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. -
FintechWellbeing
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
Hospitality
Laurence Booth on payments in premium hospitality and gaming
Trust Payments chief executive Laurence Booth on a 72-hour terminal rollout, reconciling casino and restaurant payments, and where AI takes payments next.
Trust Payments chief executive Laurence Booth on a 72-hour terminal rollout, reconciling casino and restaurant payments, and where AI takes payments next.
Fintech
Dean Rubino on why private fund onboarding stayed manual
KPC Private Funds chief executive Dean Rubino on why onboarding for alternatives stayed manual, what PRISM 2.0 standardises, and what the industry must fix.
KPC Private Funds chief executive Dean Rubino on why onboarding for alternatives stayed manual, what PRISM 2.0 standardises, and what the industry must fix.
Space
Defence
NewOrbit secures first commercial VLEO launch slot for 2028
UK satellite maker NewOrbit locks in a Q3 2028 launch, becoming the first company to secure a commercial slot in Very Low Earth Orbit.
UK satellite maker NewOrbit locks in a Q3 2028 launch, becoming the first company to secure a commercial slot in Very Low Earth Orbit.
Fintech
AI & ML
Datatech
Experian Activate brings cash flow data into credit decisioning
Experian's new AI decisioning engine blends real-time cash flow and credit data, widening access for borrowers missed by traditional underwriting.
Experian's new AI decisioning engine blends real-time cash flow and credit data, widening access for borrowers missed by traditional underwriting.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
FinXP and Thredd unite on multi-region card issuing infrastructure
The Malta-licensed payment provider gains a modern issuer-processing stack as embedded finance infrastructure becomes a cross-sector battleground.
The Malta-licensed payment provider gains a modern issuer-processing stack as embedded finance infrastructure becomes a cross-sector battleground.
Defence
Internet of Things
AI & ML
Corpora.ai backs Convert Technologies in sovereign defence tech push
A frontier research platform backs a UK GPS-denied tracking scale-up, merging AI-driven intelligence with sovereign defence asset management.
A frontier research platform backs a UK GPS-denied tracking scale-up, merging AI-driven intelligence with sovereign defence asset management.
Energy
Fintech
Parameta and Zema Global widen OTC energy data access
TP ICAP's data arm and Zema Global expand a partnership to pipe broker-sourced OTC pricing into energy firms' existing decision systems.
TP ICAP's data arm and Zema Global expand a partnership to pipe broker-sourced OTC pricing into energy firms' existing decision systems.
Fintech
Blockchain
AI & ML
Ripple Treasury adds governed AI agents for enterprise finance
Ripple's GSmart expansion puts policy-cited AI agents into treasury workflows, targeting the governance gap slowing enterprise adoption.
Ripple's GSmart expansion puts policy-cited AI agents into treasury workflows, targeting the governance gap slowing enterprise adoption.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Checkout.com logs 126% US growth as North America rivalry sharpens
Checkout.com's US processing volume is on track to exceed $100bn this year, as the firm launches direct acquiring and issuing capabilities.
Checkout.com's US processing volume is on track to exceed $100bn this year, as the firm launches direct acquiring and issuing capabilities.
Fintech
AI & ML
Sidetrade launches sovereign AI stack to lock CFOs out of hyperscalers
Sidetrade's SAFE framework runs agentic finance AI entirely on owned GPUs and data centres, targeting a 30–35% EBITDA margin by 2030.
Sidetrade's SAFE framework runs agentic finance AI entirely on owned GPUs and data centres, targeting a 30–35% EBITDA margin by 2030.
Fintech
Datatech
Exegy and MarketsIO partner to modernise capital markets data stack
Two market data specialists are offering banks and trading firms an incremental escape route from ageing, vendor-locked data infrastructure.
Two market data specialists are offering banks and trading firms an incremental escape route from ageing, vendor-locked data infrastructure.
Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Sustainability
Biorsaf raises €5.2m to build Italy's Food RegTech platform
P101-led funding and a bolt-on acquisition target Italy's fragmented food-compliance market, where digitisation sits at just 3%.
P101-led funding and a bolt-on acquisition target Italy's fragmented food-compliance market, where digitisation sits at just 3%.
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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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The Biotech Times
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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