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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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Robotics
Automotive
Guident and FSCJ launch autonomous vehicle ops training centre
A Florida college becomes Guident's sixth global remote monitoring hub, training the human workforce autonomous mobility needs to scale.
A Florida college becomes Guident's sixth global remote monitoring hub, training the human workforce autonomous mobility needs to scale.
Transportation & Logistics
Internet of Things
Energy
GL Communications automates legacy analog network testing
The MAPS Analog Phone Simulator targets aging 2-wire and 4-wire networks still underpinning public safety, utilities and transport.
The MAPS Analog Phone Simulator targets aging 2-wire and 4-wire networks still underpinning public safety, utilities and transport.
Energy
Sustainability
Real Estate
McEwen Copper raises $240m to push Los Azules toward production
A Sprott-led term loan backs Argentina's largest copper development as global supply tightness and Milei's reforms attract long-term capital.
A Sprott-led term loan backs Argentina's largest copper development as global supply tightness and Milei's reforms attract long-term capital.
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Media & Publishing
Fintech
Xsolla's "Durable Advantage" puts a $600m price on platform dependency
Xsolla president Chris Hewish's new book argues game studios are bleeding billions to platforms they do not own or control.
Xsolla president Chris Hewish's new book argues game studios are bleeding billions to platforms they do not own or control.
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Transportation & Logistics
Policybazaar.ae embeds insurance inside UAE vehicle gateway
A UAE traffic-systems platform becomes a live insurance distribution channel, collapsing vehicle registration and policy issuance into one digital transaction.
A UAE traffic-systems platform becomes a live insurance distribution channel, collapsing vehicle registration and policy issuance into one digital transaction.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Paysafe and FastSpring launch co-branded Merchant of Record solution
The partnership lets digital-goods sellers offload global tax, compliance and chargeback duties to a single co-branded payments stack.
The partnership lets digital-goods sellers offload global tax, compliance and chargeback duties to a single co-branded payments stack.
Fintech
Cryptography
Fourthline gains EU qualified trust status, closing identity gap
Fourthline's QTSP certification lets it own the full digital identity chain, from KYC verification to legally binding e-signatures, ahead of AMLR 2027.
Fourthline's QTSP certification lets it own the full digital identity chain, from KYC verification to legally binding e-signatures, ahead of AMLR 2027.
Fintech
AI & ML
Float raises €4.5mn to build AI-native finance platform for EU tech SMEs
Stockholm's Float closes a CHAPTERS-led Series A to bridge Europe's venture capital gap with non-dilutive, AI-powered financing.
Stockholm's Float closes a CHAPTERS-led Series A to bridge Europe's venture capital gap with non-dilutive, AI-powered financing.
Blockchain
Cryptography
Zano Hard Fork 6 bridges privacy chain to Ethereum and Solana
Zano's largest-ever protocol upgrade adds exchange-ready addresses and two-way cross-chain bridging to major public networks.
Zano's largest-ever protocol upgrade adds exchange-ready addresses and two-way cross-chain bridging to major public networks.
Fintech
AI & ML
Google Cloud targets global finance with Gemini agentic platform
Google Cloud's purpose-built agentic AI for capital markets and banking signals the next front in enterprise AI platform competition.
Google Cloud's purpose-built agentic AI for capital markets and banking signals the next front in enterprise AI platform competition.
Sustainability
Fintech
CIX and Carbonplace merge to build global carbon market infrastructure
A Singapore-London merger backed by 12 global banks aims to create end-to-end infrastructure for scaling voluntary and compliance carbon markets.
A Singapore-London merger backed by 12 global banks aims to create end-to-end infrastructure for scaling voluntary and compliance carbon markets.
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Real Estate
FOO and BENEFIT push BenefitPay past 1.9bn transactions
UAE fintech FOO hits 100 feature milestones on Bahrain's national digital wallet, serving 1.3 million active users.
UAE fintech FOO hits 100 feature milestones on Bahrain's national digital wallet, serving 1.3 million active users.
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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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