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CUHK Business School Research Reveals How Labour Power Shapes Corporate Payout Policy

CUHK Business School Research Reveals How Labour Power Shapes Corporate Payout Policy

HONG KONG, CHINA, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Research shows work forces trying to limit dividends are most successful in nations with broader collective bargaining and effective labour law enforcement. Existing research shows that corporate payout policies are greatly influenced by the legal protection of shareholders and creditors. Yet in the past, less attention has [...]

Xceedance and Oasis LMF Announce On-Demand Catastrophe Modelling Services

Xceedance and Oasis LMF Announce On-Demand Catastrophe Modelling Services

LONDON, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, announces the availability of On-Demand Catastrophe Modelling Services, using the Oasis Loss Modelling Framework (Oasis LMF). The offering comprises several global and regional catastrophe modelling companies that implement models on the Oasis platform. It [...]

AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses for Hurricane Dorian in the Caribbean Will be Between USD 1.5 Billion and USD 3 Billion

AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses for Hurricane Dorian in the Caribbean Will be Between USD 1.5 Billion and USD 3 Billion

BOSTON, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that industry insured losses resulting from Hurricane Dorian’s impact to the Caribbean will range from USD 1.5 billion to USD 3 billion. AIR Worldwide is a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business. According to AIR, Hurricane Dorian made landfall on St. Thomas on August 28 [...]

Nasdaq Elevates Ed Knight to Vice Chairman and Promotes John Zecca to Chief Legal Officer

Nasdaq Elevates Ed Knight to Vice Chairman and Promotes John Zecca to Chief Legal Officer

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Nasdaq, Inc. today announced Executive Vice President Edward S. Knight will assume the role of Vice Chairman, effective October 1. Knight will continue to manage global government relations and will serve as a senior advisor on public policy and litigation. With Knight’s transition to Vice Chairman, John A. [...]

Insurance Australia Group Selects AIR’s New Earthquake Model for New Zealand to Help Manage Its Catastrophe Risk

Insurance Australia Group Selects AIR’s New Earthquake Model for New Zealand to Help Manage Its Catastrophe Risk

Boston, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that Insurance Australia Group (IAG), the largest general insurance company in Australia and New Zealand, has licensed AIR’s new Earthquake Model for New Zealand to help manage its catastrophe risk. AIR Worldwide is a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business. “This model has been developed to [...]

Ingenico ePayments Enables YOOZOO Games Global Expansion

Ingenico ePayments Enables YOOZOO Games Global Expansion

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Ingenico ePayments, the ecommerce division of Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING), the global leader in seamless payment, announced that it will provide payment services to YOOZOO Games, the distributor of popular games such as Game of Thrones Winter is Coming and Saint Seiya Awakening: Knights of the [...]

Euronet Worldwide’s Digital Integrated Payments Cloud Powers Sri Lanka’s First QR Code-based Payment App

Euronet Worldwide’s Digital Integrated Payments Cloud Powers Sri Lanka’s First QR Code-based Payment App

LEAWOOD, Kan., Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ: EEFT) and its Digital Integrated Payments Cloud (DIPC) technology has empowered the Commercial Bank of Ceylon to launch the first Quick Response (QR)-based payment app under LANKAQR, the national QR standard for local currency payments introduced by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The app, [...]

New Virtusa Study Finds Digital Customer Experience, Innovation, and Cost Reduction are Top Priorities for Banks

New Virtusa Study Finds Digital Customer Experience, Innovation, and Cost Reduction are Top Priorities for Banks

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS:VRTU), a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering, and IT outsourcing services that accelerates business outcomes for its clients, today announced the findings from The Top Global Banking Technology Trends, a July 2019 research paper commissioned by Virtusa and conducted by Finextra. The paper highlights the [...]