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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.
Transportation & Logistics
Internet of Things
Real Estate
Shorooq and Emirates Growth Fund back FMSi in GCC fleet tech play
Sovereign and private capital unite behind a UAE fleet telematics consolidator as Gulf regulatory tailwinds reshape transport infrastructure.
Sovereign and private capital unite behind a UAE fleet telematics consolidator as Gulf regulatory tailwinds reshape transport infrastructure.
Blockchain
Cryptography
Fintech
Stablecoin 101: how stablecoins work and why they matter
What a stablecoin is, what backs the dollar, why $300bn now sits in them, and how the US, EU and UK rules written in the last two years change the picture.
What a stablecoin is, what backs the dollar, why $300bn now sits in them, and how the US, EU and UK rules written in the last two years change the picture.
Cryptography
Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech
How payment processing fees work in fintech
Take one card payment apart: interchange to the issuer, scheme fees to Visa or Mastercard, margin to the acquirer, and why the new rails are aimed at all three.
Take one card payment apart: interchange to the issuer, scheme fees to Visa or Mastercard, margin to the acquirer, and why the new rails are aimed at all three.
Blockchain
Cryptography
Fintech
How stablecoin settlement works in cross-border payments
Follow a payment from Manchester to Lagos to see where the stablecoin removes the correspondent banks, what it costs, and why the last mile is still hard.
Follow a payment from Manchester to Lagos to see where the stablecoin removes the correspondent banks, what it costs, and why the last mile is still hard.
Blockchain
Cryptography
Fintech
Tokenised deposits explained: what banks are building next
A tokenised deposit is a bank's own money on a shared ledger. Here is how it differs from a stablecoin, who has one live, and why the two will coexist.
A tokenised deposit is a bank's own money on a shared ledger. Here is how it differs from a stablecoin, who has one live, and why the two will coexist.
Fintech
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
Ramp targets $60B valuation as fintech capital cycle accelerates
Ramp's reported $1B raise at a $60B valuation caps a week of nine-figure fintech rounds spanning payments, wealthtech and cross-sector VC.
Ramp's reported $1B raise at a $60B valuation caps a week of nine-figure fintech rounds spanning payments, wealthtech and cross-sector VC.
Sustainability
Transportation & Logistics
Fintech
Greenly and Normative merge to build global carbon accounting platform
The merger of two leading climate-software firms creates a transatlantic carbon data platform targeting one billion tonnes of CO₂ managed by 2030.
The merger of two leading climate-software firms creates a transatlantic carbon data platform targeting one billion tonnes of CO₂ managed by 2030.
Wellbeing
AI & ML
Rapid Growth Trend flags admin burden behind US medical billing costs
A Fresno BPO outfit says MD-level billers cut denial rates below 3%, as US practices carry growing regulatory staffing overhead.
A Fresno BPO outfit says MD-level billers cut denial rates below 3%, as US practices carry growing regulatory staffing overhead.
Fintech
Family offices are moving from preserving wealth to creating it
Addepar chief revenue officer Peter O'Brien on $1.4 trillion of family office data: 48 per cent in alternatives, heirs already at the table and AI for advisers.
Addepar chief revenue officer Peter O'Brien on $1.4 trillion of family office data: 48 per cent in alternatives, heirs already at the table and AI for advisers.
Blockchain
Fintech
Louis Froelich on what the SEC agenda means for tokenisation
Womble Bond Dickinson partner Louis Froelich on the SEC's 2026 agenda, why privacy is a harder problem than custody, and where tokenisation will concentrate.
Womble Bond Dickinson partner Louis Froelich on the SEC's 2026 agenda, why privacy is a harder problem than custody, and where tokenisation will concentrate.
Fintech
Blockchain
Nick Fernando: the bank infrastructure tokenisation still needs
Aqua Global's Nick Fernando on decades-old bank payment systems, where tokenised deposits already do real work, and why visibility is the first thing to fix.
Aqua Global's Nick Fernando on decades-old bank payment systems, where tokenised deposits already do real work, and why visibility is the first thing to fix.
Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
G2A.COM on 14,400 cases and what its AI assistant taught it
G2A.COM chief growth officer Paweł Wróbel on the AI support assistant that resolved 14,400 seller cases in 63 days, and why a wrong answer is worse than none.
G2A.COM chief growth officer Paweł Wróbel on the AI support assistant that resolved 14,400 seller cases in 63 days, and why a wrong answer is worse than none.
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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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