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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.
Defence
Robotics
Aerospace
Tessera ups stake in drone-testing firm MEA to 15%
The Israeli defence-tech deal pairs AI-driven security infrastructure with electric-motor testing for drones, aircraft and ground vehicles.
The Israeli defence-tech deal pairs AI-driven security infrastructure with electric-motor testing for drones, aircraft and ground vehicles.
Fintech
AI & ML
FloQast adds auditable AI agents to accounting workflow platform
FloQast launches audit-native AI agents and hires COSO's chair as it embeds AI governance into accounting workflows.
FloQast launches audit-native AI agents and hires COSO's chair as it embeds AI governance into accounting workflows.
Space
Defence
Impulse Space closes $808m Series D to build in-space mobility fleet
A landmark raise backs the growing infrastructure layer of the space economy, as defence and commercial demand for post-launch agility converges.
A landmark raise backs the growing infrastructure layer of the space economy, as defence and commercial demand for post-launch agility converges.
Defence
Transportation & Logistics
Robotics
BOS wins $1.2m European defence order amid Israeli export push
BOS's record $31m backlog reflects surging European defence budgets and Israel's growing role as a global supply chain integrator.
BOS's record $31m backlog reflects surging European defence budgets and Israel's growing role as a global supply chain integrator.
Defence
Aerospace
Mercury Systems extends CEO Bill Ballhaus contract to 2030
The defence electronics firm locks in its chairman and CEO for three more years as it reaffirms fiscal 2027 guidance.
The defence electronics firm locks in its chairman and CEO for three more years as it reaffirms fiscal 2027 guidance.
Defence
Fintech
Aerospace
Ninepoint adds defence and equity ETFs with covered call income
Canadian asset manager Ninepoint targets income investors with new ETFs spanning aerospace, defence, and broad US equities.
Canadian asset manager Ninepoint targets income investors with new ETFs spanning aerospace, defence, and broad US equities.
Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Quantum Metric unifies feedback and behaviour data for enterprise CX
Quantum Metric's Voice of Customer platform ties survey data to session behaviour, aiming to close the action gap facing digital enterprises.
Quantum Metric's Voice of Customer platform ties survey data to session behaviour, aiming to close the action gap facing digital enterprises.
Fintech
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.
Cybersecurity
Fintech
Internet of Things
Fime acquires Red Alert Labs to unify digital trust and cybersecurity
Fime's Red Alert Labs buy signals that payments, digital identity and cybersecurity compliance are converging into a single regulated stack.
Fime's Red Alert Labs buy signals that payments, digital identity and cybersecurity compliance are converging into a single regulated stack.
Real Estate
Property
Zown turns rent payments into homebuying rewards in Canada
Canada's Zown launches a rent-rewards app giving eligible renters up to 8% back toward a future home purchase.
Canada's Zown launches a rent-rewards app giving eligible renters up to 8% back toward a future home purchase.
Blockchain
Fintech
Fasset lists UAE dirham stablecoin as dollar alternatives gain ground
Fasset's DDSC listing marks the first retail deployment of a central-bank-approved non-dollar stablecoin on a VARA-regulated platform.
Fasset's DDSC listing marks the first retail deployment of a central-bank-approved non-dollar stablecoin on a VARA-regulated platform.
Fintech
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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