VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CUV Ventures Corp. (TSX-V: CUV ) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the prestigious law firm, Hogan Lovells, has provided the Company with a copy of a formal communication sent to the Central Bank on April 08 th 2019 at 17.25 CET. Expedia, Booking Holdings and, Agoda VCC customers increase during the month of April 2019. RevoluVIP includes new airlines, hotel search enhancements and, airport code searches.
PSD License Application Chronology and Current Status
As shareholders were informed on October 1 st 2018 , the wholly owned subsidiary RevoluPAY S.L. retained the prestigious law firm, Hogan Lovells, to assist with the petition of a proprietary, Central Bank issued, European PSD license. Subsequently, CEO of RevoluPAY, Alfredo Manresa, along with Hogan Lovells Counsel, met with the Central Bank on November 7 th 2018 . Subsequently, the formal petition for the PSD license was submitted by Hogan Lovells on November 19 th 2018, with a formal receipt of the petition having been received on November 22, 2018 and, subject to a statutory approval time, for the said application, of 90 days. On November 25 th 2018, the Central Bank adopted the new legislation associated with the PSD2 European Banking Directive. On 4 December 2018, Hogan Lovells received preliminary positive feed-back from Central Bank concerning the application. On December 20 th 2018 , RevoluPAY concluded the update of the RevoluPAY payment app to meet the stringent PSD2 two factor authentication requirements. On February 15 th 2019 , the wholly owned subsidiary RevoluPAY S.L. concluded the final requisite, by increasing its paid-up share capital to 250k Euro (Approx. 375k $CA), in anticipation of the Central Bank PSD2 license approval. On February 20 th 2019 , the company informed shareholders of the update it had received from Hogan Lovells concerning the PSD2 license petition, in which the law firm provided the 08 th March 2019, as a tentative date for a response from the Central Bank. On March 8 th 2019 , Hogan Lovells informed the company that it had contacted the Central Bank on March 6 th 2019 and, were informed directly, that the license application was proceeding correctly. On March 19 th 2019 the Company received a direct call, at 5.50pm CET, from the Head of License Authorizations of the Central Bank, concerning the impending PSD2 license approval. During the call, the senior department of authorizations official explained to Mr. Manresa that the bank had preferred to call directly to explain that the slight approval delay is associated with the sheer volume of departmental work underway, however, that between Thursday 28th and Friday 29th of March 2019, the Central Bank would issue a written communication to RevoluPAY® concerning the PSD2 license petition. As no communication was received from the Central Bank, the Company contacted Hogan Lovells on April 2 nd , 2019. On April 3 rd 2019, Hogan Lovells, in a written correspondence, communicated to the Company that they had physically met with the Central Bank on Monday 1 st April 2019 and, that the Central Bank had informed them that, at the latest, Wednesday April 3 rd 2019 Hogan Lovells would receive a communication from the Central Bank concerning the license petition. Today, Hogan Lovells informed the Company that on April 08 th 2019 at 17.25 CET, they sent a formal written request for an update to the Central Bank, providing a copy of the said communication, between Hogan Lovells and, multiple departmental divisions of the Central Bank, to the Company. In the cited communication, Hogan Lovells lead counsel, expresses his disappointment as to not having received the numerous promised responses and, urges the Central Bank to provide an update forthwith. However, the Company wishes to express that, in managements opinion, the Central Bank has evidently been subject to enormous changes, upon implementation of the PSD2 licensing, just a few days after the Company applied for its PSD license in November 2018 and, during every communication with both the Company and, Hogan Lovells, the bank has explained this dilemma willingly and, has always been very forthcoming with the acceptance that this change in law has delayed numerous matters, concerning license approvals, post PSD2 implementation.
Booking Holdings, Expedia And Agoda VCC Update
The company is pleased to announce that the clearance of VCC payments continues to increase, having added 9 new property consortiums thus far this month.
RevoluVIP Adds 9 Extra Airlines
As explained to shareholders in the 25 March 2019 News Release , RevoluVIP will gradually add more airlines to the platform, over the coming days and, weeks. The following airlines were therefore added to RevoluVIP on April 09 th 2019 and, members may now book with these airlines;
Precision Air, Air Namibia, Thai Airways, Mongolian Airlines, Sky Express, Air Malta, Air Baltic, EVA Airways, Bangkok Airways
RevoluVIP Technical and Programming Updates
As explained to shareholders in the 22 nd March 2019 news release, RevoluVIP will incorporate a gradual launch. The company would like to thank RevoluVIP Members who are proving invaluable in assisting the Company with feedback on the revolutionary travel platform. As such, over the past 5 days, the following enhancements have been introduced.
Refined Hotel Search – Permitting, Specific Property, Location Price Range and/or Star Rating
Airport Code Search – Members may now search using airport codes, as well as cities.
Initial Roll Out of The VIP Collection Websites
The Company is pleased to announce that the initial websites of the VIP Collection are now available in functioning beta form, these include:
AmericaVIP.com
CanadaVIP.com
The Company will continue to roll-out all websites within the VIP Collection in as short of a timeline as is possible.
Resignation of Timothy Fernback
The Company announced today that Timothy Fernback has resigned from CUV Ventures' board of directors effective April 09 th , 2019. Timothy Fernback has provided valuable insight and assistance as the Company’s subsidiaries have entered into the payment app sectors and, the leisure related finance realm. CUV Ventures Chairman, Jim Petitt, said, "We thank Mr. Fernback for his service to the Company and wish him success in his future endeavors"
About CUV Ventures Corp.:
CUV Ventures Corp. is a multi-asset, multidivisional publicly traded Canadian company deploying advanced technologies in the; Online Travel, Vacation Resort, Mobile Apps, Money Remittance, Mobile phone top-ups, Invoice factoring, Blockchain Systems, and Fintech app sectors.
Our flagship technology is RevoluPAY®, the Apple and Android multinational leisure payments and remittance app, powered by blockchain protocols, and aimed at the worldwide + $595 billion family remittance market. Click here to read more.
For further information on CUV Ventures Corp. (TSX-V: CUV ) visit the Company’s website at www.cuvventures.com . The Company has approximately 134,500,000 shares issued and outstanding.
CUV VENTURES CORP.
“Steve Marshall” ______________________ STEVE MARSHALL CEO
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