Adyen Now Powering Payments for Uber in More Than 50 Countries
SAN FRANCISCO - Thursday, July 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Adyen, a leading global payments technology company, today announced an expansion of its existing partnership with Uber – powering payments for the ride-hailing company’s users in Casablanca, Morocco. Uber, now live in 58 countries, teamed up with Adyen to enable local users in Morocco to pay with locally issued credit and debit cards.
“Adyen continues to be a key strategic partner in addressing the many payments-related challenges of rapid international expansion,” said Meryem Belqziz, Uber Casablanca General Manager. “Their transparent philosophy, data-driven approach, and technical agility have made the partnership a natural fit.”
Adyen first partnered with Uber to launch in the Netherlands in 2012, and has since expanded into more than 50 markets on six continents. By adapting
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COLOMBES, France - Thursday, July 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oberthur Technologies (OT), a world leader in digital security solutions for the mobility space, and Etisalat Group, the UAE-based leading global Telecommunications service provider, add a new dimension to their collaboration with their strategic partnership to offer the region’s first tailored M2M and IoT services across Middle East, Asia and Africa. Relying on OT’s M-Sense solution, Etisalat affiliates will extend their Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet-of-Things (IoT) service offering beyond just connectivity, enabling their Enterprise customers to fully benefit from the growing M2M and IoT market.
Following an intensive evaluation process, Etisalat has selected OT’s M-Sense solution which consists of a rich set of horizontal capabilities for both application enablement and device management. M-Sense allows the secure collection and management of various data from any
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COLOMBES, France - Thursday, July 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oberthur Technologies (OT), a world leader in digital security solutions for the mobility space today announces the opening of a new R&D center dedicated to security technologies for Smartphones and Mobile devices based in South Korea. This center will help handset makers deploy secure high-speed mobile services to accompany fast changing mobile users’ behaviors.
Connected consumer electronic devices are flourishing, transforming the consumer experience, thus substantially increasing the need for both secure connectivity and secure transactions. In its new R&D center of excellence, OT will capitalize on its recognized expertise and leadership in these fields and keep innovating in close collaboration with OEMs. With embedded security software as a starting point, OT manages the critical security keys and credentials of its clients and offers end-to-end digital security solutions
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An International Call to Action to Eradicate Preventable Patient Deaths by 2020
IRVINE, Calif. - Wednesday, July 22nd 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Patient Safety Movement Foundation announces the 4th annual Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit on Jan. 22-23, 2016 at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott, in Dana Point, California.
Medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States, which lead to more than 200,000 preventable deaths per year. The non-profit Patient Safety Movement Foundation has made a formal commitment to ZERO preventable patient deaths by the year 2020. At the annual summit, leading healthcare professionals, hospital executives, healthcare technology industry leaders, policymakers, and patient advocates will gather to discuss new patient safety challenges identified at the Foundation’s Midyear Planning Meeting and devise Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) to address them.
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SINGAPORE - Friday, July 24th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- In line with the country’s goal of becoming a Smart Nation, Panasonic System Solutions Asia Pacific (PSSAP) and Changi General Hospital (CGH) are implementing assistive robotics technology to improve operational efficiency of a hospital. Experimental use of the Panasonic autonomous delivery robots, HOSPI, began in February 2015 and they are being implemented in phases. CGH is the first hospital outside of Japan to utilise HOSPI. As part of the hospital’s porter management system, the four HOSPI are able to deliver fragile and bulky medicine, medical specimens and patients’ case notes 24/7, easing manpower constraints.
HOSPI is equipped with security features to prevent tampering, theft and damage during delivery. The robot’s contents can only be accessed with ID cards. Automation enables HOSPI to move around using the lifts and between facilities in CGH’s Main Building a
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