RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Saudi Arabia’s mining sector has achieved an unprecedented global milestone, jumping from 104th place in 2013 to 23rd in 2024 in the Fraser Institute’s Mining Investment Attractiveness Index, according to the Institute’s 2024 Annual Survey of Mining Companies. The Kingdom surpassed mining jurisdictions in prominent destinations across Asia and Latin America.

King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh

The Kingdom also made notable progress in the Policy Perception Index (PPI), rising from 82nd globally in 2013 to 20th in 2024, reflecting growing international confidence in its stable regulatory environment.

The Mineral Potential Index (MPI) also saw an unprecedented leap, moving from 58th in 2013 to 24th in 2024, highlighting the scale of the Kingdom’s vast and untapped mineral wealth—supported by ongoing geological surveys, new discoveries, and widely attended mining licensing rounds.

“This outstanding performance reflects the structural transformation and holistic efforts being driven across the mining and mineral sector under Vision 2030,” said His Excellency Eng. Khalid Al-Mudaifer, Vice Minister for Mining Affairs.

“Our focus remains on maximizing the economic value of our mineral resources, creating jobs for citizens, and localizing supply chains. Mining is no longer a traditional sector; rather, it has become a key driver of industrial and economic growth, and we are committed to building on this momentum to ensure sustainable success,” Al-Mudaifer added.

The noted that the Kingdom’s success was driven by broad regulatory transformations covering security of tenure, taxation, environmental legislation, infrastructure, and community engagement. These efforts enabled Saudi Arabia to enter the top quartile of the index for the first time.

According to the Fraser Institute report, the Kingdom achieved exceptional improvements in key indicators between 2013 and 2024, including:

• 305.8% improvement in the clarity and effectiveness of mining administration, from 17% in 2013 to 69% in 2024, ranking 11th globally.
• 82.2% improvement in clarity of land use for mining activities, from 45% in 2013 to 82% in 2024, ranking 7th globally.
• 102.2% improvement in labor regulations, from 45% in 2013 to 91% in 2024.
• 81.8% improvement in the quality of geological databases, from 33% in 2013 to 60% in 2024.

The report praised the Kingdom’s stable regulatory environment and ambitious reforms, which have strengthened international investor confidence and solidified Saudi Arabia’s status as a world-class mining investment destination—fully aligned with Vision 2030’s goal of diversifying the economy and developing strategic sectors. 

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The 19th China Brand Festival has been successfully held in Shenzhen from August 7–11, 2025. This year’s theme is “AI and Global Expansion.” A total of 10,000 guests have been gathered in the city of innovation to participate in parallel forums, the Brand Expo, the Entrepreneurs’ Sports Games, Brand Leaders Face-to-Face sessions, and other events. More than 2,000 people attended the opening ceremony.

During the event, the TopBrand Union released the TopBrand 2025 “Top 500 Global Brands list”, now in its fourth year. Microsoft ranked first with a brand value of USD 1,062.505 billion, followed by NVIDIA in second place with USD 1,046.760 billion, and Apple in third with USD 997.685 billion. Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Saudi Aramco, Walmart, Meta (Facebook), Berkshire Hathaway, and Broadcom ranked fourth to tenth, respectively. PetroChina ranked 14th, making it the highest-valued Chinese brand.

Dr. Wang Yong, Chairman of TopBrand Union and President of the China Brand Festival, noted that in the recently released “Fortune 2025 Global 500 list”, China had 130 companies on the list, just eight fewer than the United States. However, in this TopBrand 2025 “Top 500 Global Brands” ranking, the number of Chinese companies is less than half that of the United States. This shows there is still a significant gap between the brand influence of Chinese companies and their economic strength, and much work remains to be done.

CHICAGO, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cision, a global leader in consumer and media intelligence, today announced that CisionOne has been named “Best Media Monitoring Solution” for the second year running by MarTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the most innovative companies in marketing, sales, and advertising technology.

CisionOne has been named “Best Media Monitoring Solution” at the 2025 MarTech Breakthrough Awards for the second year in a row.

Powered by cutting-edge AI, real-time data processing, and automation, CisionOne is redefining media monitoring—equipping communications teams with the insights they need to act faster, respond smarter, and lead with confidence. Far beyond basic mention tracking, CisionOne functions as an intelligent assistant that surfaces critical insights the moment they happen—turning overwhelming media noise into clear, actionable intelligence.

“Standing out among thousands of nominations is no small feat, and we’re proud to see CisionOne recognized again by MarTech Breakthrough,” said Jim Daxner, Chief Product Officer at Cision. “This back-to-back win is a testament to the thoughtful ways we’re applying AI—building tools that help PR professionals stay ahead, not just keep up. Whether it’s real-time alerts, personalized journalist outreach, or intelligent sentiment analysis, CisionOne gives communicators the edge they need in today’s high-speed media landscape.”

CisionOne’s award-winning capabilities include:

• Smarter, AI Powered Monitoring: Real-time mention streams track brand, competitor, and industry coverage the moment it breaks—paired with Cision’s proprietary React Score to detect potentially harmful stories before they escalate.
• Faster, More Actionable Insights: Instant Insights and AI-generated coverage summaries make it easy to spot trends, filter out the noise, and visualize impact in customizable dashboards—helping teams work more effectively than ever before.
• Deeper Intelligence Across Channels: Unified, omnichannel coverage brings together earned and social media in one place for a complete view of the media landscape.
• Integrated PR Workflow Efficiency: CisionOne goes beyond monitoring to support the full PR workflow—helping teams build smarter search queries, draft personalized journalist pitches, and execute targeted outreach with greater precision and speed.

“CisionOne isn’t just keeping pace with the modern media landscape—it’s setting the pace,” said Steve Johansson, Managing Director at MarTech Breakthrough. “As news breaks faster and spreads further than ever before, CisionOne stands out for giving PR professionals the speed, clarity, and strategic foresight they need to act decisively. It’s exactly the kind of breakthrough innovation we’re proud to celebrate.”

Now in its eighth year, the MarTech Breakthrough Awards honor the top companies, technologies, and products in the global marketing technology industry. The 2025 program attracted thousands of nominations from over 15 countries, reflecting the industry’s growing demand for innovative, AI-driven solutions.

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About Cision 

Cision is the global leader in consumer and media intelligence, engagement, and communication solutions. We equip PR and corporate communications, marketing, and social media professionals with the tools they need to excel in today’s data driven world. Our deep expertise, exclusive data partnerships, and award-winning products, including CisionOne, Brandwatch, and PR Newswire, enable over 75,000 companies and organizations, including 84% of the Fortune 500, to see and be seen, understand and be understood by the audiences that matter most to them.

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BOSTON, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — TraceLink, the largest end-to-end digital network platform for intelligent orchestration of the life sciences and healthcare supply chain, today announced significant new platform enhancements to drive supply chain transformation with its Orchestration Platform for Universal Solutions (OPUS). The new capabilities are designed to empower supply chain, finance, commercial, and IT leaders to master today’s supply chain complexities and prepare for an agentic-first future.

The platform and product releases—spanning OPUS, Multienterprise Information Network Tower (MINT), Process Orchestration for Empowered Teams (POET), and Serialized Product Intelligence (SPI)—each play a distinct role in enabling transformation:

• OPUS: Enables the design, deployment, and scaling of orchestration solutions across the supply chain, driving process consistency and automation.
• MINT: Links partners and automates multienterprise supply chain transactions, eliminating silos and improving real-time collaboration.
• POET: Empowers cross-functional teams to execute shared workflows with greater speed, visibility, and accountability.
• SPI: Ensures data accuracy and real-time visibility into serialized product events, reducing compliance risk and improving inventory decisions.

Individually, they drive change. Together, they empower companies to digitalize and orchestrate critical business processes end-to-end, slashing operational costs, ensuring seamless regulatory compliance, and unlocking new commercial opportunities through new market and customer network expansion.

“Our mission is to build the digital foundation for the intelligent and agentic supply chains of the future,” said Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO of TraceLink. “These OPUS platform enhancements, developed in close collaboration with hundreds of our customers, are a massive step forward. We are delivering the orchestration tools our customers need to win today, while simultaneously laying the groundwork for agentic AI to intelligently sense, respond, and adapt to supply chain dynamics in real time. This is how true productivity, agility, and next-level performance will be achieved.”

Deepening the Foundation for Supply Chain Transformation
In today’s volatile business environment, siloed data and disjointed partners fuel inefficiencies, stockouts, delayed revenue, and compliance risks. TraceLink addresses these challenges at the root with its unique B2N Integrate-Once™ model, enabling companies of any size or digital maturity to collaborate on a shared digital network. Building on this foundation, the latest platform enhancements deliver powerful new capabilities—each offering targeted innovations, yet designed to work in concert across the OPUS platform to maximize value.

Orchestration Platform for Universal Solutions (OPUS)

• Launch of OPUS Link Lab, a free innovation lab and testing environment for no-code solutions built on OPUS that dramatically accelerates time-to-value for solution partners solving unique business process challenges. Simulate multienterprise workflows, test data flows across partner networks, validate orchestration logic in a secure design environment, and add new orchestration solutions to the OPUS Marketplace catalog for use by customers and their trading partners.
• Enhanced OPUS Reports and Dashboards with deeper drill-down capabilities and support for multiple child object handling in report development.

Multienterprise Information Network Tower (MINT)

• Expanded End-to-End Process Coverage: MINT now orchestrates a wider range of critical transaction types across the value chain:
  • Commerce: New capabilities for chargeback reconciliation to reduce revenue leakage and enhanced collaboration on demand forecasts to improve product availability.
  • External Manufacturing: Deeper integration with contract partners through new transactions for planned orders, process orders, and batch closure, improving production visibility and control.
  • Logistics and Transportation: New transactions for logistics planning and transportation status, including article master data, carrier shipment status, routing, and carrier information to streamline and track shipments with partners.
• Accelerated Insights: Addition of over 20 predefined reports and dashboards to provide immediate, actionable intelligence across order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and inventory management processes.
• Improved Operational Flexibility: New capabilities to download exchanged files via UI and exchange transactions as email attachments improve agility for customers and trading partners participating in orchestration networks.

Process Orchestration for Empowered Teams (POET)

• Launch of POET for DSCSA Compliance Exceptions: The industry’s only solution for structured, automated, and collaborative resolution of DSCSA exceptions among teams distributed across different enterprises. The solution digitalizes the HDA Exceptions Guideline process, including the ability to auto-create exceptions identified by TraceLink’s Serialized Operations Manager (SOM) solution and initiate email transactions between trading partners following the Guideline standards, enabling trading partners to resolve issues like verification failures or missing EPCIS data up to 80% faster, protecting revenue and ensuring compliance.

Serialized Product Intelligence (SPI)

• Enhanced Inventory Reconciliation: Additional data fields added to the reconcile lots and serial number events reports help ensure accuracy between physical inventory and serialized data.
• Increased Real-Time Inventory Visibility: Reports now include available quantity data to help avoid using decommissioned or non-saleable products.

While each solution delivers powerful new capabilities on its own, their true strength lies in how they work together—each one amplifying the value of the others.

Real-World Results: How Customers Are Transforming with TraceLink
TraceLink customers are achieving transformative results by harnessing the power of end-to-end supply chain solutions that work seamlessly together:

• A leading U.S.-based healthcare system with over $500 million in annual pharmacy spend is targeting millions in savings through full procure-to-pay digitalization.
• A leading European pharmaceutical company is working to reduce stockout-related losses by over 50%, improving product availability and patient service levels.
• A leading European CMO/CPO established a single integration linking 100% of its MAH customers, working to improve OTIF and production visibility.

TraceLink will showcase these innovations and specific scenarios of transformation of supply chain performance at upcoming events, including the Life Sciences & Healthcare Leaders Seminar: Maximizing Revenue and Service Using Digital Commerce Networks in New Jersey (September 2025), and at FutureLink Barcelona (October 2025) where TraceLink will unveil early innovations around agentic orchestration.

To explore the full scope of TraceLink’s platform and product innovations and see how these capabilities are driving real-world transformation, please visit www.tracelink.com.

About TraceLink
TraceLink Inc. is the largest end-to-end intelligent supply chain platform for life sciences and healthcare, enabling end-to-end orchestration by connecting more than 291,000 healthcare and life sciences entities through its B2N Integrate-Once™ network. Leading businesses trust TraceLink to deliver complete global connectivity, visibility, and traceability of healthcare products, ensuring that every patient gets the medicines they need when needed, safely and securely.

– Consolidated Q2 2025 revenue of KRW 668 billion (USD 493 million*); 
net profit of KRW 57 billion (USD 42 million*)
– Growth driven by strong engagement from scaled user base and 
rapid expansion of business customers

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Toss today announced that it recorded a consolidated revenue of KRW 668 billion (USD 493 million*) for the second quarter of 2025, a 41% year-over-year increase (constant currency basis). Operating profit reached KRW 84 billion (USD 62 million*), and consolidated net profit came in at KRW 57 billion (USD 42 million*), continuing the company’s margin expansion since achieving its first full-year net profitability in 2024.

The Toss ecosystem brings together the Toss SuperApp – which distributes services such as advertising, trading, e-commerce, and financial marketplace to its users – and the payments network – which powers the entire platform by spanning mobile, online, and offline payments. The Toss ecosystem operates as one unified platform offering users and business customers the best-in-class experience whether they are managing their financial lives on the SuperApp or discovering an engaged user base to sell products to. 

Toss’ user base grows consistently, now reaching over 60% of the Korean population across all demographics. The company currently has over 30 million users registered on the Toss app, about 25 million of whom are monthly active. The engagement level of each of those users is improving over time, mainly due to the platform advantage Toss gets from having best-in-class products all housed under one SuperApp. Users will open the Toss app to trade stocks, transfer money, apply for loans and more – essentially using the app as the go-to destination to manage their finances. At the forefront of digital finance innovation, Toss continues to launch transformative products in a user-centric approach.

Toss’ dedication to business customers has been instrumental to its strong financial results over the past quarters. Leveraging Toss’ unified fintech platform and frontier technology, the company continues to accelerate financial growth by transforming its business customers’ opportunities and experiences. Toss empowers these business customers with an innovative technology stack that drives efficient growth and provides access to one of the nation’s largest and deeply-engaged customers. Toss continues to accumulate a wide range of business customers across advertisers, e-commerce sellers, financial institutions, and merchants. Supporting business customers comprehensively continues to be a key focus area for Toss.

Net profit growth was underpinned by both higher platform-wide revenue and improved unit economics across the Toss ecosystem. Despite meaningful investments into key growth initiatives such as a firm-wide AI initiatives and deeper ML engines, new product launches, and global expansion, Toss continues to remain highly profitable while growing at scale. 

A Toss spokesperson commented: “Our strong financial results are a collective outcome of operating as one unified platform, with a shared strategic vision across the Toss ecosystem. Through our unified financial SuperApp powered by an integrated payments network that operates across mobile, online and offline, we have strengthened our position as the nation’s financial control center, delivering value to both users and businesses. The continued profitability in our core businesses, rapid expansion of our business customer base, and company-wide efficiency gains reflect the strength of our ecosystem-driven strategy.” 

* All figures converted using USD/KRW of 1,353.75 ended 30 June 2025, per Bloomberg

About Toss

Toss is South Korea’s leading unified fintech platform, which includes the Toss SuperApp and a nation-wide payments network, dedicated to helping individuals manage their financial lives seamlessly in one place, and businesses connect with a rich and engaged user base. 

Founded in 2015 with the vision of transforming finance into a more accessible, personalized, and secure experience, Toss now serves nearly 30 million users with a comprehensive suite of services, including money transfer, payments, banking, stock trading, credit score management and tax services, all within a single, seamless app. 

Expanding beyond finance, Toss also offers services in retail, mobility, and telecommunications, solidifying its role as a true SuperApp that supports customers in every aspect of their daily lives.

PANAMA CITY, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — HTX, a leading global crypto exchange, is doubling down on asset quality over hype. The exchange’s latest listings have posted standout performances, with $TREE (Treehouse) surging sixfold on its July 29 debut, drawing strong community buzz.

On August 7, Jasper, Head of Assets at HTX, joined the third “Real Talk with HTX Executives” livestream to field questions from its community, X (formerly Twitter) users, and HTX DAO committee members. The session provided an in-depth look at the exchange’s asset-screening framework and the key indicators used to identify long-term bullish assets.

Rigorous Screening to Capture Long-Term Winners

To identify promising projects early, HTX has built a multi-layered evaluation system.

Jasper explained that for projects already listed on other exchanges, HTX tracks their ongoing development before considering a listing. For pre-token projects, the review process incorporates on-chain metrics such as holdings allocation, on-chain activity, smart contract audits for vulnerabilities or backdoors, and the reasonableness of valuation, ensuring both potential and security.

“HTX tracks potential issuers for up to a year in advance,” Jasper said. “Each goes through two to three deep-dive evaluations covering team background, investors, sector fundamentals, AML/KYC compliance, contract security, operational progress, traffic metrics, product overview, community traction, social sentiment, tokenomics, assets distribution, and the authenticity of on-chain data. We also rely on platforms like RootData, Glassnode, and CertiK to verify data integrity and contract safety.”

To be truly promising, Jasper stated, an asset must address a fundamental demand of its sector. Protocols such as AAVE, UNI, LINK, and TRX, deeply embedded in DeFi and infrastructure, can truly serve industrial needs, generate stable cash flow, and have long-term viability. By contrast, projects built on inflated concepts, fabricated data, or manufactured hype are quickly flagged and eliminated.

This disciplined approach ensures the exchange captures over 90% of its target opportunities. HTX is willing to pass on even the hottest trends, such as PUMP tokens, if valuation and market fundamentals don’t align. “This year alone, we’ve successfully sidestepped at least three high-profile projects that subsequently failed, underscoring the reliability of our framework,” Jasper noted.

New Initiatives to Boost Transparency & Community Engagement

To strengthen community engagement and improve investment transparency, HTX is experimenting with asset watchlists and trading pilot zones.

Jasper explained that the HTX DAO’s crypto recommendations and voting essentially act as a watch list, enabling community members to nominate and evaluate potential listings. This serves as a valuable complement to the official vetting process. Additionally, HTX launched an Innovation Zone in the second quarter of this year, specifically designed for early-stage projects or meme coins with higher uncertainty and volatility. The main crypto zone remains dedicated to more mature and high-quality assets. The structure gives users a clearer way to balance risk appetite with opportunity.

Jasper stressed that no exchange, not even market leaders like Binance or Upbit, can guarantee every listing will outperform.

“The market is a zero-sum arena. Exchanges provide liquidity and charge reasonable fees for facilitation, but don’t dictate price action. Crypto performance depends on a complex mix of factors, including project ability, market-making strategies, tokenomics, sentiment, community traction, macro trends, and valuation. Investors must do their own homework, stay rational, and take responsibility for their own trades.”

About HTX

Founded in 2013, HTX (formerly Huobi) has evolved from a virtual asset exchange into a comprehensive ecosystem of blockchain businesses that span digital asset trading, financial derivatives, research, investments, incubation, and other businesses.

As a world-leading gateway to Web3, HTX harbors global capabilities that enable it to provide users with safe and reliable services. Adhering to the growth strategy of “Global Expansion, Thriving Ecosystem, Wealth Effect, Security & Compliance,” HTX is dedicated to providing quality services and values to virtual asset enthusiasts worldwide.

To learn more about HTX, please visit https://www.htx.com/ or HTX Square, and follow HTX on X, Telegram, and Discord.