Top StoriesChinese insurer Ping An raises $875 mn from GIC and othersGBO CorrespondentOctober 21, 2020 GBO CorrespondentOctober 21, 202001423 The $875 mn funding are created from a strip sale of assets from the company’s balance sheet
Top StoriesVerizon signs deal with Nokia; Microsoft to roll out private 5GGBO CorrespondentOctober 20, 2020 GBO CorrespondentOctober 20, 202001455 The establishment of private 5G networks will assist businesses to carry out operations applications based on AR and more
Top StoriesAllcargo expands its presence across Africa through new developmentsGBO CorrespondentOctober 20, 2020 GBO CorrespondentOctober 20, 202001592 The company assisted six African nations during the Covid-19 lockdown
Top StoriesJapan’s Mizuho Bank, JCB carry out pilot programme for a blockchain-based IDGBO CorrespondentOctober 20, 2020 GBO CorrespondentOctober 20, 202001350 Fujitsu has been using blockchain in its digital identity management tools since last year
Top StoriesIsraeli shipping company ZIM partners with Alibaba to offer sea freight servicesGBO CorrespondentOctober 20, 2020 GBO CorrespondentOctober 20, 202001835 The partnership has boosted the visualization process of Alibaba’s logistics platform
Top StoriesOfgem’s new licence rules to ease winter fuel billsGBO CorrespondentOctober 19, 2020 GBO CorrespondentOctober 19, 202001444 The UK regulator will frame new rules for suppliers to offer suitable debt terms or emergency credit for customers
Top StoriesFacebook appoints former HSBC executive for Libra NetworksGBO CorrespondentOctober 16, 2020 GBO CorrespondentOctober 16, 202001450 Ian Jenkins will be appointed as the chief financial officer and chief risk officer of Libra Networks
Top StoriesUber capitalises on South Africa’s pharma marketGBO CorrespondentOctober 16, 2020 GBO CorrespondentOctober 16, 202001607 The company has forayed into the African marketplace with a single application, increasing the level of competitiveness
Top StoriesStandard Bank’s $4 bn commitment toward fossil fuel raise concernsGBO CorrespondentOctober 16, 2020 GBO CorrespondentOctober 16, 202001316 Africa’s largest lender by assets has loans and commitment to oil and gas and coal sectors on its books
Top StoriesChina’s sees surge in imports, exports with ease in trade restrictionsGBO CorrespondentOctober 16, 2020 GBO CorrespondentOctober 16, 202001353 In September, the mainland’s exports increased 9.9 percent from the previous year