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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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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. -
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. -
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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.
SC Ventures and Yabx, invest $10 Million to setup Furaha and expand access to purpose-driven financing in Africa
SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, and Yabx Technologies (Netherlands) B.V., a company of Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM) group, a leading globa
e& joins forces with NYU Abu Dhabi to advance 6G research
Partnership aims to strengthen industry-academia collaboration with a focus on 6G research, and youth empowerment initiatives
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Warner Bros. Discovery launches in partnership with IAEA: ‘Good To Know’, first nuclear science films on Discovery Channel
‘Good To Know’, a new educational videos series explaining how nuclear science can help solve global issues is being launched today on Discovery Channel, as part of a new partnership with
Biotech
Nelly Announces EUR 50 Million Series B Funding Round to Revolutionize Financial Operations in Healthcare
Berlin-based health and fintech company Nelly has raised €50 million. With this Series B financing, the company aims to accelerate the digitalization of the European healthcare sector.
Zeekr at CES 2025: Unveils Industry-leading Technology, Co-Creation Strategy and a Global Energy Solution
At CES 2025, Zeekr is showcasing its industry-leading technologies, its approach to constantly upgrade products by co-creating with customers and partners and its plans to extend a world-
Carbon markets returned to growth in 2024 as part of ‘gradual but significant transition’, Sylvera finds
Sylvera, a leading carbon data platform, has today launched its State of Carbon Credits Report 2024 analysing market data to review the state of the market, discussing underlying drivers
Cybersecurity
World Police Summit to Gather Over 17,000 Law Enforcement and Government Specialists from 130 Countries in Dubai This May
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the World Police Summit 2025 will return f
Fintech
WeLab Bank Achieves First-time Breakeven With Sustainable Profitability Ahead
WeLab Bank announced today its achievement of first-time breakeven in December 2024 - just over 4 years after its establishment.
Biotech
Ant Group to Connect 280,000 Doctors on Haodf Healthcare Platform with 800 Million Healthcare Users
Following Ant Group’s acquisition of Haodf, a leading healthcare platform specializing in online doctor consultations, Ant Group President Cyril Han and Haodf.com Founder Hang Wang jointl
In 2024 Careem simplified life and created earning opportunities for millions of people across the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan.
The region’s leading Everything App now offers over 20 digital services, from food and grocery delivery to international and domestic payment services, ride-hailing, bike-sharing, and mor
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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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