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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.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Checkout.com activates US MALPB charter for direct card acquiring
Checkout.com becomes one of only three firms to operate a US MALPB charter, gaining direct card-network access without third-party intermediaries.
Checkout.com becomes one of only three firms to operate a US MALPB charter, gaining direct card-network access without third-party intermediaries.
Blockchain
Fintech
SphereNet adds Seoul validator as Korea preps won stablecoin rails
Nodeinfra's entry into SphereNet's validator set positions a compliance-native ledger at the centre of South Korea's regulated digital-money build-out.
Nodeinfra's entry into SphereNet's validator set positions a compliance-native ledger at the centre of South Korea's regulated digital-money build-out.
Fintech
AI & ML
Savvy Wealth raises $100M to arm independent advisors with AI
A $100M Series C backs Savvy's bet that AI can give independent advisors institutional scale without surrendering ownership.
A $100M Series C backs Savvy's bet that AI can give independent advisors institutional scale without surrendering ownership.
Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech
AI & ML
Mastercard bets on agentic commerce with Agent Connect launch
Mastercard's new Agent Connect platform positions the payments giant as the trust layer for AI-driven retail, connecting merchants, agents and payment providers.
Mastercard's new Agent Connect platform positions the payments giant as the trust layer for AI-driven retail, connecting merchants, agents and payment providers.
Energy
AI & ML
Cybersecurity
ZincFive launches NiZn BMS purpose-built for AI data centre loads
ZincFive's in-house battery management system targets the high-frequency power demands of AI training infrastructure with built-in OT cybersecurity.
ZincFive's in-house battery management system targets the high-frequency power demands of AI training infrastructure with built-in OT cybersecurity.
Fintech
AFS acquires Debticate to build end-to-end loan syndication platform
OceanSound-backed AFS absorbs Debticate's syndication workflow tools to automate the full commercial lending lifecycle.
OceanSound-backed AFS absorbs Debticate's syndication workflow tools to automate the full commercial lending lifecycle.
Fintech
AI & ML
Orion puts enterprise trading in advisors' hands, cutting trade desks
Orion's Advisor Trading expansion decentralises portfolio execution, reflecting the wealthtech sector's shift toward autonomous, AI-assisted advisory workflows.
Orion's Advisor Trading expansion decentralises portfolio execution, reflecting the wealthtech sector's shift toward autonomous, AI-assisted advisory workflows.
Fintech
Cybersecurity
Sumsub bundles Nordic eIDs into one integration for regional scale
Sumsub's Non-Doc Nordic eID Bundle unifies four national identity schemes under one contract, cutting compliance friction for businesses expanding across the region.
Sumsub's Non-Doc Nordic eID Bundle unifies four national identity schemes under one contract, cutting compliance friction for businesses expanding across the region.
Fintech
AI & ML
Arcesium hires Brian Rosenberg to push agentic AI into buy-side ops
The fintech's new commercial president will accelerate its pivot from back-office data into front-office agentic AI for institutional investors.
The fintech's new commercial president will accelerate its pivot from back-office data into front-office agentic AI for institutional investors.
Space
Sustainability
Defence
Eutelsat and OroraTech build European thermal intelligence layer
A Franco-German LEO deal aims to put up to 96 thermal sensors in orbit, targeting wildfires and sovereign Earth intelligence.
A Franco-German LEO deal aims to put up to 96 thermal sensors in orbit, targeting wildfires and sovereign Earth intelligence.
Cybersecurity
Internet of Things
Cryptography
WISeKey shareholders back Swiss-to-BVI redomiciliation move
The cybersecurity and IoT group exits Switzerland for the British Virgin Islands, chasing more flexible capital access across its five-subsidiary platform.
The cybersecurity and IoT group exits Switzerland for the British Virgin Islands, chasing more flexible capital access across its five-subsidiary platform.
Datatech
AI & ML
Ataccama open-sources data quality layer for AI agents via Ossie
Ataccama's open-source converter embeds live data quality signals into the Apache Ossie semantic standard, letting AI agents verify data before acting.
Ataccama's open-source converter embeds live data quality signals into the Apache Ossie semantic standard, letting AI agents verify data before acting.
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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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