Day: April 26, 2022

LAGOS, Nigeria, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Creating solutions tailored to African problems is crucial in addressing the financial wellness of the continent. The peculiarity of the life patterns of the average African begs one to intentionally design and build mechanisms, to tackle financial illiteracy in the underserved communities. Aella has seized the opportunity to develop solutions to such problems by designing a Debt-as-a-Service model in Nigeria.

With over 300,000 agent clusters, Aella has built a nerve centre to empower businesses with credit infrastructure and business capital. Being one of the foremost micro-business lenders, they have continuously built with initiative and provided software and capital that allows individuals become lenders in minutes. This Debt-as-a-service model is powered by Aella’s finance mechanism using decentralized finance.

Aella’s partnership with Nomba, formerly known as Kudi: an agency bank in Nigeria is the first official lending partnership that highlights Aella’s role as a credit aggregator for agents. Consequently, building more products for them and integrating them into their ecosystem. Nomba has expanded its business by leveraging Aella’s credit infrastructure. In six months, Aella has disbursed over $30 million to Nomba agents hitting a milestone.

Another agency lending initiative birthed from Aella’s Debt-as-a-service model designed to boost Nigeria’s lending ecosystem is its partnership with CrowdForce, a technology-driven agent distribution network. This partnership will see Aella facilitate agents’ access to digital financial services for the largely offline population across the country by offering credit. In turn, Aella’s credit infrastructure provides over 60,000 agents with funds to scale their businesses.

Ultimately, Aella’s credit infrastructure operates in two ways; through asset financing and the debt as a service model. One of Aella’s most innovative partnerships is definitely its multimillion-dollar power financing collaboration with Buy Power, a utility payment platform to ease the process of buying electricity for Nigerian residents. Aella’s commitment to financial empowerment will enable Nigerians access power, through its diversifying credit solutions for over 6 million customers across the country with Buy Power. This integration will utilize Aella’s comprehensive technology platform to provide consumers with the opportunity to buy electricity on credit.

These partnerships are crucial to the overall development of the Nigerian economy and at large the African continent. Aella is introducing cost-effective ways for all classes of Nigerians to access credit. Ready access to credit is key to promoting financial freedom and inclusion, particularly among the underbanked population.

Contact: support@aellacredit.com

Fans Can Watch the Final Game On-Demand at ESPN.com

WELLINGTON, Fla., April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — U.S. Polo Assn., the official brand of the United States Polo Association, is pleased to announce that the 2022 U.S. Open Polo Championship^® has officially closed out the high-goal polo season in Wellington, Florida, the “Winter Equestrian Capital of the World.” With record attendance at the International Polo Club (IPC) and watched by millions on ESPN, the U.S. Open Polo Championship celebrated the tradition and heritage of polo for the last game of the season in the United States.

In this, the third leg of the 2022 GAUNTLET OF POLO® series, it was an upset with 2019 GAUNTLET OF POLO winner Team Pilot topping La Elina in a score of 11-6 and taking home $100,000. Played on the U.S. Polo Assn. Stadium Field, the U.S. Open Polo Championship is one of the most historic tournaments in the United States, featuring the sport’s finest players, alongside their equine partners from around the world. The thrilling action of the final game was livestreamed exclusively on Global Polo TV (GPTV) and later broadcast on ESPN. It’s now available On-Demand at ESPN.com.

“This year the U.S. Open Polo Championship had the largest number of team entries in its history, which really demonstrates how much growth we have seen across the sport in recent years,” said Stewart Armstrong, Chairman of the United States Polo Association (USPA). “The ability to broadcast top tournaments like this on ESPN is not only great for the sport itself but also widens our overall audience to generate new fans in the U.S. and around the world.”

The GAUNTLET OF POLO series consists of three tournaments, the C.V. Whitney Cup®, the USPA Gold Cup® and the U.S. Open Polo Championship, all played at IPC. In addition to the more than $200,000 in prize money awarded this GAUNTLET season, U.S. Polo Assn. has donated a total of $15,000 to the finalists’ charities of choice including the following 501(c)(3) polo-based charities: Polo Players Support Group, Polo Museum, Replay Polo, ELS for Autism Foundation, and Polo Pony Rescue.

“U.S. Polo Assn is proud to partner with the USPA, The International Polo Club and The Palm Beaches to bring polo to as many fans as possible in Palm Beach County, and through our new and outstanding partnership with ESPN,” said J. Michael Prince, President and CEO of USPA Global Licensing Inc., which manages the multi-billion-dollar U.S. Polo Assn. brand. “Alongside our partners, we now look forward to the unique opportunity to host the XII FIP World Polo Championships, last held in Australia, right here in Palm Beach County this coming October!”

About U.S. Polo Assn. and USPA Global Licensing Inc. (USPAGL)

U.S. Polo Assn. is the official brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), the nonprofit governing body for the sport of polo in the United States and one of the oldest sports governing bodies, having been founded in 1890. With a multi-billion-dollar global footprint and worldwide distribution through some 1,200 U.S. Polo Assn. retail stores, department stores, sporting goods channels, independent retailers and e-commerce, U.S. Polo Assn. offers apparel for men, women, and children, as well as accessories and footwear in 194 countries worldwide. Ranked the fifth largest sports licensor in License Global magazine’s 2020 list of “Top 150 Global Licensors,” U.S. Polo Assn. is named alongside such iconic sports brands as the National Football League, the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball. Visit uspoloassnglobal.com.

USPA Global Licensing Inc. (USPAGL) is the for-profit subsidiary of the USPA and its exclusive worldwide licensor. USPAGL manages the global, multi-billion-dollar U.S. Polo Assn. brand and is the steward of the USPA’s intellectual properties, providing the sport with a long-term source of revenue. Through its subsidiary, Global Polo Entertainment (GPE), USPAGL also manages Global Polo TV, the world’s leading digital platform with polo and lifestyle content. In addition, USPAGL partners with ESPN and BeIN Sports globally to share the sport of polo broadcasts on television and on-demand to millions of viewers around the world. For more polo content, visit globalpolo.com.

About the United States Polo Association® (USPA)

The United States Polo Association was organized and exists for the purposes of promoting the game of polo, coordinating the activities of its Member Clubs and Registered Players, arranging and supervising polo tournaments, competitions and games, and providing rules, handicaps, and conditions for those tournaments, competitions, and games including the safety and welfare of participants and mounts. Founded in 1890, the USPA is the national governing body for the sport of polo. The USPA is currently comprised of almost 200 member clubs with thousands of individual members and oversees 40 national tournaments. For more information, please visit uspolo.org.

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For further information contact: 

Shannon Stilson – VP, Sports Marketing & Media

Phone +001.561.227.6994 – E-mail: sstilson@uspagl.com

Stacey Kovalsky – Senior Director, Global Communications

Phone +001.561.790.8036 – E-mail: skovalsky@uspagl.com

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With the automation market expected to grow by $32 billion by 2025, Qualibrate is reinventing SAP system testing to significantly increase businesses’ revenue and productivity.

AMSTERDAM, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qualibrate, the leading SaaS solution for enterprise software delivery, revolutionizes SAP DevOps, helping businesses achieve greater productivity and revenue. As organizations embrace business and test automation, enterprises need rapid implementation to bring projects to life with efficient testing.

Gartner predicts the integration market is projected to grow by $32 billion by the end of 2025, scaling nearly 50% in five years alone. According to a new Forrester report, automation testing tools are expected to power significant market growth, driving revenues to $22 billion in 2025, up from $13.9 billion in 2021.

Emerging as the market leader in test automation, Qualibrate provides a friction-less process for businesses to integrate software for automation, disrupting the conventional approaches to documenting, training, and testing. Traditionally, software delivery was time-consuming, expensive, and lacked reusability. With Qualibrate reinventing quality assurance, individuals, teams, and organizations are empowered with the right automation technologies and tools to keep up with the high speed of digital transformation.

For clients like PVH Europe, a large Dutch retailer with a diversified portfolio of brands such as Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, business continuity was key as they migrated and uploaded thousands of assets. With Qualibrate, PVH Europe increased coverage and speed of their regression testing while also increasing data validation to 100% correctness and completeness, compared to the previous process of manually spot-checking 10% of loaded data.

“The business world is changing and continues to change at a rapid pace. Automating business and test processes is not just a necessity, but it is a requirement for large enterprises. Qualibrate’s automated processes increase productivity by utilizing technology to connect teams, documents, and project management,” said Alan Jimenez, Managing Director for Qualibrate.

With a simple user interface, powerful reporting, cost-effective cloud environments, and extensive integrations, Qualibrate enables agile teams to streamline software delivery to production. With a modern approach that transforms the way teams test, document, and train users, teams can leverage Qualibrate for an 80% increase in efficiency on testing and training while documenting business processes seven times faster than before.

For more information, please visit https://www.qualibrate.com.

About:

Qualibrate is the 3-in-1 SaaS solution for enterprise software delivery that transforms the way teams test, document, and train end users. It offers native support for automating tests on SAP applications and 40+ non-SAP technologies such as Salesforce, Microsoft, ServiceNow, Oracle Cloud Apps, Mendix, etc.

Qualibrate’s Cloud test automation platform integrates natively with SAP Solution Manager Test Suite to extend the customer’s capability to automate SAP and non-SAP applications as part of their end-to-end testing strategy. Qualibrate is the tool of choice for customers such as AirFrance/KLM, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Bell Helicopter, Nouryon and more.

With a certified integration for SAP, your team can leverage Qualibrate to save up to 80% effort on testing and training while documenting business processes 7x faster than before.

Media Contact:

Mike Albanese
mike.albanese@newswire.com

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If you are looking for turnkey, inviting elegance with proximity to the Atlantic Ocean there lies this new stucco and shingle manse in Southampton Village.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y., April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — One of the Hamptons’ most celebrated estate agents reveals a superlative, turn-key, elegant estate in Southampton Village, located just moments from the Atlantic Ocean, available for your immediate enjoyment.

When it comes to luxury properties in the Hamptons, few listings can compare to that of preeminent broker Tim Davis of Corcoran, and his latest is the 146 Foster Crossing. The impressive new-build 6,020-square-foot, 6-bedroom, 6-1/2-bathroom home on over an acre located in the Village of Southampton just four houses from the Atlantic Ocean creates a new standard for luxurious seaside living.

The turn-key property immediately sets the scene for the idyllic lifestyle it facilitates, with a zen-like gravel and slate courtyard concealed behind tall privet hedges and a security gate. The front facade of the European-style, three-story stucco and shingle home is defined by an enormous Dutch door surrounded by glazed panels that allow natural light to flood the entrance foyer.

Inside, the home has been designed for practical family living and entertaining. The ground floor features a variety of entertaining areas – including a sitting room, bright sunroom, dining room, and expansive living room with an open fireplace – with the south-facing rooms spilling out to deep terraces through sliding glass-paneled doors. These outdoor spaces have been designed for “four-season” living and can be covered and heated to allow for year- round enjoyment.

However, the heart of the home is the kitchen—a spectacular double-height space with ample windows and soaring 22-foot-high ceilings that house a strikingly modern chandelier. The slate tile floors dramatically offset the white marble worktops, while black-framed white cabinetry completes the monochrome palette. Enhancing the indoor-outdoor lifestyle that the Hamptons is so celebrated for, there is also a fully-equipped outdoor kitchen, a vegetable garden, and a large outdoor shower for rinsing off after ocean swims.

Upstairs, there are three bedrooms—the primary suite and two expansive guest suites. The primary suite boasts a private balcony terrace with views over the landscaped garden. These windows can be left open at night, inviting in a gentle ocean breeze and the sound of the nearby waves. Custom joinery in the bedrooms echoes the timber paneled walls downstairs and allows the bedrooms to double as a study or work-from-home space. The bathrooms have a similar sense of crafted materiality, with finely detailed mosaic walls and bespoke timber cabinetry.

The lower ground floor elevates the home’s entertaining potential, with an expansive gym, cinema room, bunk room, and a wine cellar; outside spaces include a 60-foot swimming pool set amidst the terraces and al-fresco dining areas. Other essential amenities for guests’ visits include a private two-bedroom, two- bathroom guest wing on the ground floor, a mud- room, and a laundry room.

The six-bedroom residence features exceptional build quality and materials throughout, including contemporary leaded glass doors, Venetian plaster and timber paneled walls, and wide white oak floors throughout. The effect is one of casual, coastal elegance that invites relaxed living.

146 Foster Crossing offers a new owner the opportunity to reside in a home defined by its architectural excellence in one of the world’s most iconic summer resort towns.

For more information, please contact:

Tim Davis, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker

Corcoran Group Real Estate
24 Main Street Southampton, NY 11968
T: +1 631.702.9211 or +1 516.356.5736
E: tgdavis@corcoran.com
W: www.timdavishamptons.com

To view the listing, click here.

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AMSTERDAM, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Global Anti Scam Alliance and ScamAdviser.com surveyed 1,494 consumers from across the world asking them why they buy fakes and how they could be kept from buying counterfeit. Remarkably, China is not only the number one producer of fake products but also the largest online retailer of counterfeit goods.

Fake goods are estimated to exceed $500 billion annually

According to OECD, 3.3% of world trade is now fake. Footwear made up almost a quarter of seized goods, making it the most popular product copied. But also apparel, perfumes, electronic devices, and watches are often bought.

69% of all survey participants say they are good at identifying fakes

According to a study by the Global Anti Scam Alliance and ScamAdviser, most consumers (69%) consider themselves capable of identifying counterfeits. This is especially the case for clothing, accessories, and electronics. 45% of consumers doubt their ability to recognize fake medicines.

92% of all consumers have bought counterfeits

Still, 70% of the consumers have bought a fake product in the past unknowingly or doubting the originality of the product. 21% admit to knowingly having bought fakes. Clothing, electronics, and accessories are the most commonly purchased fake products.

Websites, not marketplaces, are the main purchase channel

The focus of brand protection agencies has shifted to online marketplaces in recent years. However, remarkably, websites (41%) are by far the most popular channel to buy counterfeits. This channel is followed by online marketplaces (32%).

Social media sites are growing and are named by 28% of consumers. 22% bought fakes from physical stores which are losing market share.

39% think that the fakes sold directly from China

When asked to name the originating selling country of their fake goods, 39% of consumers named China. This was followed by, surprisingly, the United States (9%) and India (6%).

According to an OECD report, the majority of fake goods picked up in customs checks originate in China. Other points of origin include the Emirates, Turkey, Singapore, Thailand, and India. However, a large number of consumers have named their own countries, indicating that they are being misled into believing that the fake goods they buy are originating in their own countries.

Consumers are dissuaded by fears, not ethics

Consumers buy fakes primarily as they believe that there will be no significant difference in quality (16%). Affordability (16%) is an equally big motivator for buying fakes and the feeling that the real brand is overpriced (12%) is also named.

Consumers are aware that counterfeits support crime. What, however, would keep consumers the most from buying fakes is the quality of the product (42%) and the belief that buying fakes is not safe if their financial data is misused (38%) and the product is not delivered (32%).

The report can be downloaded from GASA.org and ScamAdviser.com. Contact: jorij.abraham@gasa.org.

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Third-Party Role-Playing Game to Simulate Ramen Shop Experience

SINGAPORE, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Singapore-based blockchain and multimedia digital entertainment group Digital Entertainment Asset Pte. Ltd (DEA) has announced the launch and presale for a new third-party game joining its PlayMining economic zone.

Dubbed “Menya Dragon Ramen,” this up-and-coming blockchain-based game will launch in July 2022. To celebrate the launch, the DEA team will be hosting a presale event on its PlayMining NFT marketplace in late May for “Employees NFTs,” which will play a vital role in the “Menya Dragon Ramen” ecosystem.

Fly Penguin Inc. developed Menya Dragon Ramen, a game in which users run a ramen shop while selling ramen made from ingredients acquired by defeating monsters in dungeons, incorporating both role-playing and shop simulator elements within the game.

According to Takaaki Ikeda, the Director of Fly Penguin, “We are very honored to be able to participate in ‘Play to Earn’ games, providing people with a completely new gaming experience. We are currently developing this game to create a peculiar world of ‘Making ramen from the monsters you defeated.’ We also plan to add features that let players customize their shops, manage business plans to increase the sales of Ramen, and many more so that players’ ingenuity will be reflected in the game. We hope you will have fun playing our game!”

For more information about “Menya Dragon Ramen”, click here.

A spokesperson for the DEA adds, “Third-party companies can use the PlayMining platform to issue and sell original NFTs, sell in-game items and distribute DEAPcoin (DEP) as a reward for gameplay, forming a unique token economy for each game. DEA will continue to actively collaborate with third-party companies to enhance the titles on PlayMining.”

■About the Official Community
The newest information about “Menya Dragon Ramen” will be announced on Twitter and Discord below.

・Discord： https://discord.com/invite/UcEAuyZGCV
・Twitter：  https://twitter.com/dragonramen_en

■About Digital Entertainment Asset Pte. Ltd.
DEA, a GameFi platform business, was founded in Singapore in August 2018, and is developing “JobTribes“, a Play to Earn game, and “PlayMining NFT“, an NFT marketplace. Using blockchain technology, the company aims to realize a world where one can create value by having fun.

Co-CEO: Naohito Yoshida, Kozo Yamada
Location: 7 Straits View, Marina One East Tower,#05-01,Singapore 018936
Establishment: August 2018
Business description: GameFi platform business

Contact Information
Digital Entertainment Asset Pte Ltd
Public Relation: Takasugi ｜tomoyuki_takasugi@dea.sg / Soeda｜soeda@dea.sg

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