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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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Blockchain
Broadridge brings G7 securities to tokenised repo at $351bn daily scale
Broadridge's DLR network now settles G7 sovereign collateral atomically, processing $7.4 trillion in repo transactions in August alone.
Broadridge's DLR network now settles G7 sovereign collateral atomically, processing $7.4 trillion in repo transactions in August alone.
Fintech
AI & ML
Nubank and Revolut turn transaction data into AI moats
Proprietary foundation models trained on billions of customer events are reshaping how neobanks underwrite, sell and retain.
Proprietary foundation models trained on billions of customer events are reshaping how neobanks underwrite, sell and retain.
Fintech
AI & ML
Mambu wires agentic AI directly into core banking ledger
Mambu's Intelligent Core embeds AI agents into live banking infrastructure, promising autonomous workflows without legacy-core bottlenecks.
Mambu's Intelligent Core embeds AI agents into live banking infrastructure, promising autonomous workflows without legacy-core bottlenecks.
Fintech
HWF Partners expands tax insurance team in London and Dubai
Two senior hires signal growing demand for transactional risk insurance across structured finance and Middle East M&A markets.
Two senior hires signal growing demand for transactional risk insurance across structured finance and Middle East M&A markets.
Fintech
Mobile banking apps cost €300k+ to build, and that is just the start
ConnectPay and Baltic Amadeus break down the true cost of launching a compliant mobile banking app in 2026.
ConnectPay and Baltic Amadeus break down the true cost of launching a compliant mobile banking app in 2026.
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Energy
Sustainability
CPP Investments and Equinix acquire atNorth in $4bn Nordic data push
A $4bn pension-and-colocation joint acquisition bets the Nordics will become the AI era's preferred data centre geography.
A $4bn pension-and-colocation joint acquisition bets the Nordics will become the AI era's preferred data centre geography.
Fintech
AI & ML
Float raises €4.5mn to bridge Europe's tech funding gap
Stockholm fintech Float secures a Series A to build an AI-native financial platform for European tech SMEs locked out of VC.
Stockholm fintech Float secures a Series A to build an AI-native financial platform for European tech SMEs locked out of VC.
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Fintech
Stellar and CV Labs back ten blockchain finance startups globally
A ten-company cohort spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and the US signals blockchain's rise as the default rail for cross-border finance.
A ten-company cohort spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and the US signals blockchain's rise as the default rail for cross-border finance.
Fintech
Datatech
Parameta and ICE expand OTC data feed to cover 600+ streams
TP ICAP's data arm pipes exclusive OTC pricing into ICE's consolidated feed, broadening transparency across rates, credit, FX and energy markets.
TP ICAP's data arm pipes exclusive OTC pricing into ICE's consolidated feed, broadening transparency across rates, credit, FX and energy markets.
Aerospace
Sustainability
Transportation & Logistics
Embraer's 2,000th E-Jet marks regional aviation's global reach
Brazil's Embraer delivers its 2,000th E-Jet to Azul, cementing the programme among the world's top three commercial jet families.
Brazil's Embraer delivers its 2,000th E-Jet to Azul, cementing the programme among the world's top three commercial jet families.
Defence
Transportation & Logistics
Aerospace
CSG Group brings armoured vehicles and UAV engines to MSPO 2026
The Czech defence conglomerate uses Poland's largest arms fair to debut new tactical platforms as Central Europe's rearmament drive accelerates.
The Czech defence conglomerate uses Poland's largest arms fair to debut new tactical platforms as Central Europe's rearmament drive accelerates.
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
NetSPI and Synack merge to build $200m+ offensive security platform
KKR-backed deal unites two penetration testing leaders, embedding agentic AI into a platform serving Fortune 100 firms and US federal agencies.
KKR-backed deal unites two penetration testing leaders, embedding agentic AI into a platform serving Fortune 100 firms and US federal agencies.
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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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