Day: August 10, 2021

Addressing growing global fraud and increasing regulations, Acuant Video KYC offers user-friendly and robust identity proofing

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acuant, the leading global Trusted Identity Platform for fraud prevention and AML compliance, announced today the addition of Video Know Your Customer (KYC) to verify identities. Acuant’s Video KYC utilizes a live agent for additional security and certainty allowing businesses to meet regional regulatory requirements and to facilitate identity proofing with a user-friendly workflow. The release of this new service strengthens Acuant’s global offerings and coverage of more than 90% of the world’s population when it comes to verifying an identity and establishing trust.

Video KYC and identification offers a high-confidence, cost-effective way to transact with trust in an era of rapid digital transformation. Acuant has made the process seamless by orchestrating ID document authentication, biometric facial recognition match and providing the ability to layer on additional personal data checks (Potentially Exposed Persons (PEPs) and sanctions screening) – in less than five minutes. Customers follow an easy process with no apps to download and are connected to a live agent within two minutes. Available 24/7, the agents are able to immediately manage any flags or issues for the utmost security, while facilitating faster transactions for trusted customers.

Video KYC, an AML requirement for certain nations throughout Europe and South America, is being widely adopted in the wake of dramatically increased remote transactional fraud. Research has suggested that Video KYC is growing globally and has a CAGR of approximately 17% through 2030. It offers more assurance for businesses and a more user-friendly workflow for both the tech savvy and those less so. GDPR compliant and fully secure via encryption, Acuant’s service can be customized and configured to a specific use case, language, regulatory requirements and is able to address transactions throughout the entire consumer lifecycle.

With more than eight consecutive quarters of record-breaking revenue growth, innovation and global expansion are at the core of Acuant. “Our mission of powering trust for all is driven by delivering the gold standard in identity proofing and making that accessible to the entire global population,” said Yossi Zekri President and CEO of Acuant. “The addition of Video KYC to Acuant’s Trusted Identity Platform is helping to drive our mission and we are proud to continuously deliver on this, allowing our customers to quickly adapt to the fraud landscape.”

Beyond dominating traditional document-centric identity verification with the industry’s largest identity document library of more than 6,500 templates, Acuant is now able to verify the identity of more than 90 % of the world’s population via both traditional and alternative data sources. The addition of ProfileID via the recent acquisition of Hello Soda has enabled the use of digital footprints and social media data to address use cases that require alternative data and cover the thin-file, new-to-country, unbanked and underbanked populations.

Acuant examines identity verification methods across multiple industries and shares how to select the right solution in a recent white paper with One World Identity, “Establishing Trust: Identity Verification in an Increasingly Digital World.” To learn more, read the full white paper here.

About Acuant

Acuant’s Trusted Identity Platform is at the forefront of empowering businesses and governments to transact with trust in an ever-increasing digital world. Enabling the creation, ownership and ability to verify and securely share a digital identity, Acuant’s inclusive technology is accessible to the entire global population.

AI-powered, industry leading identity verification, regulatory compliance (AML/KYC) and digital identity solutions deliver unparalleled results and operational efficiency with omnichannel deployment. Acuant verifies identities in seconds anywhere your customers want to transact, providing superior customer experiences to fight fraud and fast-track trusted identities.

Completing more than 1.5 billion transactions in over 200 countries and territories, Acuant powers trust globally for industry leaders in finance, crypto, retail, healthcare, gaming, hospitality and more.

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Malini Gujral
marketing@acuant.com

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WATERLOO, Ontario, Aug. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Teledyne is pleased to announce its Sapera Vision Software Edition 2021-07 is now available. Sapera™ Vision Software from Teledyne DALSA offers field proven image acquisition, control, image processing and artificial intelligence functions to design, develop and deploy high-performance machine vision applications.

The new upgrades to the Sapera Vision Software include enhancements to its AI training graphical tool Astrocyte™ and the image processing and AI libraries tool Sapera Processing.

“We are excited to introduce continual learning to the Astrocyte package. This helps improve the accuracy of a classifier ‘on the field’ by training only the samples that fail, without having to retrain from scratch,” said Bruno Ménard, Software Director for Teledyne’s vision solutions group. “Astrocyte now includes a new anomaly detection called ‘pixel-level anomaly detection’. This new algorithm is much more robust and precise than the previous one. It also has the ability to generate heatmaps at runtime,” he continued.

Sapera Vision Software is ideal for applications such as surface inspection on metal plates, location and identification of hardware parts, detection and segmentation of vehicles and noise reduction on x-ray medical images.

New features in this release:

• Continual Classification: New algorithm allows to pre-train a classifier in Astrocyte and then perform further training at runtime in Sapera Processing.
• New Anomaly Detection with Output Heatmaps: New Anomaly Detection algorithm which is more robust in locating defects while providing the ability to generate output heatmaps. Heatmaps at runtime are very useful for obtaining the location and shape of defects without the need for graphical annotations at training.
• Live Acquisition for Dataset Creation: When creating dataset in Astrocyte you can now acquire live video from a camera and generate a series of files automatically prior to training. During acquisition images are prepared for training (i.e. adjusted for size and aspect ratio) before being saved to disk.

For more information visit our website.

About Teledyne
Teledyne’s imaging businesses form an unrivalled collective of expertise across the spectrum with decades of experience. Individually, each company offers best-in-class solutions. Together, they combine and leverage each other’s strengths to provide the widest imaging and related technology portfolio in the world. From aerospace through industrial inspection, scientific research, spectroscopy, radiography and radiotherapy, geospatial surveying, and advanced MEMS and semiconductor solutions, Teledyne offers world-wide customer support and the technical expertise to handle the toughest tasks. Their tools, technologies, and vision solutions are built to deliver to their customers a unique and competitive advantage.

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For media enquiries, please contact:
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– ROADIAN GTX EV and N’FERA Sport EV to be fitted to the EV6 that is tailored for electric vehicles

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nexen Tire, a leading global tire manufacturer, has announced that the company has been selected to supply original equipment for Kia’s first electric car, the EV6.

Nexen Tire’s ROADIAN GTX EV and N’FERA Sport EVs will be fitted to the EV6, Kia’s first electric vehicle model that is based on Hyundai Motor Group’s Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). The EV6 has a strong performance of more than 475km on a single charge. When using the State of Charge (SOC) mode, the car can charge from 10% to 80% in 18 minutes for ultra-fast charging.

The ROADIAN GTX EV, fitted in size 235/55R19 101H, is a premium all-season tire that meets all of the requirements of an electric vehicle in terms of safety, durability, and low noise. The N’FERA Sport EV, fitted in size 235/55R19 105V XL, improves on high-speed stability and handling performance while providing maximum grip and braking power on both wet and dry surfaces.

The two electric vehicle tires were designed and tailored to provide higher abrasion resistance as well as minimize tire road noise by employing noise reduction system by about 5dB compared to existing products.

Nexen Tire already began supplying OE for Kia’s Soul EV and US EV startup Canoo, giving it a strong foothold in the global electric vehicle industry. The Company intends to further extend its global presence by focusing on research and development as well as investments in mobility.

About Nexen Tire

Nexen Tire, established in 1942, is a global tire manufacturer headquartered in South Korea. Nexen Tire, one of the world’s fastest growing tire manufacturers, currently interacts with approximately 150 countries around the world and owns four manufacturing plants – two in Korea (Yangsan and Changnyeong) and one in Qingdao, China. Another plant in Žatec, the Czech Republic has also begun operation in 2019. Nexen Tire produces tires for passenger cars, SUVs, and light trucks with advanced technology and excellence in design. Nexen Tire supplies OE tires to global car makers in various countries around the world. In 2014, the company achieved a grand slam of the world’s top 4 design awards for the first time amongst the various tire makers in the world.

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

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CONTACT: Sylvia Chang, sylvia.chang@pivotp.co.kr

Singapore, Aug. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AscendEX, a global cryptocurrency financial platform with a comprehensive product suite, is excited to announce the listing of PolkaFoundry token (PKF) under the pair USDT/PKF on Aug 10 at 1 p.m. UTC.

PolkaFoundry is a platform for building borderless and frictionless DeFi and NFT dapps on Polkadot. PolkaFoundry aims to be the most convenient platform for developers to build DeFi and NFT dapps, providing a platform for making dapps easily accessible to mainstream end-users. PolkaFoundry will achieve this by utilizing Polkadot’s interoperability and scalability and integrating various DeFi-friendly services onto the platform. In addition, PolkaFoundry focuses heavily on ensuring the UX and features of their dApps are simple to use, promoting mainstream adoption.

The native token PKF has several utilities, including payment for services and transaction fees in the PolkaFoundry ecosystem and payments for PolkaFoundry’s partners’ services. In addition, PKF is used for staking and governance so users can earn shares of block rewards and participate in the on-chain governance process to earn additional rewards for voting on proposals.

PolkaFundry believes that the most significant barrier to blockchain adoption is the complexity of the UX on most platforms and dApps. The average person has difficulty engaging with crypto projects because many projects did not design their UX’s for mainstream users. Concepts like wallets, private keys, coins, exchanges, etc. require education and can confuse new users leaving many dApps with a small active user base. Polkafoundry has spent years researching dapp UX’s and has used their research to develop the UX built into PolkaFoundry to enable novice users and professionals to access and use the platform easily.

Polkadot promises a fast-growing ecosystem that offers security, scalability, and interoperability, so PolkaFoundry decided to build its platform on it. To enable dapps to port from Ethereum, PolkaFoundry is EMV-compatible. PolkaFoundry’s foundational goal is to bring the benefits of blockchain to the masses by making its products and services accessible to people outside the crypto community.

About AscendEX 

AscendEX (formerly BitMax) is a global cryptocurrency financial platform with a comprehensive product suite including spot, margin, and futures trading, wallet services, and staking support for over 150 blockchain projects such as bitcoin, ether, and ripple. Launched in 2018, AscendEX services over 1 million retail and institutional clients globally with a highly liquid trading platform and secure custody solutions.

AscendEX has emerged as a leading platform by ROI on its “initial exchange offerings” by supporting some of the industry’s most innovative projects from the DeFi ecosystem such as Thorchain, xDai Stake, and Serum.  AscendEX users receive exclusive access to token airdrops and the ability to purchase tokens at the earliest possible stage. To learn more about how AscendEX is leveraging best practices from both Wall Street and the cryptocurrency ecosystem to bring the best altcoins to its users, please visit www.AscendEX.com.

For more information and updates, please visit:

Website: https://ascendex.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AscendEX_Global

Telegram: https://t.me/AscendEXEnglish

Medium: https://medium.com/ascendex

About Polkafoundry

PolkaFoundry is a platform for building borderless and frictionless DeFi and NFT dapps on Polkadot. PolkaFoundry aims to be the most convenient platform for developers to build DeFi and NFT dapps providing a platform for them to make dapps that are easily accessible to end-users.

For more information and updates, please visit:

Website: https://polkafoundry.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolkaFoundry

Telegram: https://t.me/PolkaFoundry

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Toronto, Aug. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Precision Nutrition (PN), the world’s largest online nutrition and healthy lifestyle coaching and certification company today announces a new partnership with the International Fitness Academy (IFA), an Australian owned and operated fitness education company with over 30 years of industry experience. Through the partnership, IFA will be offering PN’s full suite of nutrition, change psychology, and health certificates, courses, and software to students and graduates of IFA’s training fitness education program. Together, the two companies will help set the standard for fitness professionals’ education and career progressions in Australia, Southeast Asia, and the United Arab Emirates.

The educational programs and resources offered by PN and IFA provide fitness professionals with credible and flexible opportunities to expand their knowledge of the industry, while providing the support needed to be confident in their career. IFA supports students on their journey to join the fitness industry through an innovative and interactive learning experience, as well as ongoing support throughout their qualification to help them become successful. By introducing PN’s industry-leading certifications and courses to their community, IFA’s students and graduates can gain an education that goes beyond nutrition science to understand how to break down a client’s complex goals into a series of proven, sustainable practices that will lead to lasting changes.

“The fitness industry has undergone some rapid changes in the past 18-months, and it’s been fascinating to watch and be a part of this transformation,” said Rhys Davis, Chief Executive Officer of International Fitness Academy. “We have seen an acceleration of virtual education during the pandemic, which has really pushed the industry forward and forced a lot of positive change to how we learn and expand for the future. Our partnership with Precision Nutrition is about breaking boundaries in online learning and creating exciting opportunities for the next generation of fitness coaches.”

As a certified reseller for Precision Nutrition, IFA will be offering the following products to their customers in Australia, Southeast Asia, and the United Arab Emirates.

• PN Level 1 Nutrition Certification: the world’s number one recommended nutrition certification—trusted by more than 150,000 health and fitness professionals in over 50 countries. Seasoned professionals or those brand-new to health and fitness can master the science of nutrition and the art of behavior-change coaching, to help their clients achieve sustainable results.
• PN Level 2 Nutrition Certification Master Class: exclusively for PN Level 1 graduates who want to take their coaching skills to the highest possible level. This year-long Master Class is the industry’s only practice-based coaching mentorship program designed to help coaches deliver unparalleled results and retain up to ten times as many clients as before.
• PN Academy: the ideal next step for nutrition professionals who want access to industry-leading continuing education. Subscribers can stay on the cutting-edge of nutrition science and coaching psychology with Research Insider, attend business-focused webinars with elite coaches, and connect with experts and peers in the exclusive PN Inner Circle community.
• Specialized Courses and Advanced Certificates: PN’s Specialized Courses and Advanced Certificates help coaches learn new skills, establish their expertise in specific areas like change psychology, athlete nutrition, applied physiology, stress-management, or sleep performance, and earn continuing education credits (CECs) to build their credentials.
• ProCoach Nutrition and Fitness Coaching Software: part client-management software, part behavior-change coaching tool, ProCoach provides the all-in-one solution needed to build a highly profitable nutrition coaching business—whether full-time or on the side.

“Precision Nutrition is grateful for the impact we’ve been able to have on fitness professionals’ evolving careers throughout the pandemic, while also helping to establish new norms for the health and wellness industry, overall. This includes navigating a new surge in demand for nutrition coaches across the world,” said Jason Crowe, VP, Partnerships & Business Development for Precision Nutrition. “PN is proud to join forces with IFA to extend the reach of our world-class courses, certifications, and software in the Asia-Pacific region and help fulfill the growing need for effective and qualified coaches.”

Those interested in learning more about the partnership or products can visit https://www.internationalfitnessacademy.com/become-a-certified-nutrition-coach/.

About International Fitness Academy

As a leading global education provider, International Fitness Academy (IFA) is reshaping and rethinking the fitness and wellness industry now and for future generations. In the face of COVID-19, IFA is at the forefront of education technology, developing innovative solutions to broaden the scope of online education and breaking down the barriers of isolated learning. At IFA, you can study Australian recognised and approved SIS30315 Certificate III in Fitness and SIS40215 Certificate IV in Fitness, or look at one of its International Master Trainer certificates all while gaining industry knowledge and on the job training through our global partners, like Precision Nutrition.

About Precision Nutrition
Precision Nutrition offers a sustainable, practice-based approach to becoming fitter, getting healthier, and improving performance. As a global leader in providing health and fitness professionals the education, tools, and coaching they need, over 150,000 coaches in over 140 countries use the Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification—along with ProCoach, the company’s proprietary coaching software—to improve client results, increase operational efficiency, and drive business growth. Recognized as the number one recommended nutrition coaching certification by health, nutrition, and fitness professionals and the leader in customer satisfaction, Precision Nutrition offers the only nutrition certification endorsed by CrossFit®, the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). The American Council on Exercise (ACE) and The National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) also approve Precision Nutrition for its professionals’ continuing education credits. Internationally, Precision Nutrition’s certifications have gained endorsement from the European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPS) and the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).

In addition, Precision Nutrition Coaching for Men and Women is a personalized, evidence-based healthy nutrition and lifestyle program, which has been validated in multiple peer-reviewed studies and helped over 100,000 people improve their nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle. For more information, visit www.precisionnutrition.com.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, Aug. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kinesio Tape is announcing a new focus on Medical Taping for the Mature Adult, though Kinesio and Dr. Kenzo Kase® have been treating this population for more than 40 years.

In his new book, Dr. Kase provides easily relatable scenarios that affect the mature adult community on a daily basis. He draws upon his own experiences in an insightful and interesting way that allows readers to see a glimpse into the mind of the inventor. Kinesio Medical Taping (KMT) techniques were developed in a clinical environment and aim to improve patient outcomes in palliative care while offering visual aides to guide you every step of the way.

This book outlines ways to help provide care for mature adult patients while using a specifically formulated tape that is designed to be gentle but still effective in treating common conditions that the mature adult often faces such as osteoarthritis and diabetic neuropathy. Kinesio Tex Light Touch+ is the only tape of its kind on the market that is specifically formulated to be gentler on the skin while achieving phenomenal results. Dr. Kase’s expertise and over 40 years of valuable experience combined with this specially formulated line of tape is the perfect recipe for maximum impact.

Kinesio Tape is designed and manufactured in the USA, and proudly serves more than 100 countries globally. With the introduction of Kinesio Medical Taping for the Mature Adult, Dr. Kase’s vision to Tape with Wisdom has taken yet another form. With Dr. Kase’s expertise and his many full years of experience traveling the globe and teaching the method, he has already impacted the lives of thousands of people. Kinesio Medical Taping for the Mature Adult will only add to that impact and encourage the mature adult to continue living a healthy, happy, and active lifestyle.

About Kinesio Holding Corporation:  Kinesio Holding Corporation is a U.S. based manufacturer of unique therapeutic tapes that are sold all over the world. The Kinesio Taping® Method is designed to facilitate the body’s natural healing process while allowing support and stability to muscles and joints without restricting the body’s range of motion.  

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LONGMONT, Aug. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AGC Biologics, a leading global Biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), has announced a new leadership appointment to oversee strategic development and operational excellence in large-scale C&GT production at its Longmont site in Colorado. Effective August 9, 2021, Tony Fraij will join the Longmont team as General Manager/Site Head.

Mr. Fraij will oversee the leadership of the Longmont site as it gets integrated into the AGC Biologics global facility network. Together with the Heidelberg and Milan sites, the Longmont facility will become an integral part of AGC Biologics’ end-to-end cell and gene therapy CDMO services, which currently includes plasmid DNA, viral vectors and cell therapies. Mr. Fraij has over 20 years of industry experience, having led operations at Boehringer Ingelheim, Sandoz, Novartis, and AveXis. His proven leadership skills and commitment to excellence will be greatly embraced in Longmont and across the AGC Biologics global network.

“We are excited to add Tony as another talented leader within the AGC Biologics organization. He brings a wide range of international experience and excellent leadership skills, “said AGC Biologics Executive Vice President of U.S. Operations J.D. Mowery. “I am confident that Tony will lead the Longmont site to great success, playing a crucial role in integrating the team into our global network.”

About AGC Biologics

AGC Biologics is a leading global biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standard of service as we work side-by-side with our clients and partners, every step of the way. We provide world-class development and manufacture of mammalian and microbial-based therapeutic proteins, plasmid DNA (pDNA), viral vectors, and genetically engineered cells. Our global network spans the U.S., Europe, and Asia, with cGMP-compliant facilities in Seattle, Washington; Boulder and Longmont, Colorado; Copenhagen, Denmark; Heidelberg, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Chiba, Japan and we currently employ more than 2,000 employees worldwide. Our commitment to continuous innovation fosters the technical creativity to solve our clients’ most complex challenges, including specialization in fast-track projects and rare diseases. AGC Biologics is the partner of choice. To learn more, visit www.agcbio.com.

Matteo Pellegrino
AGC Biologics
mpellegrino@agc.com