Eurasia

Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, announced the accelerated launch of two sanctions screening tools – an on-chain oracle available today and an API expected to launch next month – for the cryptocurrency industry free of charge. As countries around the world continue to leverage economic sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, decentralised web3 groups like DEXs, DeFi platforms, DAOs, and DApp developers are searching for lightweight tools to help them and their customers comply with sanctions policies.

Fusion, a speciality insurer providing innovative insurance solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the appointments of three senior executives, Danielle Eliatamby, Lillian Chau, and Sabrina Chia as Associate Directors in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Underwriting. Based out of Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore, the senior executives carry a wealth of expertise and experience in the M&A legal sector. In their roles, they will lead the underwriting of M&A deals across the Asia Pacific region and facilitate the issuance of policies to buyers or sellers across a broad range of industries.

Alissa Sargeant has been appointed as the new Head of Talent Acquisition for the Asia Pacific region (APAC) at a media monitoring and social analytics platforms Meltwater. Sargeant is a highly experienced HR professional with two decades of experience in senior regional roles at technology firms across Asia Pacific and Japan. Before joining Meltwater, she was Talent Acquisition Leader and HR Business Partner for global IT firm NCR Corporation, where she brought a strong people focus to recruitment across all business divisions.

Advanced Clinical, a clinical development and strategic resourcing organization committed to providing a better clinical experience across the drug development journey, is pleased to announce that Dr. Andreas Amrein has joined the Executive Team as Senior Vice President of Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Japan as well as Managing Director for Europe and Canada.

Board International, a Decision-Making Platform provider, announces the appointment of Louis Peacock as Chief Customer Officer. Louis Peacock formerly built and led customer success initiatives worldwide at Anaplan, both as Strategic VP of Global Customer success, and previously, as VP EMEA Customer Success.

Australia is one of the countries, worldwide that are leading the way towards gender equality in the workplace and thus closing the participation gap between men and women.

PPRO, a provider of digital payments infrastructure, announced the acquisition of Alpha Fintech, a next-gen payments technology company. The deal will expand PPRO’s offering, strengthen its presence and networks in APAC, and allow it to deliver products and services faster to its customers.

Formula 1 and Lenovo announced today that Lenovo is an Official Partner ahead of the upcoming 2022 season. The multi-year deal will see Lenovo’s cutting-edge technology used across Formula 1’s operations as it continues to bring the highest-level of racing and entertainment to its worldwide fanbase. As global leaders in their respective fields, Formula 1 and Lenovo want to push the boundaries of what’s possible when combining sports with advanced technology.

Visa announced it has completed its acquisition of Tink – an open banking platform that enables financial institutions, fintechs and merchants to build financial products and services and move money. Through a single API, Tink enables its customers to move money, access aggregated financial data, and use smart financial services such as risk insights and account verification. Tink is integrated with more than 3,400 banks and financial institutions, reaching millions of bank customers across Europe.

As the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus ravages its way through Australia equipping yourself with a carbon dioxide monitor is an essential device for added health security. A carbon dioxide monitor is a small device that measures air quality. It has become an incredibly important tool during this COVID era that we’re living in.