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Amanda Blanc, Aviva Group CEO and the Women in Finance Champion, comments on how to tackle the slow progress of women into senior management roles across financial services

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 7-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Aviva plc (LON: AV), a British multinational insurance company, has announced that its Group CEO Amanda Blanc, the Women in Finance Champion, has released recommendations to tackle the slow progress of women into … Read the full press release

Un nouveau projet de l’Imperial College de Londres et de la Fondation Vodafone vise à créer le plus grand modèle de cyclone au monde

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) LONDON, 4-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone (LON : VOD), une multinationale britannique leader dans les communications technologiques, a a annoncé que l’application pour téléphone mobile DreamLab de la Fondation Vodafone sera utilisée par l’Imperial College de Londres, une … Read the full press release

New project by Imperial College London and Vodafone Foundation aims at creating the world’s largest cyclone model

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 4-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone (LON: VOD), a British multinational leader in technology communications, has announced that Vodafone Foundation’s DreamLab mobile phone app will be used by Imperial College London, a public research university, for the modeling … Read the full press release

Studie von Barclays Partner Finance: Jüngere Käufer gaben mehr aus als erwartet, wenn sie unregulierte BNPL-Darlehen (buy now, pay later) nutzten

18- bis 24-jährige Verbraucher, die „Jetzt kaufen, später bezahlen“-Produkte (BNPL) verwenden, geben 20 Prozent ihres frei verfügbaren Einkommens für Rückzahlungen aus 29 Prozent sind besorgt über ihre Fähigkeit, das Geliehene zurückzuzahlen, und fast 8 Prozent wurden von Inkassounternehmen kontaktiert 50 … Read the full press release

Barclays Partner Finance research: younger shoppers spent more than they anticipated when used unregulated BNPL (buy now, pay later) loans

18–24 year-old consumers who use ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) products spend 20 per cent of their discretionary income on repayments 29 per cent are concerned about their ability to pay back what they borrowed, and nearly 8 per cent … Read the full press release

L’entreprise sociale capito, basée à Graz, a reçu le prix de l’inclusion financière 2022 pour son application lors de la Zero Project Conference 2022

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) VIENNA, 28-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — UniCredit Bank Austria AG, une banque autrichienne détenue majoritairement par le groupe UniCredit, a annoncé que le prix de l’inclusion financière 2022 a été remis à l’entreprise sociale capito basée à Graz, … Read the full press release

Graz-based social enterprise capito awarded the Financial Inclusion Award 2022 for its app at the Zero Project Conference 2022

(PRESS RELEASE) VIENNA, 28-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — UniCredit Bank Austria AG, an Austrian bank majority owned by UniCredit Group, has announced that the Financial Inclusion Award 2022 has been given to Graz-based social enterprise capito, market leader in the field … Read the full press release

NatWest et Marcus Rashford MBE, un footballeur professionnel anglais, vont co-créer un programme visant à soutenir les jeunes dans les communautés à travers le Royaume-Uni

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) EDINBOURG, 15-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — National Westminster Bank (NatWest), une importante banque de détail et commerciale au Royaume-Uni, a annoncé un nouveau partenariat avec Marcus Rashford MBE, un footballeur professionnel anglais, visant à aider les jeunes à … Read the full press release

NatWest, a major bank in the UK, and Marcus Rashford MBE, an English professional footballer, to co-create a programme aimed at supporting young people in communities across the UK

(PRESS RELEASE) EDINBURGH, 15-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — National Westminster Bank (NatWest), a major retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom, has announced a new partnership with Marcus Rashford MBE, an English professional footballer, aimed at helping young people to … Read the full press release

Cardiff University joins the Horizon 2020 Project CALIPER

(PRESS RELEASE) THESSALONIKI, 14-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The CALIPER consortium welcomes the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub, hosted by Cardiff University. Founded in 1988, Academia Europaea (AE) has a thriving membership of almost 5,000 world-leading researchers, mainly from across Europe … Read the full press release

La BERS investirà nella startup di bus-hailing Swvl, che presto sarà il primo unicorno tecnologico del Medio Oriente ad essere quotato al NASDAQ

La banca si impegna a investire 10 milioni di dollari nella società di trasporto di autobus Swvl per sostenerne l’espansione BERS e Swvl per promuovere la sicurezza per le donne sui trasporti pubblici  in Egitto Società prevista per la quotazione … Read the full press release

EBRD to invest in bus-hailing startup Swvl, soon to be the first technology unicorn from Middle East to be listed on NASDAQ

Bank agrees to invest US$ 10 million in bus-hailing company Swvl to support its expansion EBRD and Swvl to advance safety for women on public transport  in Egypt Company expected to list on NASDAQ, with a valuation of around US$ … Read the full press release

Neue Studie der Universitäten Helsinki und Turku unterstreicht die Bedeutung der Hochschulbildung für die Demenzprävention

(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) HELSINKI, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Universität Helsinki, die älteste und größte akademische Bildungseinrichtung in Finnland, hat kündigte eine gemeinsame Studie zusammen mit der Universität Turku, der drittgrößten Universität Finnlands, an, die feststellt, dass höhere Bildungsabschlüsse und weniger kardiovaskuläre … Read the full press release

New study by universities of Helsinki and Turku underlines the importance of higher education in dementia prevention

(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Helsinki, the oldest and largest institution of academic education in Finland, has announced a joint study together with the University of Turku, the third largest university in Finland, which finds that … Read the full press release

Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead von der University of Liverpool wird eine unabhängige Überprüfung möglicher ethnischer Vorurteile bei der Gestaltung und Verwendung von Medizinprodukten im Vereinigten Königreich leiten

(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) LIVERPOOL, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Die University of Liverpool, eine öffentliche Forschungsuniversität, hat bekannt gegeben, dass ihr Professor of Public Health Dame Margaret Whitehead wird eine Überprüfung möglicher ethnischer Vorurteile in der Design und Verwendung von Medizinprodukten. Die Art … Read the full press release

Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead of the University of Liverpool will lead an independent review into potential ethnic bias in the design and use of medical devices in the UK

(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Liverpool, a public research university, has announced that its professor of public health Dame Margaret Whitehead will be leading a review into potential ethnic bias in the design and use of … Read the full press release

Garanti BBVA, Turkey’s second largest private bank, made the Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index for the 6th year in a row

(PRESS RELEASE) BILBAO, 28-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Garanti BBVA, Turkey’s second largest private bank and part of Spanish bank BBVA, has announced that its social and economic empowerment of women, its promotion of women’s participation in decision-making mechanisms and its … Read the full press release

Nestlé per migliorare i mezzi di sussistenza delle famiglie di coltivatori di cacao con un nuovo programma innovativo di accelerazione del reddito

(COMUNICATO STAMPA) VEVEY, 27-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Nestlé (SWX: NESN), una multinazionale svizzera di trasformazione di alimenti e bevande e il più grande cibo e amp; azienda di bevande, ha annunciato un nuovo piano per affrontare i rischi del lavoro … Read the full press release

Nestlé verbessert die Lebensgrundlage von Kakaobauernfamilien mit einem neuen innovativen Einkommensbeschleunigungsprogramm

(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) VEVEY, 27-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Nestlé (SWX: NESN), ein multinationales Schweizer Lebensmittel- und Getränkeverarbeitungskonglomerat und das weltweit größte Lebensmittel- und Getränkeunternehmen, hat einen neuen Plan zur Bekämpfung von Kinderarbeitsrisiken in der Kakaoproduktion mit der Einführung eines innovativen Einkommensbeschleunigungsprogramms angekündigt, … Read the full press release

Nestlé améliore les moyens de subsistance des familles de producteurs de cacao grâce à un nouveau programme innovant d’accélération des revenus

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) VEVEY, 27-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Nestlé (SWX : NESN), un conglomérat multinational suisse de transformation d’aliments et de boissons et la plus grande entreprise alimentaire et de boissons au monde, a annoncé un nouveau plan pour lutter … Read the full press release