(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The 2025-2026 World Branding Awards Animalis Edition marked its fifth instalment, bringing together leading pet and animal brands from all around the world. These brands were celebrated for their outstanding achievements, earning recognition as National, Regional, and Global Winners.

The awards ceremony, held at Vienna's prestigious Hofburg Palace, welcomed winners across diverse categories, including pet food, retail, wellness, pet exhibitions, and aquatic products. Mounia Berrada-Gouzi expertly hosted the evening, which culminated in a grand celebration of brand excellence.

“The Animalis Edition of the World Branding Awards recognises brands that have achieved the highest distinction—genuine recognition in the hearts and minds of consumers. Tonight, we honour those whose names resonate globally, whose values inspire loyalty, and whose presence defines excellence in the pet and animal industry,” said Richard Rowles, Chairman ... Read more »

Using the Deem Mobile App, customers can seamlessly switch between two distinct reward programs to earn rewards on their credit card spend.

In a move to redefine the credit card loyalty landscape, Deem Finance has launched the Joy-Win Credit Card Program to give customers more control over how they earn rewards. With this new program, cardholders can switch between guaranteed rewards with Joy and the chance to win big through a lucky draw with Win, all based on their everyday spending.

The program was developed using feedback from customers, who want clear, flexible reward options. Some prefer guaranteed benefits, while others enjoy the thrill of prize draws. Now, both groups can get what they want — when they want — without any extra cost. Every dirham spent brings customers closer to the rewards that suit them best.

The Power of Choice: Two Programs, One Card

Designed to be flexible, switchable, and rewarding, the program allows cardhold ... Read more »

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This collaboration between Curve and Thales provides iOS users with greater control, flexibility, autonomy and digital-security for in-store contactless payments and digital wallets
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Curve, the ultimate digital wallet, today announced deepening its collaboration with Thales, the global leader in advanced technologies, delivering secure modern payment solutions for financial institutions.

This partnership comes on the back of Curve launching Curve Pay on iOS, marking a watershed moment in mobile payments. This partnership is a significant step to reshaping everyday spending, allowing Curve customers to benefit from NFC payment directly in the Curve App for contactless payments in store for all end-users on iOS and Android.

Curve Pay is underpinned by Thales’ D1 platform on iOS and Android in Europe which allows customers to digitize a payment card through a mobile wallet. The cloud-based D1 platform operates in real ... Read more »

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is driving a significant surge in demand for technology talent, especially in AI and machine learning. However, many companies face challenges such as lengthy hiring processes, high costs, and limited flexibility, which cause delays that put critical digital projects at risk. Overcoming these obstacles is essential to sustaining the Kingdom’s fast-moving digital transformation.

AIQU, powered by workforce solutions provider TASC, builds on its established presence in Saudi Arabia by introducing innovative solutions like Deploy-on-Demand, which is designed to cut tech hiring timelines by up to 50%. With a proven track record in Tech Talent, Statement of Work, Digital, and Managed Services, AIQU continues to evolve to meet the Kingdom’s growing demand for agile workforce solutions. They enable clients to rapidly fill specialized roles while handling iqama, payroll, compliance, and onboarding, providin ... Read more »

SINGAPORE - Thursday, 03. July 2025 AETOSWire Print 

Report builds on shared ledger technology and industry expertise of the co-leads as well as members of the Project Guardian FX workstream
It includes proposed principles for leveraging tokenised bank liabilities and shared ledgers to drive industry adoption of tokenisation and enable 24/7, real-time FX settlement and lower costs for businesses globally
 

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and Ant International led the Project Guardian FX industry group to develop a new report for implementing tokenised bank liabilities and shared ledger in cross-border payments and foreign exchange (FX) settlement.

The joint report is produced under the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) Project Guardian, a global collaboration between policymakers and key industry players to enhance li ... Read more »

Move to accelerate mobile test automation at scale with LambdaTest’s expansive real device cloud, delivering unmatched accuracy, speed, and global reach.

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- LambdaTest, a unified agentic AI and cloud engineering platform, has announced it has become a strategic sponsor of Appium, the world’s most widely used open-source framework for mobile automation. This collaboration aims to significantly simplify and accelerate mobile test automation by integrating Appium’s capabilities into LambdaTest’s cloud-based distributed testing platform.

LambdaTest has an active open-source program that provides access to LambdaTest’s testing infrastructure to community projects, so maintainers can run comprehensive test suites without worrying about servers or setup. The organization had also launched LambdaTest Grants for Open Source to support innovation in software testing frameworks and toolsets. As part of the Grants, LambdaTest had ann ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today, Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE: VG) announced the execution of a new 20-year Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with PETRONAS LNG Ltd. (PLL), a subsidiary of the Malaysian state-owned oil and gas company, PETRONAS. Under the terms of the SPA, PETRONAS will purchase 1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Venture Global’s third facility, CP2 LNG, for 20 years. This builds upon Venture Global’s existing agreement with PETRONAS for 1 MTPA of LNG supply from Plaquemines LNG.

PETRONAS, a world-class partner in the LNG industry, joins other CP2 LNG customers in Europe, Asia and the rest of the world in a strategically important project to global energy supply and security. To date, approximately 10.75 MTPA of the 14.4 MTPA nameplate capacity for CP2 Phase One has been sold.

About Venture Global

Venture Global is a long-term, low-cost provider of U.S. LNG sourced from resource rich ... Read more »

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), a supranational financial institution headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, has issued a private placement bond, denominated in dirhams, on the local UAE capital market. This pioneering issuance of AED 200 million (equivalent to c. US$ 54 million), was arranged by First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the largest bank in the UAE, in partnership with Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), a leading national development finance institution.

This issuance supports the EDB’s strategic objective of enhancing regional infrastructure, trade, and industrial projects, while also promoting the use of local currency in cross-border transactions. The proceeds will be channeled into high-impact development initiatives across the Bank’s member states, furthering economic resilience and integration in Central Asia.

This transaction marks an important stage in the financial cooperation between Central Asia and the United Arab Emir ... Read more »

NetApp wins 2025 SE Labs Award for Enterprise Data Protection

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced that it was recognized as a standout performer in cybersecurity in the SE LABS ® Awards 2025. NetApp won the 2025 SE Labs Award for Enterprise Data Protection, validating NetApp’s status as the most secure storage on the planet.

This recognition as a winner of a 2025 SE Labs Award is a result of NetApp’s exceptional innovation in cyber resiliency to deliver NetApp ONTAP® Autonomous Ransomware Protection with Artificial Intelligence (ARP/AI), which was tested and validated by SE Labs. NetApp ARP/AI demonstrated 99 percent detection of tested, advanced full-file encryption ransomware attacks with zero false positives, indicating a strong ability to operate in a business context without contributing to alert fatigue.

“Great security doesn’t just happen—it&rs ... Read more »

Data presented today at the ESHRE congress builds evidence for conventional-based Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH) dosing for Rekovelle® (follitropin delta); alongside its existing unique algorithm-based dosing
 

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Follitropin delta starting dose of 15 micrograms (µg)/day has comparable efficacy and safety as a starting dose of 225 International Units (IU)/day of follitropin alfa for ovarian stimulation in vitro fertilisation (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist protocol cycles. This is the key finding of a trial presented today at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Congress in Paris and published in Human Reproduction. These data build on previous studies which have established an estimated point of clinical correspondence for 10 µg follitropin delta to 150 IU follitropin alfa in this class of medications.1,2

The ADAPT-1 trial was ... Read more »