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. -
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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.
Fintech
Capitolis names Bank of America veteran as CTO to drive AI push
Murugan Manickam's 28-year capital markets career signals Capitolis is accelerating AI-driven infrastructure for global bank clients.
Murugan Manickam's 28-year capital markets career signals Capitolis is accelerating AI-driven infrastructure for global bank clients.
Fintech
Internet of Things
FIS and Ericsson unite to simplify wallet-led financial services
The fintech and telecoms giants combine payments, issuing and wallet infrastructure into one pre-integrated platform targeting global digital money deployment.
The fintech and telecoms giants combine payments, issuing and wallet infrastructure into one pre-integrated platform targeting global digital money deployment.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Orion adds Big Three asset managers to tax-smart portfolio platform
Orion's wealthtech platform now hosts BlackRock, Fidelity and Vanguard models, signalling industrialised personalisation in wealth management.
Orion's wealthtech platform now hosts BlackRock, Fidelity and Vanguard models, signalling industrialised personalisation in wealth management.
Fintech
Capitolis names Bank of America veteran Manickam as CTO
Capitolis appoints a 28-year capital markets technologist to lead engineering and AI strategy at the fintech.
Capitolis appoints a 28-year capital markets technologist to lead engineering and AI strategy at the fintech.
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Transportation & Logistics
Usurance wins Utah licence to target cross-border US insurance gap
A Chinese-heritage US carrier enters underwriting with an AI-enabled platform targeting Asian exporters and cross-border trade risks.
A Chinese-heritage US carrier enters underwriting with an AI-enabled platform targeting Asian exporters and cross-border trade risks.
Fintech
Property
Twenty7tec launches Steppl to bridge adviser-client digital gap
The mortgage-tech firm's new client portal targets the fragmented advice journey, where 62% of homebuyers still repeat the same data submissions.
The mortgage-tech firm's new client portal targets the fragmented advice journey, where 62% of homebuyers still repeat the same data submissions.
Cybersecurity
Fintech
Foresight backs Distology as NorthEdge logs 4.3x SME Fund exit
NorthEdge's ninth tech exit hands Stockport-based cybersecurity distributor to Foresight, underlining regional PE appetite for security-channel plays.
NorthEdge's ninth tech exit hands Stockport-based cybersecurity distributor to Foresight, underlining regional PE appetite for security-channel plays.
Fintech
AI & ML
Vertice AI launches outcome-driven marketing engine for credit unions
Vertice OPTIMIZE links community bank growth targets to automated campaign execution, signalling a shift from AI insight to AI action in financial services.
Vertice OPTIMIZE links community bank growth targets to automated campaign execution, signalling a shift from AI insight to AI action in financial services.
Retail & E-Commerce
Sustainability
Sportsman's Warehouse posts Q2 gains amid US consumer squeeze
The outdoor retailer trimmed inventory by $44.5m and debt by $26m as firearms and ammunition demand offsets broader discretionary weakness.
The outdoor retailer trimmed inventory by $44.5m and debt by $26m as firearms and ammunition demand offsets broader discretionary weakness.
Media & Publishing
AI & ML
Datatech
Cint and Potloc deploy MCP to automate research workflows via AI agents
Cint's Model Context Protocol lets AI agents run multi-market research studies in a single pass, signalling a shift in how insight platforms are
Cint's Model Context Protocol lets AI agents run multi-market research studies in a single pass, signalling a shift in how insight platforms are
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
Descope adds agent-identity protocol to secure enterprise AI stacks
Descope's Cross-App Access standard replaces static API keys with short-lived tokens, letting enterprises govern AI agents via existing identity providers.
Descope's Cross-App Access standard replaces static API keys with short-lived tokens, letting enterprises govern AI agents via existing identity providers.
Sustainability
Energy
Real Estate
Aduro Clean Technologies scales plastic-waste chemistry to FOAK plant
Aduro's hydrochemolytic platform edges toward industrial scale, bridging chemical recycling, petroleum upgrading and circular materials capital.
Aduro's hydrochemolytic platform edges toward industrial scale, bridging chemical recycling, petroleum upgrading and circular materials capital.
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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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