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MoneySmart Celebrates 15 Years of Empowering Consumers Through Smarter Financial Choices

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — MoneySmart Group, Southeast Asia’s leading personal finance group, is proud to celebrate 15 years of empowering individuals and families to make smarter financial decisions through its flagship brand, MoneySmart. Since its founding in 2009, MoneySmart has evolved from a simple loan comparison site into a trusted and comprehensive financial marketplace and content hub, helping millions of users navigate complex financial decisions with clarity and confidence.

Originally launched in Singapore (moneysmart.sg), and later expanding into Hong Kong SAR in 2017 (moneysmart.hk), the MoneySmart brand has been central to MoneySmart Group’s evolution, laying the foundation for the broader group business. Since then, over the last two years, MoneySmart has attracted over 60 million visits to its platform and facilitated more than 750,000 transactions, spanning a diverse range of financial products such as credit cards, loans and insurance.

Building on years of consumer insights gained through MoneySmart, the Group expanded into the insurance space in 2022 with the launch of Bubblegum, a digital-first insurtech brand. Bubblegum reflects the Group’s ongoing mission to provide not only expert advice and comparison tools, but also to push the boundaries to create financial products designed with the needs and preferences of today’s consumers. As part of the Group’s broader achievements, the launch of Bubblegum highlights MoneySmart Group’s continued commitment to shaping the future of personal finance across Singapore and Hong Kong SAR.

15 Years of Growth and Innovation

Vinod Nair, Founder and CEO, MoneySmart Group said, “Reaching our 15th anniversary is a significant milestone that speaks to the trust our customers, partners, employees and investors have placed in us. It’s a reminder of how far we have come from our early days. We started in 2009 with a dream to simplify the confusing world of personal finance and empower people to take charge of their financial futures as the first financial aggregator in the region. We’ve made great strides in bringing that to life but there’s so much more ahead.”

“Our approach has always been to stay focused on creating real value and driving long-term impact and growth. As we look to the future, we’re more determined than ever to push the boundaries of how financial products, knowledge and advice converge to guide consumers confidently,” said Nair.

Key Milestones Over the Past 15 Years

Expansion and Reach:

Grown from a small startup to a regional leader with a team size of over 140 across Singapore, Hong Kong SAR and remotely. This growth has been instrumental in supporting the Group’s ambitions to scale operations efficiently and effectively, and serve customers better.Achieved a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 34% in revenue from 2018 to 2023, demonstrating steady, long-term growth across the Group’s portfolio of brands.Attracted over 60 million visits to the MoneySmart platform in the last two years alone, establishing its position as one of the region’s most trusted personal finance platforms.Facilitated more than 750,000 transactions across credit cards, loans, insurance and investment products on MoneySmart Singapore and Hong Kong in the past two years. This milestone reflects the Group’s ability to provide high-value customer engagement across the financial ecosystem.Launched Bubblegum in 2022 which now covers travel, car and personal accident insurance. Bubblegum leverages MoneySmart’s extensive experience in understanding what consumers want and need to deliver desirable and value driven products and digital experience.

Customer Impact:

Launched SmartRewards on MoneySmart in 2023, providing members with flexibility and choice in how they are rewarded. The programme, which now features over 70 partner merchants, has processed more than 100 million points to date, offering members access to an ever-growing range of rewards from leading brands like Apple, Sony and Amazon. By putting the power of choice in the hands of customers, we’ve created a rewarding experience that aligns with their personal goals and preferences.Rolled out personalised recommendations in 2023, helping over 70,000 MoneySmart users across Singapore and Hong Kong SAR to date find the right credit cards, insurance and loan products tailored to their specific needs. By tailoring suggestions to individual needs, lifestyles and financial goals, we’ve made it easier for customers to discover relevant products and make confident and informed decisions.Published more than 5,000 articles across our moneysmart.sg and moneysmart.hk content platforms, building one of the most comprehensive financial knowledge hubs in the region. From budgeting tips to in-depth financial product comparisons, we’ve guided millions of consumers through complex financial decisions, helping them gain clarity and control over their financial futures.Achieved a Google Review rating of 4.4 in Singapore and 4.3 in Hong Kong SAR for MoneySmart, and a Trustpilot rating of 4.4 and Google Review rating of 4.3 for Bubblegum in 2024. These ratings reflect our ongoing commitment to delivering high levels of customer satisfaction across both markets and brands.

Partnerships and Collaborations:

Built strong relationships with over 120 financial institutions across banking, insurance and investment sectors. These partnerships enable the MoneySmart marketplace to feature a comprehensive range of products, solidifying the Group’s position as a trusted intermediary in the personal finance ecosystem.Played a pivotal role in driving customer acquisition for financial institutions by providing them with a platform to connect with consumers searching for personal finance products.

Positioning for the Future

Raymond Ong, Chief Financial Officer, MoneySmart Group added, “Our financial discipline and focus on operational excellence have been the backbone of our success over the years, allowing us to adapt and thrive in a competitive market. By managing resources wisely and staying committed to efficiency, we’ve created sustainable value for our stakeholders. As we continue to grow, we’re excited to explore new opportunities that will strengthen our position and continue empowering consumers with confidence and clarity to achieve their financial goals.”

About MoneySmart Group

MoneySmart Group is a leading personal finance group in Southeast Asia, encompassing two dynamic brands: MoneySmart and Bubblegum. Bringing together these brands to offer a comprehensive range of financial products, knowledge and advice, MoneySmart Group is dedicated to empowering consumers with clarity, confidence and control over their financial future.

MoneySmart serves as a financial marketplace and content platform for consumers to make informed decisions across a variety of banking, insurance and investment products. We do the hard work of compiling the information and sharing advice to make it easy for you to understand, compare and choose the best personal finance products for you. Our SmartRewards programme also enables customers to earn points on transactions that can be redeemed for rewards.

Under our Bubblegum brand, we create desirable insurance products and experiences, aiming to become the leading digital insurtech brand of the future.

For more information, please visit www.moneysmart.com.

For media enquiries, please contact:

Jasmine Hong
Communications Manager, MoneySmart Group
jasmine.hong@moneysmart.com

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SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE ‘GOURMET AI’ OVEN NAMED A 2024 TIME BEST INVENTION

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Luxury Brand Recognized in Household Category for Leading-Edge Technology and Design

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Oct. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — AI-enabled cooking technology from Signature Kitchen Suite, the luxury kitchen appliance brand recognized for innovation in built-in appliances, has been named to the annual TIME’s Best Inventions list, honoring 200 groundbreaking innovations transforming the way we live.

Signature Kitchen Suite’s 30-inch Transitional Series Combi Wall Oven stands out in the Household category for its advanced technology and design functionality. The oven redefines home cooking with its advanced Gourmet AI™ technology, offering intelligent recipe suggestions and cooking guidance through the LG ThinQ® app. Equipped with a built-in HD camera, it allows users to monitor and share their cooking in real-time and even create time-lapse videos for an interactive cooking experience.

Beyond its AI capabilities, the oven is equipped with versatile cooking features such as a steam-combi convection, steam sous vide and even air frying to eliminate the need for multiple countertop appliances. The Transitional Series comes in a Satin Stainless Steel finish with sleek, modern handles to align with trending contemporary kitchen designs.

TIME’s editors describe the 2024 list as a showcase of “200 groundbreaking inventions (and 50 special mentions) that are changing how we live, work, play, and think about what’s possible,” inventions such as the world’s largest computer chip to a bioluminescent houseplant.

This year, the TIME Best Inventions list was compiled from global nominations by editors, correspondents, and an online application process, evaluating each invention on originality, efficacy, ambition and impact, with a focus on emerging sectors like health care, AI and green energy.

For more information on Signature Kitchen Suite’s full portfolio of award-winning built-in luxury kitchen appliances, visit www.signaturekitchensuite.com.

About Signature Kitchen Suite
Signature Kitchen Suite delivers innovation in the luxury built-in kitchen appliance market with leading-edge technology that provides more flexibility to prepare food in the best possible way, demonstrating respect for the food at every level. The luxury brand from global home appliance leader LG Electronics, Signature Kitchen Suite is embracing a new generation of forward-thinking Technicurean™ cooks, combining their passion for food with their appreciation for innovation. From the first-of-its-kind built-in sous vide range to the industry’s first built-in French Door refrigerator with a convertible middle drawer, Signature Kitchen Suite’s versatile and high-performance appliances deliver the ultimate precision cooking experience. Visit www.signaturekitchensuite.com or follow the brand on social channels @SKSappliances. 

Media Contacts: 

Signature Kitchen Suite 

John I. Taylor 
john.taylor@lge.com
+1 201 816 2166 

Grace Hong
grace.hong@lg-one.com
+1 909 908 0327 

 

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Project Liberty to convene global leaders at inaugural Summit on the Future of the Internet, with POLITICO and The Onion as exclusive media partners

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As the nation transitions into a new presidential administration following the U.S. elections, Project Liberty will bring together top leaders to lay out a concrete technology and policy blueprint for fixing the internet over the next four years.

 POLITICO will serve as a media partner to examine how government, the private sector, and civil society can work together to put people back in control of their digital lives. The Onion, America’s Finest News Source, will present a one-of-a-kind banquet that promises to solve the internet, through dinner.

Confirmed speakers during the two-day program include multidisciplinary media personalities, elected officials, technologists, and activists, as well as notable members of civil society such as Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joseph Lubin, Katherine Maher, Jaron Lanier, Ro Khanna, and Nancy Mace

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On November 21-22, Project Liberty–a non-partisan organization founded by civic entrepreneur Frank McCourt to enable people to take back control of their digital lives by reclaiming a voice, choice, and stake in a better internet–will host its first-ever Summit on the Future of the Internet in Washington, D.C. The first day’s programming will be hosted by Project Liberty Institute at Georgetown University’s newly inaugurated McCourt School of Public Policy just steps from the U.S. Capitol.

The Summit will bring together leaders from the highest levels of technology, policy, finance, and civil society to chart the future of the internet. Additionally, they will explore new legal, technical, and economic models to support a digital future built on the foundations of transparency, opportunity, and accountability.

The Summit will feature a series of panel discussions, fireside chats, roundtables, and keynote remarks focused on three key tracks–technology, economy, and democracy:

Building better technology infrastructure that empowers people with control over their data, social graphs, and content; simplifies and streamlines the user experience; ensures stronger data security; and protects our democracy and our most vulnerable citizens–young people–online.

Leveraging the economic opportunities of the web by identifying the failings of our current system and aligning on opportunities for new value creation, transparent algorithms, data portability, and interoperability tools that help empower creators and communities, guided in part by the findings of Project Liberty Institute’s recently established Fair Data Economy Task Force.

Defining and shaping a policy blueprint for the next administration to better align tech and economics with our nation’s democratic values.

The two-day program will be emceed by futurist Sinead Bovell and Tomicah Tillemann, President of Project Liberty, and will feature more than 50 speakers, including: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Actor, Director, and Entrepreneur; Joseph Lubin, Founder, ConsenSys; Katherine Maher, CEO & President, National Public Radio (NPR); Ro Khanna, United States House Representative for the 17th District of California; Nancy Mace, United States House Representative for the 1st District of South Carolina; Zach Justice, Social Media Content Creator; Jaron Lanier, Office of the Chief Technical Officer Prime Unifying Scientist, Microsoft; Vint Cerf, VP & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google; Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global Policy, Circle; Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications; Zia Khan, Chief Innovation Officer, The Rockefeller Foundation; Raffi Krakorian, Chief Technology Officer & Managing Director, Emerson Collective; Kevin Mayer, Former CEO of TikTok; Dan Porterfield, President & CEO, Aspen Institute; Mark Surman, President, Mozilla; Audrey Tang, Cyber Ambassador-at-Large & Former Minister of Digital Affairs, Taiwan; and many more.

“This Summit reflects the growing consensus that it’s time to upgrade the internet to protect people’s digital rights; foster a safe environment for children, families, and democracy; and create broader access to the economic value each of us generates online,” said Frank McCourt, Founder of Project Liberty. “It has been five decades since the birth of the internet. Big Tech’s business model built on using personal data to extract value and manipulate behavior has run its course. That’s why Project Liberty is building technology and a movement to tackle this challenge. And why we need to deliver solutions before AI further exacerbates what we all know is a broken model.”

Throughout the two-day summit program, POLITICO will serve as the exclusive media partner for the Summit for the Future of the Internet, lending its award-winning thought leadership and editorial expertise to helm several conversations with the brightest minds leading the charge for meaningful changes to our digital infrastructure. Further, The Onion–America’s Finest News Source–will bring a one-of-a-kind satirical experience to the Summit’s opening dinner.

“POLITICO provides critical analysis and context around the most important issues we face,” said Goli Sheikholeslami, CEO of POLITICO Media Group. “At such a pivotal moment, we are thrilled to convene the crucial conversations on the policies that will shape our digital future and the world.”

“The Onion is honored to join this event that aims to provide better answers for protecting our liberties, our children, and our democracy on the internet,” said Ben Collins, CEO of The Onion. “It is our journalistic imperative to loudly and uniformly reject those ideals in the spirit of hearing both sides, while subtly implying the only responsible solution is to step on the throats of the poor and infirm.”

The Summit will kick off on Thursday, November 21, at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and continues through Friday, November 22. A full itinerary and event details are available on the Summit of the Future of the Internet’s website. Participation is by invitation only.

Project Liberty’s Summit is set to define the future of the internet. Apply for press credentials by contacting Anna Feagan at press@projectliberty.io to cover these crucial conversations and join the leaders driving change. Additionally, for those who are unable to attend in person, select mainstage sessions will be available via a live stream on politico.com.

ABOUT PROJECT LIBERTY

Project Liberty is leading the movement to give people back control of their lives in the digital age by ensuring they have a voice, choice, and stake in a better internet. Started in 2019 and publicly launched in 2021 by civic entrepreneur Frank McCourt and supported by a $500-million commitment, Project Liberty includes the work of the Project Liberty Institute—a 501(c)(3) with an international partner network that includes Georgetown University, Stanford University, ETH in Zurich, and other leading academic institutions and civic organizations—and a technological team that is focused on developing the next generation of digital infrastructure. Project Liberty’s activities include the release of the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP), which is stewarded by the Institute and available as a public utility to serve as the bedrock of a more equitable web and support a new era of innovation that empowers people over platforms and serves the common good.

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ALZpath Proprietary pTau217 Antibody Named to TIME’S List of the Best Inventions of 2024

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CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ALZpath, Inc., a leading developer of innovative diagnostic tools and solutions for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, today announced that it has been honored in TIME’s annual Best Inventions list, which features 200 extraordinary innovations changing our lives. The ALZpath proprietary pTau 217 antibody was recognized in the medical care category for its ability to accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s disease.

The ALZpath proprietary antibody, used in blood-based assays, has displayed high diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and reliability in detecting very minute concentrations of phosphorylated tau (pTau217), a key biomarker for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages, before symptoms appear, and to track its progression over time.

“ALZpath is democratizing access through accessible blood tests for the 139 million people projected to have Alzheimer’s disease by 2050,” said Chad Holland, CEO of ALZpath. “With strategic partnerships, ALZpath’s antibody can be used in a variety of highly sensitive instruments for clinical and research blood assays and is integrated into the most widely available testing platforms.”

To compile this year’s list, TIME solicited nominations from TIME editors and correspondents around the world, and through an online application process, paying special attention to growing fields—such as health care, AI, and green energy. TIME then evaluated each contender on a number of key factors, including originality, efficacy, ambition, and impact.

Of the new list, TIME’s editors write: “The result is a list of 200 groundbreaking inventions (and 50 special mention inventions)—including the world’s largest computer chip, a humanoid robot joining the workforce, and a bioluminescent houseplant—that are changing how we live, work, play, and think about what’s possible.”

See the full list here: time.com/best-inventions-2024

About ALZpath

ALZpath is a leading developer of innovative diagnostic tools and solutions for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The novel ALZpath pTau217 antibody, integral to the most advanced, widely available blood-based tests to detect Alzheimer’s disease, is transforming its diagnosis and treatment monitoring, providing accurate and accessible tools for researchers and healthcare professionals worldwide. To help millions of patients in need, ALZpath democratizes access to its proprietary robust antibody, which is used by researchers, clinicians, and industry partners around the world to accelerate the discovery of new treatments and improve patient care.

To learn more about the company, please visit https://alzpath.bio/ and follow us on LinkedIn.

ALZpath Media Contact:

Nechama Rosengarten
FINN Partners
nechama.rosengarten@finnpartners.com

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