad, especially because the political upheaval in Afghanistan has led to mass starvation and […]
JAKARTA, Mar 17, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, and PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk (Danamon) are pleased to announce the launch of the Danamon JCB Precious Credit Card. Danamon JCB Precious Credit Card “Danamon understands that […]
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & Tokyo, Mar 10, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Bank AlJazira has partnered with JCB International Co., Ltd. to launch JCB acceptance through its POS and ATM network devices deployed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A partnership that complements the role played by Saudi Payments role to […]
Israeli security forces take position facing Palestinian stone-throwers, during confrontations with them following the Friday prayers in the occupied West Bank town of Hebron, Feb 18, 2022. (HAZEM BADER / AFP) BETHLEHEM – Israeli troops killed a Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in an incident the […]
Palestinians inspect the damage after Israeli forces demolished part of the residence in the village of Silat al-Harithiya near the flashpoint town of Jenin in the West Bank, on Feb 14, 2022. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the […]
People walk past Da Afghanistan Bank building in Kabul on Oct 10, 2021. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP) KABUL- Afghan central bank on Sunday issued a statement, calling for the reversal of the US government's decision on splitting the frozen Afghan assets in the United States. The Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB)'s statement came after US President […]
In this Oct 8, 2021 file photo, workers sit on their wheelbarrows as they wait to be hired on the side of the road in Kabul, Afghanistan. (FELIPE DANA / AP) UNITED NATIONS – Afghanistan is "hanging by a thread," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday, calling for countries to […]
A visitor demonstrates e-CNY payment card during the 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept 4, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China is stepping up its campaign to increase uptake of the so-called digital yuan to coincide with its hosting of the upcoming Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter […]
Singapore, Jan 6, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Ten enterprises have emerged as the winners of the 2021 AIBP ASEAN Enterprise Innovation Award. The 5th annual edition of the Award saw over 130 nominations from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand & Vietnam, narrowed down to 27 finalists and 10 final winners. Winners of the […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Aurelius Technologies Berhad (“ATech” or the “Company”), a provider of electronics manufacturing services (“EMS”) for industrial electronic products, was successfully listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”) at RM1.41 per share, or RM0.05 above the offer price of RM1.36 […]
Commercial property and residential condo buildings are pictured in Bangkok on March 10, 2020. (ALEX OGLE / AFP) Thailand's digital economy, seen key to the country's post-pandemic recovery, needs more government support and policy stability to grow, experts say. The World Bank said in a report released on Dec 14 that the adoption of digital […]
In this Nov 15, 2021 file photo, Palestinians wait their turn to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. (PHOTO /AFP) RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israeli forces killed a Palestinian during a raid on Monday in the West Bank, a local hospital said. The Islamic Jihad militant group issued […]
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati speaks during a CNN Debate on the Global Economy during the World Bank Group / International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings at IMF Headquarters in Washington DC, Oct 12, 2017. (SAUL LOEB / AFP） Indonesia’s finance chief further cut estimates for the budget deficit this year and next, as a […]
A Palestinian woman holds a baby as she casts her vote at a polling station during municipal elections, in the West Bank village of Kifl Haris, Dec 11, 2021. (MAJDI MOHAMMED / AP) RAMALLAH/GAZA – The Palestinians on Saturday held the municipal elections in the West Bank despite the opposition of the Islamic Resistance Movement […]
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a memorial service at the Mount Herzel military cemetery in Jerusalem on June 20, 2021, commemorating soldiers who died in the 2014 Gaza war. (ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) JERUSALEM – An Israeli state planning committee on Monday delayed granting further approval of a major settlement project […]
A youth rides his bicycle along a road in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Dec 1, 2021. (JAVED TANVEER / AFP) WASHINGTON – The World Bank's board has backed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan cope with a brewing humanitarian crisis after the US withdrawal, two sources familiar […]