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UN:BLOCK Fintech to Bring 600+ Professionals to Riga
More than 600 fintech professionals and regulators will gather in Riga to discuss MiCA, payments, investment and the future of financial services.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Brand loyalty is a myth: experience is what drives growth
AAWE founder Tom Belt argues that what businesses call loyalty is usually habit or inertia, and that growth comes from the experience customers actually get.Loyalty schemes, cards, discounts and rewards all rest on the assumption that loyalty exists and can be bought.
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Fintech
The next fintech frontier: finance for global citizens
LemFi co-founder and CEO Ridwan Olalere argues that fintech must let migrants carry their credit history and financial identity with them across borders.More than 300 million people now live outside their country of birth, and for many of them a credit history does not survive the move. The founder of one cross-border finance platform argues that this is the gap fintech has so far left open.
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FintechAI & ML
IDEMIA Secure Transactions opens agentic commerce to all networks
IDEMIA's new trust infrastructure lets domestic and regional payment schemes compete as AI agents increasingly automate checkout decisions.IDEMIA's new trust infrastructure lets domestic and regional payment schemes compete as AI agents increasingly automate checkout decisions. -
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Checkout.com adds Jaywan to UAE acquiring platform
Checkout.com integrates the UAE's sovereign card scheme, giving merchants local routing and built-in regulatory compliance in one platform.Checkout.com integrates the UAE's sovereign card scheme, giving merchants local routing and built-in regulatory compliance in one platform.
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Aerospace
Transportation & Logistics
Traust Structured names M&A director to lead aerospace and defence push
Traust Structured appoints Erin Rooney as shareholder and MD to drive consolidation across organ-transport aviation and defence drone manufacturing.
Traust Structured appoints Erin Rooney as shareholder and MD to drive consolidation across organ-transport aviation and defence drone manufacturing.
Real Estate
AI & ML
CubiCasa and Restb.ai speed up listings for 500,000 MLS agents
Two proptech firms unite to halve floor plan delivery times across 30 US MLS networks, signalling deeper AI-driven consolidation in real estate workflows.
Two proptech firms unite to halve floor plan delivery times across 30 US MLS networks, signalling deeper AI-driven consolidation in real estate workflows.
Defence
AirBoss Defense Group lands $16.9m NATO Bandolier framework deal
A five-year NATO framework for a modular explosive system signals rising demand for versatile, autonomy-compatible soldier survivability kit.
A five-year NATO framework for a modular explosive system signals rising demand for versatile, autonomy-compatible soldier survivability kit.
Wellbeing
AI & ML
Datatech
Equasens H1 margin hits 26.8% as AI and sovereign cloud advance
The French healthtech group's ARR surpassed €111m as it embeds agentic AI and a sovereign healthcare cloud across European care settings.
The French healthtech group's ARR surpassed €111m as it embeds agentic AI and a sovereign healthcare cloud across European care settings.
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AI & ML
KAYTUS launches onsite AI managed service to cut data centre downtime
As AI clusters scale to thousands of accelerators, KAYTUS brings OEM-grade repair to customer sites, targeting 12-hour node recovery.
As AI clusters scale to thousands of accelerators, KAYTUS brings OEM-grade repair to customer sites, targeting 12-hour node recovery.
AI & ML
Fintech
Mitratech acquires BotDojo to push agentic AI into legal ops
The legaltech incumbent bets that proprietary data depth beats standalone AI wrappers as agentic platforms go enterprise-standard.
The legaltech incumbent bets that proprietary data depth beats standalone AI wrappers as agentic platforms go enterprise-standard.
AI & ML
Decision Latency Is The New Bottleneck In Financial Innovation
A secure sandbox helps banks test new technology in context, reduce decision delays, and move promising ideas toward adoption.
Financial institutions are under pressure to move faster on innovation—particularly as AI, digital assets, cybersecurity and new third-party technologies evolve at a pace that traditional evaluation processes struggle to match.
Media & Publishing
AI & ML
Dekuple H1 2026: data marketing convergence lifts margins
The Paris-listed agency group grows digital marketing to 73% of revenue as data, AI and creativity converge into a single performance model.
The Paris-listed agency group grows digital marketing to 73% of revenue as data, AI and creativity converge into a single performance model.
Fintech
Datatech
TransUnion: debt settlement hits credit scores harder than bankruptcy
New TransUnion data shows current-status consumers enrolling in debt settlement face steeper score drops than bankruptcy filers.
New TransUnion data shows current-status consumers enrolling in debt settlement face steeper score drops than bankruptcy filers.
AI & ML
Sustainability
AfDB and UNDP launch free AI training for African public officials
A multilateral coalition is upskilling African governments in AI, backed by a projection of up to $1 trillion in GDP gains by 2035.
A multilateral coalition is upskilling African governments in AI, backed by a projection of up to $1 trillion in GDP gains by 2035.
Blockchain
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AI & ML
Brickken joins Linux Foundation to open-source tokenised asset rules
Brickken's LFDT membership targets shared open standards for tokenised assets and agentic capital markets.
Brickken's LFDT membership targets shared open standards for tokenised assets and agentic capital markets.
Fintech
Transportation & Logistics
TBC Bank Uzbekistan adds UZCARD to Salom debit card network
TBC UZ's 1.2 million-card Salom product adds a domestic rails partner, targeting one million new cards in Central Asia's fast-digitalising
TBC UZ's 1.2 million-card Salom product adds a domestic rails partner, targeting one million new cards in Central Asia's fast-digitalising
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Environmental Management & Markets
GOWell Energy Technology begins Nasdaq trading as "GOW"
The Singapore-based well logging company completed a SPAC merger to reach public markets, citing geothermal and carbon storage among its target applications.
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Enterprise Software
Keeta marks one year in UAE with 10,000-plus merchant brands
Meituan's international delivery arm has reached all seven UAE emirates, onboarded over 40,000 locations and served tens of millions of orders in its
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Pharmaceuticals
Oryzon secures EMA approval to start HOPE-2 vafidemstat trial in PMS
Oryzon Genomics has received EMA authorisation to begin a Phase IIa study of vafidemstat in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, a rare autism-linked genetic disorder with
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Bioeconomy & Agritech
Haffner Energy wins €3.2m Quebec order for first Multi-Energy Hub
The French biomass-to-fuels developer will deliver thermolysis equipment to Bécancour's INCAD project, Quebec's first hub targeting RNG, biochar and SAF.
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Semiconductors
OPPO Find X10 Pro Max to launch with MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro
OPPO's next flagship will be among the first smartphones powered by MediaTek's 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro, with a global debut followed by a
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Pharmaceuticals
Belite Bio to present DRAGON Phase 3 tinlarebant data at Euretina
Belite Bio will present topline Phase 3 results for tinlarebant in adolescent Stargardt disease at Euretina in Vienna, ahead of a February 2027 FDA PDUFA
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Advanced Energy & Grid
Jackery launches Red Cross Edition home battery range for emergency use
Jackery's co-branded HomePower Emergency Pro Series spans three capacity tiers and pledges 10% of profits to frontline emergency responders.
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Data Centres
Castrol CORE brings integrated thermal management to data centres
Castrol has launched CORE, an end-to-end thermal management offer combining design, cooling technology and lifecycle services for data centre operators.
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AgriTech
Cibus and Crystal Crop partner to gene-edit India's mustard crop
The deal gives Crystal Crop exclusive India rights to Cibus gene-editing technology targeting higher mustard yields across 8.5 million hectares.
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Low-Carbon Mobility & Logistics
A.P. Moller Capital acquires majority stake in Euroports Group
The Danish infrastructure fund is buying into one of Europe's largest bulk port operators, handling over 70 million tonnes of cargo annually across 50
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Enterprise Software
Innovation City uses Agentforce to automate company registration
The UAE free zone has deployed Salesforce's Agentforce platform to cut company registration from days to minutes using autonomous AI agents.
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Medical Devices
IBA to install first gantry proton therapy centre in central Italy
IBA has signed a contract with Rome's IFO to deliver a Proteus ONE proton therapy system, bringing gantry-based treatment to central and southern
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