Emirates has launched the Emirates App for Android, the world’s largest mobile platform, ramping up its efforts to enhance its passengers’ travel experience through mobile technologies.
The Emirates App for Android enables users to book flights and review travel itineraries, manage every aspect of a booking from seat selection to on-board menu and what’s on Ice, download their boarding pass, receive updates on flight boarding and gate changes, and many other functions.
Emirates has more than 100,000 monthly users of its iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch apps.
Mobile app from Vodafone
Vodafone Malta has launched the My Vodafone Malta App for its prepaid customers.
The mobile app is free to download and empowers customers to manage their account quickly and easily on the go. They can top up and buy their favourite bundles, check their current balance and track usage of any purchased bundles.
The My Vodafone Malta App also connects to Vodafone’s customer care via e-mail and SMS, as well as helps users to find the closest Vodafone store, together with on-screen directions on how to get there.
It is available for both Android and iPhone and can be downloaded from the Google Play store and the Apple App store.
Award for US accounting firm
PKF North American firm, EisnerAmper LLP, an advisory and accounting firm, has been named overall winner of Institutional Investor’s Alpha Awards for hedge fund service providers in accounting.
EisnerAmper was the highest ranked accounting firm, best equipped to help managers navigate turbulent markets and complex regulations, in each of the five aspects of service, audit, client service, hedge fund expertise, regulatory & compliance, and tax.
Institutional Investor’s Alpha Awards’ rankings are based on feedback from fund executives at more than 625 hedge funds.
MSV launches guide to help investors understand fund
MSV Life has published the Simple Guide to the MSV With Profits Fund, the second in a series of publications aimed at helping the public understand financial matters.
The guide explains how the MSV With Profits Fund combines investors’ monies and invests in a wide range of assets including equity, bonds, property, cash and others. From the returns made, a bonus rate is declared on an annual basis and distributed to policyholders.
A feature of the fund is what is known as ‘smoothing’, a process of holding back some of the investment return in good years to support bonuses in times of weaker investment performance. This means the fund is able to declare a relatively similar bonus rate year-on-year.
Under current legislation, policyholders are not liable to pay any tax on investments in the fund, making it one of the most tax-efficient savings options available. For a free copy, e-mail info@msvlife.com.
Lufthansa passengers to get help from Apple Watch app
Lufthansa has developed an app for the new Apple Watch that allows passengers to use it as a boarding card and for essential flight information. The app reminds passengers of their flight the day before their departure, provides continuous updates about the status of the flight and displays the boarding time, terminal, gate and seat number.
These functions will initially only be available to Miles & More participants who are logged in to the Lufthansa app for iPhones or iPads. For passengers who do not have a Miles & More card, these functions will be available at a later date.