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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.
Real Estate
Sustainability
Fintech
Infortar buys Litagra to become Baltic states' largest milk producer
Estonian conglomerate Infortar consolidates Baltic agri-food assets, signalling cross-border capital reallocation in regional food security.
Estonian conglomerate Infortar consolidates Baltic agri-food assets, signalling cross-border capital reallocation in regional food security.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Internet of Things
Paystack and Shoprite race to own Africa's full payments stack
Two giants from opposite ends of African commerce are vertically integrating payments infrastructure, signalling the end of third-party rails.
Two giants from opposite ends of African commerce are vertically integrating payments infrastructure, signalling the end of third-party rails.
AI & ML
Fintech
Datatech
ByteDance's $29.6bn loan and Moonshot's IPO signal APAC AI capital surge
Three data points from ByteDance, Moonshot AI, and Foxconn converge to reveal a structural shift in Asian AI infrastructure capital.
Three data points from ByteDance, Moonshot AI, and Foxconn converge to reveal a structural shift in Asian AI infrastructure capital.
Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech
AI & ML
Omnichannel payments market set to hit $108bn by 2031
Juniper Research forecasts 57% revenue growth as payment data shifts from operational by-product to merchant intelligence asset.
Juniper Research forecasts 57% revenue growth as payment data shifts from operational by-product to merchant intelligence asset.
Fintech
Real Estate
HSBC Kuwait and Tap Payments team up on merchant acquiring
HSBC Kuwait partners with local fintech Tap Payments to modernise card acceptance and receivables for corporate clients.
HSBC Kuwait partners with local fintech Tap Payments to modernise card acceptance and receivables for corporate clients.
Fintech
AI & ML
Media & Publishing
Arab-Brazil digital bridge targets $33bn trade corridor
An OPG executive has proposed AI, fintech and talent exchange initiatives to modernise a $33bn Arab-Brazil trade relationship still anchored in food and oil.
An OPG executive has proposed AI, fintech and talent exchange initiatives to modernise a $33bn Arab-Brazil trade relationship still anchored in food and oil.
Fintech
Media & Publishing
AI & ML
Hyundai Card runs AI-vs-human PR contests to shape its AX strategy
Korea's top credit card issuer is stress-testing generative AI against human writers to build a durable human-AI workflow for comms.
Korea's top credit card issuer is stress-testing generative AI against human writers to build a durable human-AI workflow for comms.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Revolut Wins US Bank Charter as Global Fintech IPO Wave Builds
OCC approvals for Revolut and OpenReserve coincide with a surge of fintech IPOs across Asia, signalling a new phase of regulated expansion.
OCC approvals for Revolut and OpenReserve coincide with a surge of fintech IPOs across Asia, signalling a new phase of regulated expansion.
AI & ML
Blockchain
Animoca Brands and AWS gamify agentic AI training via football cup
Animoca Brands' Minds platform teams with AWS to lower the barrier to agentic AI through a global football simulation tournament.
Animoca Brands' Minds platform teams with AWS to lower the barrier to agentic AI through a global football simulation tournament.
Fintech
Cybersecurity
Eftsure acquires Relish to build global payment assurance platform
The deal unites vendor validation and payment verification across 190 countries, protecting $288bn in annual B2B payments.
The deal unites vendor validation and payment verification across 190 countries, protecting $288bn in annual B2B payments.
Blockchain
Fintech
21 banks commit to joint stablecoin as lobbying stance reverses
A syndicate including Goldman Sachs, Citi and Bank of America will issue a shared dollar stablecoin, reversing years of legislative opposition.
A syndicate including Goldman Sachs, Citi and Bank of America will issue a shared dollar stablecoin, reversing years of legislative opposition.
Defence
Robotics
Transportation & Logistics
HII targets 15% throughput rise as US Navy shipbuilding race intensifies
America's largest shipbuilder outlines a three-pillar acceleration plan as naval procurement timelines collide with industrial capacity constraints.
America's largest shipbuilder outlines a three-pillar acceleration plan as naval procurement timelines collide with industrial capacity constraints.
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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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