BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Independent international research agency, Sia Partners, has again named KBC Mobile the best mobile banking & insurance app in Belgium in its study entitled ‘2022 Mobile Banking Benchmark: a worldwide study on the present state of mobile banking’. KBC Mobile has further consolidated the leading position it had already occupied in Belgium and…
Fintel expands strategic partnership with Schroders
LONDON, UK: Fintel (AIM: FNTL), the leading provider of Fintech and support services to the UK retail financial services sector, announces a key expansion to its strategic distribution partnership with Schroders. The expanded partnership will see Schroders join Fintel’s Risk Controlled investment solution, ensuring that its multi-asset funds, the Schroder Blended Portfolios, become central to…
Bidstack Group appoints Camila Franklin as Chief Operating Officer
LONDON, UK: Bidstack Group Plc (AIM: BIDS), announced the appointment of Camila Franklin as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Group. Lisa Hau, current COO and an Executive Director, will now focus more on Bidstack’s strategy and corporate development, as Chief Strategy Officer, whilst remaining on the Board. Camila Franklin brings more than two decades…
Alphawave IP Group has acquired Banias Labs for $240 million
LONDON, UK: Alphawave IP Group, a global leader in high-speed connectivity for the world’s technology infrastructure, announced the acquisition of Banias Labs, an Israel-based optical Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chip developer for data centers for approximately US$240 million. The acquisition strengthens Alphawave’s roadmap of optical DSP silicon products for data centers, a core high growth…
World Chess Plc announces €8 million IPO on London Stock Exchange
LONDON, UK: World Chess Plc, a leading chess organisation seeking to promote the mass market appeal of chess globally through the commercial offering of chess related activities, announced its intention to seek admission of its Ordinary Shares to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market for listed securities, and…
Oakley Capital agrees to sell part of its stake in Wishcard
LONDON, UK: Oakley Capital announced that Oakley Capital Fund IV (Fund IV) has reached an agreement to sell part of its stake in Wishcard to private equity investors EMZ Partners and IK Partners. As part of the transaction, Fund IV will retain a residual shareholding in the business. Wishcard is a consumer technology company and…
Sierra Sage Herbs signs product supply and services agreement with accelerate360
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Sierra Sage Herbs LLC. (SSH) has entered into a Product Supply and Services agreement with omni-commerce sales, marketing and media company accelerate360 to increase brand awareness and unlock potential new sales channels to drive revenue. accelerate360 is a major US-based omni-commerce solutions company providing sales, distribution and logistics, marketing and media to unlock…
Australian food business, Nuchev Limited appoints Greg Kerr as new CEO
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: Nuchev Limited (ASX:NUC) announced the appointment of Greg Kerr as Chief Executive Officer, effective from 14 October 2022. Nuchev Limited is an Australian based, globally oriented food business with a dedicated focus on developing, marketing, and selling a range of premium Australian-made nutritional products. Greg Kerr will take over the role from Mr…
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield launches in-house retail media agency, Westfield Rise
AMSTERDAM: Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), the developer and operator of Flagship retail and lifestyle destinations, announced the launch of Westfield Rise, an in-house media, brand experience and data partnerships agency. The agency will serve as a one-stop-shop for brands and media-buyers to create innovative and measurable campaigns across URW’s platform of best-in-class retail media assets at its…
Coral Products has acquired Ecodeck Grids for £5.6 million
LONDON, UK: Coral Products plc has acquired the entire issued share capital of Ecodeck Grids Limited for a consideration of up to £5.6 million to be satisfied by the initial payment of £3.35 million in cash, the issue of 6.25 million ordinary shares in Coral at a price of 16p per ordinary share, and an earn…
Cambridge Cognition to acquire VCT solution provier, eClinicalHealth for £1.7mn
LONDON, UK: Cambridge Cognition Holdings (AIM: COG), which develops and markets digital solutions to assess brain health, has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of eClinicalHealth Ltd (eCH), a virtual clinical trial (“VCT”) solution provider, for consideration of up to approximately £1.7 million. This presents an exciting opportunity for the Company…
Taylor Maritime Investments agrees to acquire Grindrod Shipping for $506 million
LONDON, UK: Taylor Maritime Investments Limited (TMI), through a wholly-owned subsidiary Good Falkirk (MI) Limited, has entered into a transaction implementation agreement to acquire Grindrod Shipping Holdings, a global provider of maritime transportation services, predominantly in the drybulk sector. Under the terms of the offer, shareholders of Grindrod Shipping will be entitled to receive US$21.00…