Introduced: The 8th Forum on China-ASEAN Technology Transfer and Collaborative Innovation30/11/2020
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 -- The 8th Forum on China-ASEAN Technology Transfer and Collaborative Innovation was officially unveiled in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region recently. The Forum was hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and organised by Guangxi Science and Technology Department and China-ASEAN Technology Transfer Center. Themed ‘Empower the Future with Opening-up and Innovation’, the Forum consisted of opening activities and a series of events including the main forum, the 2nd ASEAN Plus Three Young Scientist Innovation Forum and the 17th China-ASEAN Expo Advanced Technology Exhibition. The event also includes China-ASEAN Technology Transfer Matchmakings, and China-ASEAN International Forum on Sustainable Development and Innovation Cooperation, in a bid to facilitate the orderly circulation and integrated development of innovation elements between China and ASEAN. Six ministerial-level officials from science & technology departments of ASEAN member states such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand delivered video speeches at the opening ceremony. According to a statement, the opening ceremony witnessed the announcement and signing of a large number of innovation cooperation achievements. This year's forum marked the 8th successful session since 2013. Over the years, the Forum actively serves the communication and matchmaking between China and ASEAN governments, enterprises and organisations. It has effectively boosted the regional technology transfer and innovation cooperation, and played a crucial and positive role in deepening the implementation of Guangxi's ‘three positioning’ outlined by the central government and fostering global and regional win-win cooperation and good neighborliness. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — Netpoleon Solutions Pte Ltd (Netpoleon) has published the report ‘Business Email Compromise (BEC): How does it attack your business and how can you prevent it?’. The report was written by Macnica Networks Corp (Macnica Networks), the parent company of Netpoleon and analyses threats targeting Asia’s organisations and provides security solutions in Japan. The report summarises reality of fraud, flow from careful preparation to transfer to the account prepared by the attacker, measures that it believes have a certain effect at this point in the system and accounting departments and the incident response required when faced with BEC. It is the result of an analysis based on many emails obtained by Macnica Networks, according to a statement. Macnica Networks has analysed not only BEC email received by group affiliates of Macnica Group from 2015 to 2019, but also BEC email received by trading partners purporting to be from Macnica Group. This includes BEC cases handled through the incident response service provided by Macnica Networks and has exposed the methods used by attackers. With the cooperation of Itochu’s ITCCERT providing analysis results regarding the daily BEC attacks on the Itochu Group, as it continues to expand worldwide, the company is now able to shed even more light on the methods and identities of attackers. The leading provider of integrated security, networking solutions and value added services, Netpoleon, will endeavour to contribute to cyber security measures by investigating, analysing, and disclosing information on attacks. More details at https://www.netpoleons.com/ — BERNAMA WorldRemit-Digicel International partnership to facilitate Pacific Islands' mobile wallet transfers27/11/2020
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 -- WorldRemit, a leading global digital payments provider, and Digicel International, have partnered to enable international money transfers to mobile wallets for Fiji, Samoa and Tonga customers.
Globally, customers can now make international transfers via digicelinternational.com to Digicel MyCash mobile wallet accounts in the Pacific Islands. Money is received by the customer securely into their mobile wallet within minutes, and is ready to spend on what they need by making purchases or transferring money straight from their MyCash wallet. Digicel International is a digital one-stop-shop providing a suite of services, which enable transactions for people to support their loved ones, bringing them together from worldwide, shortening the distance between them. In a statement, WorldRemit’s Managing Director for Asia Pacific, Scott Eddington said: “We are proud of our history of helping customers send money back home to friends and family in the Pacific Islands, and this new partnership with Digicel will strengthen our offering and give even more choice to consumers. “It couldn’t come at a better time – travel restrictions continue to impact on tourism and the movement of seasonal workers, and COVID-19 has created a step-change shift in consumer behaviour towards digital options such as mobile wallets.” On the sending side, WorldRemit is 100 per cent digital (cashless), increasing convenience and enhancing security. For those receiving money, the company offers a wide range of options including bank deposit, cash collection, mobile airtime top-up and mobile money. According to the International Organization of Migration, there has been a significant shift to digital remittances in the Pacific Islands as lockdown measures in both sending and receiving countries have made it more difficult to send and receive cash remittances. For details, visit www.worldremit.com. -- BERNAMA |
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