Business

Young Entrepreneur, Shareezma Shishani’s Innovative Cosmetic Brand goes Global

Published

5 years ago

May 14, 2020

Shareezma Shishani, a young entrepreneur is mixing her passion for beauty and innovation to make available useful as well as natural skincare products. She is into the new for a plant-based and natural skin care cream, Boost Balm Pegasus Blood Edition. It is a skin barrier cream that is produced by Boost Balm Cosmetics, a cosmetic product manufacturer and the brand has extended its reach at a global level.

Boost Balm’s Pegasus Blood Edition Skin Barrier Cream is produced by making use of skin barrier technology and stem cell technology (Phytosan K). Shareezma Shishani has struggled a lot to introduce this first-ever skin barrier cream in the markets of the US and the UK.

She had the idea of producing this skin barrier cream to help people deal with different skin problems in everyday life. She started working on her idea at the age of 23 in the year 2015 when she won a Grant at Halal Hi-Tech Challenge, a joint program by Agensi Inovasi Malaysia, PlaTCOM Ventures, and SME Corp.

In addition to the grant she received, the young entrepreneur utilized all her savings in the production of this cream. After intense research, development, and testing in the UK by a group of scientists and chemists, the product is introduced in the market. They have made use of a technology to form a barrier between the skin and chemicals in makeup products/air pollutants.

Boost Balm skin barrier cream acts as a skin healer, skin barrier, and skin primer. It is a non greasy primer that offers natural acne treatment. This makeup primer helps to shrink pores and lighten pigmentation. It is not just a suitable primer for oily skin but it also offers high protection for other skin types.

Boost Balm’s skin barrier cream contains natural ingredients such as Avocado oil, Hibiscus extract, willow bark extract, bearberry extract, soy stem cell, and geranium oil. All these help to provide various benefits to the skin. Shareezma Shishani is also working to introduce more innovative skincare products in the near future.

Business

Black Banx Group — Third Quarter 2025 Results

Published

14 hours ago

November 3, 2025

Matthew Wiles

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE · Road Town, British Virgin Islands · October 30 2025

Black Banx reports USD 4.3 billion revenue and USD 1.6 billion pre-tax profit in third quarter 2025

Black Banx Group today announced its results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2025, delivering strong performance with further progress toward its full-year targets.

Key figures for Q3 2025:

Revenue: USD 4.3 billion
Profit before tax (PBT): USD 1.6 billion
Cost-to-income ratio: ≈ 62%
Customer base (period-end): ~92 million clients

YTD (first nine months) results: Revenue USD 12.7 billion, PBT USD 4.7 billion, positioning the Group on track toward its full-year ambitions of ~USD 17 billion revenue and ~USD 6.4 billion PBT.

“Our Q3 results reaffirm the scalability and resilience of our platform,” said Michael Gastauer, Group CEO. “By continuing to scale our client base, deepen engagement, and drive operational efficiencies, we maintain momentum toward our 100 million-customer milestone and full-year ambitions.”

Daniel Dumitrascu, Group CFO, added: “We are pleased to demonstrate sequential improvement in our cost/income ratio despite ongoing investment in growth markets. With the first nine months delivered, our Q4 plan is well calibrated to close the year strongly.”

Business highlights:

Net customer adds of approximately 8 million during Q3, bringing the total client count to ~92 million as of 30 September 2025. On pace for the 100 million-customer target by year-end.
Continued growth across emerging markets, driven by expansion efforts in Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
Strong transaction volumes across cross-border payments and cryptocurrency-adjacent services, contributing to top-line resilience.
Ongoing initiatives to optimise operations and automate processes delivered a sequential improvement in cost/income ratio to ~62% from ~64% in Q2.
Strategic investments sustained in growth markets while preserving profitability and shareholder value.

Outlook:

With three quarters behind it, Black Banx remains aligned with its 2025 full-year targets of approximately USD 17 billion in revenue and ~USD 6.4 billion in pre-tax profit. The company anticipates a seasonally stronger Q4 performance, underpinned by ongoing global client acquisition and further monetisation of its platform.

About Black Banx Group:

Black Banx Group is a global digital banking and fintech platform serving tens of millions of private and business clients across more than 180 countries. The Group offers seamless, borderless banking services, including multi-currency accounts, cross-border payments and cryptocurrency-compatible solutions. Headquartered in the British Virgin Islands, Black Banx is dedicated to innovation, financial inclusion and delivering value to its stakeholders.

Media Contact:

Black Banx Media Relations
Email: [email protected]

Forward-looking statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the Group’s business strategy, financial prospects, targets and trajectory. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated.