Blockchain
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.
Fintech
Amplify upgrades RIA platform with risk, trading and portal fixes
Amplify's September release tightens advisor workflows across risk documentation, trade consolidation and client portal access.
Amplify's September release tightens advisor workflows across risk documentation, trade consolidation and client portal access.
Robotics
AI & ML
EIT AI & Robotics Community opens founder call across Europe
The EU's EIT merges AI and robotics into one pan-European founder pipeline, targeting over €80m in leveraged investment by 2028.
The EU's EIT merges AI and robotics into one pan-European founder pipeline, targeting over €80m in leveraged investment by 2028.
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.
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.
Cybersecurity
Fintech
Copla launches TPRM platform to close a 69% vendor compliance gap
A new GRC automation tool targets the third-party risk blind spot exposing firms across regulated and unregulated sectors alike.
A new GRC automation tool targets the third-party risk blind spot exposing firms across regulated and unregulated sectors alike.
AI & ML
Fintech
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.
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Energy
Sustainability
BMO Equipment Finance moves to NETSOL Transcend platform
North America's eighth-largest bank upgrades its equipment finance stack, signalling a broader push to modernise legacy asset finance infrastructure.
North America's eighth-largest bank upgrades its equipment finance stack, signalling a broader push to modernise legacy asset finance infrastructure.
Defence
Aerospace
Ducommun lands $35m PAC-3 MSE deal amid defence supply shift
A follow-on electronic-assembly contract for Lockheed's PAC-3 MSE missile signals deepening pressure on Western defence supply chains.
A follow-on electronic-assembly contract for Lockheed's PAC-3 MSE missile signals deepening pressure on Western defence supply chains.
Defence
Aerospace
Sustainability
FireSwarm and Kelowna forge drone-swarm hub with dual-use ambitions
A wildfire-suppression drone startup's MOUs with a Canadian city and college signal aerospace-defence convergence in British Columbia's Interior.
A wildfire-suppression drone startup's MOUs with a Canadian city and college signal aerospace-defence convergence in British Columbia's Interior.
Robotics
Energy
Transportation & Logistics
ZenaTech's 29th DaaS buy targets solar and rail survey markets
ZenaTech's acquisition of a 17-state land surveyor accelerates its drone roll-up into utility-scale solar and rail infrastructure.
ZenaTech's acquisition of a 17-state land surveyor accelerates its drone roll-up into utility-scale solar and rail infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
Wellbeing
Empromptu and Skyrelis target regulated AI deployment gap
Two enterprise AI firms are partnering to bring governed agentic AI to healthcare SaaS, with a $50bn federal programme in their sights.
Two enterprise AI firms are partnering to bring governed agentic AI to healthcare SaaS, with a $50bn federal programme in their sights.
Property
AI & ML
Real Estate
Neuron Factory and Suffolk scale AI knowledge graph for construction
A deepened design partnership brings AI-driven preconstruction intelligence to one of America's largest contractors, with cross-sector implications for built-environment
A deepened design partnership brings AI-driven preconstruction intelligence to one of America's largest contractors, with cross-sector implications for built-environment
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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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