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The Hidden Friction Killing Bank Innovation Before It Starts
Banks can accelerate innovation by defining problems clearly and using pre-validation, standardisation, and collaboration to move ideas into adoption faster.
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Real EstateEnergySustainability
Aldar-Mubadala JV adds AED 918m Masdar City Square to clean-tech hub
Abu Dhabi's sovereign-backed JV bets AED 4.7bn on real estate anchoring the Gulf's AI and clean-energy convergence zone.Abu Dhabi's sovereign-backed JV bets AED 4.7bn on real estate anchoring the Gulf's AI and clean-energy convergence zone. -
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Riyadh day two: a live card link, $329.5m for barq, SME capital
Central bank governors' live card payment, barq's $329.5m Series A and a new SME financing fund made Money20/20 Middle East's second day about capital.Central bank governors' live card payment, barq's $329.5m Series A and a new SME financing fund made Money20/20 Middle East's second day about capital. -
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Visa survey: AI fraud fear reshapes Asia Pacific remittance priorities
A 45,000-person Visa study finds APAC consumers will accept 24-hour transfer delays to beat AI-enabled deepfake scams.A 45,000-person Visa study finds APAC consumers will accept 24-hour transfer delays to beat AI-enabled deepfake scams. -
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Agentic payments have an identity layer. The audit gap remains open.
As agent payment protocols solve identity and consent, a critical verification gap at the moment of payment threatens the auditability of autonomous commerce.As agent payment protocols solve identity and consent, a critical verification gap at the moment of payment threatens the auditability of autonomous commerce.
Fintech
Brand Takedown: How Stripe, Shopify & Square Are Winning B2B with Storytelling
Stripe, Shopify, and Square prove that compelling storytelling isn’t just for B2C.
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Bank al Etihad Launches Carbon Insights Tool with Visa and ecolytiq
Bank al Etihad teams up with Visa and ecolytiq to launch a carbon tracking tool in its app, helping customers monitor their environmental impact and make greener choices.
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Tesla Turmoil and Trade Tensions Test Global Markets Amid UAE Strength
Tesla’s stock tumbles amid political risks, while global markets face trade uncertainty.
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Brink’s and Meedaf Launch Strategic JV to Transform Cash and ATM Services in the UAE
Brink’s partners with Meedaf to launch a transformative joint venture, enhancing cash management, ATM services, and digital retail solutions across the UAE and GCC through cutting-edge te
UAE Space Agency Secures CIPS Ethics Kitemark for Third Year
The UAE Space Agency remains the only space agency globally to earn the CIPS Ethics Kitemark, reinforcing its commitment to ethical procurement, transparency, and global best practices.
Emirates Partners with Al Ain FC Ahead of 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
Emirates becomes Official Partner of Al Ain FC, supporting the club’s FIFA Club World Cup™ journey and the 25/26 season, reinforcing the UAE's growing role in global football.
Fintech
Rillet Raises $25M Series A to Reinvent ERP for the AI Era
AI-native ERP platform Rillet secures $25M Series A led by Sequoia to modernize accounting workflows with real-time automation, helping finance teams close books faster and make smarter d
Fintech
Greenlite AI Raises $15M to Scale Regulatory-Trusted AI Compliance Agents
Greenlite AI secures $15M Series A to expand its AI agents for KYC, AML, and compliance.
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Airwallex Secures $300M Series F to Power Global Fintech Expansion
Airwallex raises $300M at a $6.2B valuation to expand into Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia, strengthening its global fintech infrastructure and enabling borderless banking for 15
ADIO Launches Talent Programmes to Advance Emirati Industrial Leadership
The Abu Dhabi Investment Office unveils new talent programmes to equip Emiratis with AI and Industry 4.0 skills, supporting industrial growth and leadership in Abu Dhabi’s manufacturing s
Fintech
Fintech Fringe Launches Marketplace to Support UK Fintech Scaleups
Fintech Fringe introduces Marketplace, a new platform feature offering UK fintechs direct access to expert support across compliance, talent, and fundraising—accelerating growth with AI-p
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Advanced Energy & Grid
CNNC calls for global fusion engineering alliance at IAEA forum
China's state nuclear corporation proposed a new international cooperation platform to move fusion energy from lab research toward engineering application.
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Cybersecurity
Kaspersky warns space systems face growing cyberattack risk
Kaspersky's ICS CERT report, presented at GISEC 2026, finds over 3,000 internet-exposed GNSS receivers vulnerable and satellite infrastructure increasingly targeted by
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Biotech
Anew Labs raises $290m at $1.5bn valuation for AI drug discovery
ByteDance's AI drug discovery spin-off Anew Labs has closed a reported $290m first external round, led by HSG, IDG Capital and Hillhouse Investment.
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Environmental Management & Markets
Only 15% of firms have quantified climate-risk costs, Capgemini finds
A Capgemini survey of 701 large organisations finds climate adaptation spending is rising even as net-zero implementation slips sharply.
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AI & ML
Microsoft brings Agent 365 AI governance platform to UAE data centres
Microsoft will make Agent 365 available in UAE data centres from October, giving enterprises a unified control plane to govern and secure AI agents at
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Pharmaceuticals
Remedy Plan advances RPT1G to Cohort 2 in AML/MDS Phase 1 trial
The Gaithersburg biotech also secured a $30m Series A extension and won FDA IND acceptance for RPT1G in solid tumours.
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Waste Valorisation & Symbiosis
HyOrc targets Portugal waste-to-methanol debut with €6.7m EU grant
The OTCQB-listed waste-to-fuel developer is commissioning its first commercial RDF-to-methanol module in Portugal, backed by non-dilutive STEP programme funding.
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AI & ML
Lenovo expands Qira AI to 16GB PCs, wearables and third-party apps
Lenovo is broadening its Qira personal AI to lower-spec PCs, Motorola wearables and six productivity apps via a new Workato integration.
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Pharmaceuticals
X-Chem wins Chordoma Foundation TBXT Challenge with novel binder
X-Chem beat 25 competing teams to become the first to bind Brachyury below 1 micromolar, validating its DEL-based Chemomics platform against a long
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Environmental Management & Markets
ALTÉRRA and FinDev Canada partner to fund climate in emerging markets
The Abu Dhabi climate fund and Canada's development finance institution will co-invest across Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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Cybersecurity
du and QuantumGate deploy post-quantum security on UAE Hypercloud
UAE telco du and QuantumGate are bringing quantum-safe cryptography to du Tech's National Hypercloud under an MoU endorsed by the UAE Cyber Security
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Medical Devices
EIB and Angelini Ventures hit €48.5m deployed under €150m facility
The EIB-Angelini Ventures co-investment partnership has backed five European life sciences companies in under a year, with €100m expected deployed by early 2027.
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