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Manulife and World Economic Forum Launch the Prospering in Longevity Challenge to Drive Health and Financial Resiliency

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Multi-year partnership taking steps to help shape the future and funding of human longevity innovation 

TORONTO, June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Manulife and the World Economic Forum (“the Forum”), today announced the launch of the Prospering in Longevity Challenge, through UpLink, the Forum’s open innovation platform. Earlier this year, a multi-year partnership between Manulife and Uplink was announced at the Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos and the Prospering in Longevity Challenge is the first of three innovation challenges designed to help shape the future of, and investment in, longevity innovation. 

Together, Manulife and the Forum invite global start-ups with innovative preventative healthcare and financial well-being solutions, and those committed to enabling people of all generations to thrive while enjoying a financially resilient and fulfilling long life, to participate in the challenge. Applicants can begin applying today through July 22, 2024. Full project details, including eligibility criteria and timelines, can be found on the challenge page here.  

“By 2050, the global population over 65 is expected to double to 1.6 billion, bringing significant health and wealth challenges for our planet,” said Sarah Chapman, Global Chief Sustainability Officer for Manulife. “We are partnering with the World Economic Forum and UpLink because of our shared sense of urgency to find inclusive and accessible solutions to help people worldwide live longer, healthier, and better lives.” 

While people are living longer than in previous generations, it does not always equate to improved health span. On average, people spend about 50 percent of their lives in less than good health, including 12 percent in poor health1.  

As the population ages, factors like financial resilience and literacy, healthy ageing, generational skill-building, social connection, and longevity inequalities across gender, race and class will be critical in ensuring a more sustainable, healthier future – and we must act with urgency. 

The themes for the first Longevity Challenge are as follows: 

Strengthening financial resilience across longer lives, which will create solutions that democratize access to tools that increase financial resilience, e.g. empowering better financial decisions, capacity to save, behavioral focused financial apps. Embracing a preventative approach to healthcare, which will aim to surface solutions aimed to improve physical and mental health with a preventative approach to healthcare, e.g. early risk factor detection and intervention, lifestyle trackers, access to virtual medical care. 

“Innovation is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, and by partnering with Manulife, we are committed to sourcing and scaling innovative solutions that strengthen financial resilience across longer lives and embrace a preventative approach to healthcare,” said John Dutton, Head of UpLink, World Economic Forum. “This collaboration will democratize access to tools that increase financial resilience and surface solutions aimed at improving physical and mental health.” 

This multi-year partnership builds upon Manulife’s continued partnership with WEF’s UpLink to run innovation challenges to spur nature-based solutions to climate change across two key areas in 2023. The first focused on sourcing innovative solutions across the entire sustainable forestry value chain, while the second surfaced innovations aimed at improving the connection between planetary and human health. In total, 21 ecopreneurial start-ups providing innovative and scalable models for sustainable forest management and more were selected as challenge winners. More information about the program can be found here.  

To learn more about Manulife’s Impact Agenda, and to track progress against its goals, visit manulife.com/impact

About Manulife 

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we provide financial advice and insurance, operating as Manulife across Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. Through Manulife Investment Management, the global brand for our Global Wealth and Asset Management segment, we serve individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members worldwide. At the end of 2023, we had more than 38,000 employees, over 98,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 35 million customers. We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.

Not all offerings are available in all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit manulife.com.

About UpLink  

UpLink is the open innovation platform of the World Economic Forum, designed to unlock an ‘entrepreneur revolution’ for people and planet by supporting start-ups with innovative solutions for the world’s most pressing issues, as outlined by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  

Launched at the World Economic Forum’s 2020 Annual Meeting in Davos in partnership with Deloitte and Salesforce, UpLink builds bridges between entrepreneurs and the investors, experts and partners who can help scale their ventures. UpLink crowdsources new innovations through a competition framework known as innovation challenges. UpLink has now run more than 43 challenges and identified over 350 entrepreneurs with innovative solutions across critical SDG areas including health, food, freshwater, ocean, plastics, education, climate and more. For more information, visit https://uplink.weforum.org.  

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Entigrity Merges with MYCPE — Launches MYCPE ONE to Enhance Opportunities for India’s Accounting Workforce

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By expanding the current landscape of services, MYCPE ONE aims to create career opportunities for Indian talent while addressing the evolving needs of the accounting industry.

AHMEDABAD, India, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Entigrity, a global leader in outsourcing solutions, and MYCPE, a renowned provider of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) services, announced their merger to create MYCPE ONE.

This strategic merger goes beyond simply combining the services; it’s aimed at building an integrated ecosystem that delivers a comprehensive suite of solutions to CPAs and accounting firms. The unified suite of services will include Staffing, CPE, Learning & Development, Digital Marketing — all in one place.

This will significantly enhance career opportunities for Indian accounting professionals, by providing them with access to the global accounting industry and state-of-the-art learning resources. 

With this mission, MYCPE ONE is also committed to growing its presence in India. With the recent opening of offices in Udaipur and GIFT City, Gandhinagar, MYCPE ONE plans to scale operations across various delivery centres in India.

Today, MYCPE ONE has a team of 40+ delivery centres across 17 cities in India and one in Philippines. MYCPE ONE has partnered with state governments to establish delivery centres in Tier 2 and 3 cities. These initiatives are designed to provide Indian professionals with the opportunities they need to pave their career pathways, spanning from entry-level roles to senior positions. 

“This merger positions MYCPE ONE as a pivotal force in the industry, evolving from an outsourcing provider to a comprehensive tech and services leader for the accounting sector,” said Shawn Parikh, CEO and Co-founder of MYCPE ONE. “Through this merger, we are thrilled to provide Indian professionals with unmatched opportunities to advance their careers and gain valuable international exposure,” he added. 

“Our aim is to build a resilient business model that adapts to market dynamics and reinforces our standing in the global accounting space. By leveraging our deep expertise, we remain committed to serving the accounting sector,” said Valay Parikh, COO and Co-Founder of MYCPE ONE. 

About Entigrity 

Entigrity is a trusted provider of outsourcing solutions, partnering with over 1,000 CPAs and accounting firms & businesses across the U.S. and Canada. With delivery centres in 17 cities across India and one in the Philippines, we are further expanding our presence into additional Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India, as well as exploring growth opportunities in the Philippines, South Africa, and South America.

About MYCPE ONE 

MYCPE ONE is a comprehensive ecosystem designed to empower accounting firms and professionals with a unified suite of essential services. As a strategic platform, MYCPE ONE offers integrated solutions in outsourcing, education, training, marketing, advisory, and industry insights — all in one place.

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Patrick Ross 
Content and Media Manager 
MYCPE ONE 
Patrick@my-cpe.com
6468274348 

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transcosmos wins 2024 [Golden Headset] Excellent Outsourcing Services of the Year Top 10

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Recognized for outstanding digital service performance in the contact center industry

TOKYO, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — transcosmos inc. is proud to announce that the company received 2024 [Golden Headset] Annual Excellent Outsourcing Services of the Year Top 10 at the “CCMW 2024 Annual Conference & the 20th [Golden Headset] The Best Customer Center Award Ceremony” held in Beijing, China on October 15, 2024.

The Golden Headset Award is recognized as a leading performance indicator in the customer service center industry. Following the international evaluation standard CC-CMM (Capability Maturity Model)/DO-CMM, CCMW performed performance indicator analysis.

Started in 2005, this year marked the 20th anniversary of the [Golden Headset Award Digital Services and Operations Benchmarking Competition], a competition to determine China’s best customer center, organized by the prestigious institution in the Chinese contact center industry called Customer Care & Management World (CCMW). The Golden Headset Award is recognized as a leading performance indicator in the customer service center industry. Following the international evaluation standard CC-CMM (Capability Maturity Model)/DO-CMM, CCMW performed performance indicator analysis. After receiving applications, CCMW asked for experts’ nominations and went through a rigorous screening process that includes mystery calls, data gathering, benchmarking, on-site assessment, and assessment by a review committee. Ultimately, CCMW chose the award winners based on a comprehensive evaluation on all candidates including their outsourcing service capabilities as well as the number of workstations. Highly recognized for its proven record in contact center digital services, transcosmos was awarded the 2024 [Golden Headset] Annual Excellent Outsourcing Services of the Year Top 10.

As the internet and intelligence technologies continue to evolve, customer service centers are transforming into digital, intelligent and multifunctional contact centers, shifting from the traditional services via phones, emails, and online channels. Against this backdrop, transcosmos has developed “transCxLink,” its proprietary platform built on the company’s unique omnichannel contact centers. “transCxLink” not only creates a seamless process between companies, consumers, and customer service representatives by connecting all kinds of communication channels such as e-commerce platforms, social platforms, voice calls, and online chat, but also comes with abundant features including CRM, intelligent services, marketing systems, speech recognition, auto-reporting, and business insights. With all these features, “transCxLink” meets the needs of companies across all industries. In addition, with the power of large language models, “transCxLink” delivers auto-translation features, enabling businesses to provide multilingual AI-powered customer services without the need for bilingual customer service agents.

As business processes become increasingly complex and highly standardized in every industry, transcosmos enhances CX at every channel by transforming traditional contact centers into digital with the power of “transCxLink,” thereby evolving the centers to ones that reduce costs, boost productivity, and expand sales, generating value for clients.

Invited to the conference, Joseph Wong, VP of Global Business Development, transcosmos delivered speech on the theme of “How Chinese companies can unlock global business opportunities with its digital economy,” representing the company. In his speech, Joseph presented in-depth analysis on the rapid shift to intelligent services and solutions in the contact center and e-commerce industries, and encouraged Chinese local brands to aggressively develop international markets and find new routes for growth. Joseph also introduced transcosmos’s success cases in its global services, giving inspiration to many of the audience.

As a digital transformation partner for clients, transcosmos will drive its efforts for enhancing services in the BPO industry with its innovative solutions and service systems.

■transcosmos history in China
transcosmos entered the Chinese market and launched its offshore services business in 1995. In 2006, the company opened its first call center in Shanghai and started to provide call center services for the Chinese market. Today, transcosmos has its bases and subsidiaries across 24 cities in China including Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Hefei, Xi’an, Changsha, Wuhan, Neijiang, Kunshan, Zhengzhou, Rizhao, Suzhou, Taipei and more. The company offers extensive services such as business process outsourcing (BPO) including contact centers, e-commerce one-stop, customer experience, digital marketing, and system development for both Chinese and global brands.

transcosmos is a trademark or registered trademark of transcosmos inc. in Japan and other countries.Other company names and product or service names used here are trademarks or registered trademarks of respective companies.

About transcosmos inc.
transcosmos launched its operations in 1966. Since then, we have combined superior “people” with up-to-date “technology” to enhance the competitive strength of our clients by providing them with superior and valuable services. transcosmos currently offers services that support clients’ business processes focusing on both sales expansion and cost optimization through our 183 bases across 35 countries/regions with a focus on Asia, while continuously pursuing Operational Excellence. Furthermore, following the expansion of e-commerce market on the global scale, transcosmos provides a comprehensive One-Stop Global E-Commerce Services to deliver our clients’ excellent products and services to consumers in 46 countries/regions around the globe. transcosmos aims to be the “Global Digital Transformation Partner” of our clients, supporting the clients’ transformation by leveraging digital technology, responding to the ever-changing business environment. Visit us here https://www.trans-cosmos.co.jp/english/

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Nota AI® Partners with Alliance Traffic Systems for Strategic Middle East Expansion

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SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Nota AI, a leader in hardware-aware AI optimization and on-device AI solutions, has taken a significant step toward establishing its presence in the Middle East by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alliance Traffic Systems (ATS). This strategic partnership aims to bring Nota AI’s cutting-edge Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) solutions to the region, aligning with its broader vision of expanding technological impact across the Middle East.

 

Alliance Traffic Systems, a key player in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, holds particular influence in the UAE’s traffic enforcement infrastructure sector. Since 2008, ATS has managed major traffic projects in Abu Dhabi Emirate, solidifying its role as a leader in providing total traffic management solutions. This extensive track record makes ATS an invaluable partner as Nota AI launches into the Middle Eastern market. Leveraging ATS’s established network, Nota AI will initiate a Proof of Concept (PoC) project with Dubai‘s Road and Transport Authority (RTA), deploying its generative AI and Vision Language Model (VLM)-based ITS solutions. This project will demonstrate Nota AI’s on-device AI capabilities, setting the stage for solutions to urban mobility challenges across the Middle East.

The PoC project’s core ITS solution integrates Vision Language Model (VLM) and multimodal capabilities to process diverse data sources, enabling precise traffic analysis. Powered by Nota AI’s optimized on-device AI technology, this advanced traffic analysis solution can be deployed efficiently across various traffic-related devices, promising substantial improvements in traffic management and bringing meaningful changes to regional conditions in the Middle East.

Myungsu Chae, CEO of Nota AI, remarked, “This PoC project offers a unique opportunity to validate our VLM-based on-device AI solution, delivering real-time traffic analysis in the Middle East. It marks an important milestone in showcasing our global technological and business potential.” Mohammad Al Abbadi, CEO of ATS, added, “This MoU aims to leverage Nota AI’s on-device AI technology to reduce traffic congestion across the Middle East, offering a cost-effective solution for road management.”

Nota AI’s steady expansion in the Middle East has included recent participation in high-profile events such as Expand North Star 2024 and the ITS World Congress 2024. With its strategic partnership with ATS, Nota AI has secured a strong entry point into the Middle Eastern market, drawing on ATS’s extensive expertise in traffic management and infrastructure. This collaboration allows Nota AI to deliver tailored solutions that address the region’s unique transportation needs. Furthermore, through ATS’s established networks with key authorities in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Nota AI is well-positioned to extend its reach across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, laying the foundation for sustainable, long-term growth.

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