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Net Protections Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo s Chiyoda Ward, Shin Shibata, CEO, decided to execute a capital increase through third party allocation, receiving approximately six billion yen from JCB Co., Ltd, headquartered in Tokyo s Minato Ward, Ichiro Hamakawa, Chairman and CEO. This round of capital acquisition increases JCB s investment stake in Net Protections Holdings to 10.24%. At the same time, the two companies will begin a business alliance in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) market both within Japan and abroad.
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Net Protections Implements Major Capital Alliance with JCB (Graphic: Business Wire)
Tualatin woman seeks to make positive change in world
Michaela Loggins will compete in Miss Black International Ambassador Pageant in The Bahamas
When a fellow employee told Michaela Loggins about the Miss Black International Ambassador Pageant, the Tualatin woman wanted to make sure it wasn t simply a beauty pageant where beauty is valued over everything else.
What she quickly discovered was that the pageant was looking for much more. This is a pageant where they re really looking at your accolades and they re examining you as a person and what you are doing in your community and your ability to make a change, a positive change within your community and that s the part that really intrigued me, said Loggins.
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