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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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AI & ML
Starling Bank launches AI smart tools as neobank model evolves
Starling's user-built AI finance tools signal a shift from product-led banking to platform-led personalisation.
Starling's user-built AI finance tools signal a shift from product-led banking to platform-led personalisation.
Blockchain
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Transportation & Logistics
Borderless and CrissCross unite to wire stablecoins into Africa's FX
A stablecoin orchestration network and African payments infrastructure provider are joining forces to cut the cost of cross-border money movement across 30+ markets.
A stablecoin orchestration network and African payments infrastructure provider are joining forces to cut the cost of cross-border money movement across 30+ markets.
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AI & ML
Credolab joins FICO Marketplace to bring behavioural scoring mainstream
The partnership puts alternative credit intelligence inside FICO Platform, reaching 90% of top US lenders and over a billion credit-invisible consumers.
The partnership puts alternative credit intelligence inside FICO Platform, reaching 90% of top US lenders and over a billion credit-invisible consumers.
Transportation & Logistics
Automotive
AI & ML
Uber and Baidu launch driverless Apollo Go robotaxis in Dubai
The Uber-Baidu tie-up creates the first multi-partner autonomous ride network, with Dubai as the launchpad for a global AV rollout.
The Uber-Baidu tie-up creates the first multi-partner autonomous ride network, with Dubai as the launchpad for a global AV rollout.
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Real Estate
AI & ML
Finova appoints Director of Data to power AI mortgage strategy
The UK mortgage software giant names a data chief as the government's Smart Data initiative promises £14bn in homebuying social value.
The UK mortgage software giant names a data chief as the government's Smart Data initiative promises £14bn in homebuying social value.
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Real Estate
Exits MENA acquires Avanz Capital Egypt in MENA private equity push
The multi-seven-figure deal creates an integrated advisory-to-PE platform targeting Egypt's $123bn SME finance gap.
The multi-seven-figure deal creates an integrated advisory-to-PE platform targeting Egypt's $123bn SME finance gap.
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AI & ML
Fintech Galaxy wins UAE Open Finance approval in Gulf data push
UAE in-principle approval positions Fintech Galaxy at the centre of the Gulf's regulated financial data infrastructure buildout.
UAE in-principle approval positions Fintech Galaxy at the centre of the Gulf's regulated financial data infrastructure buildout.
Fintech
AI & ML
FinregE launches layered RegTech architecture to cut compliance noise
The Moody's-backed regtech firm says firms across 160 jurisdictions face systemic blindness as regulatory volumes hit unsustainable levels.
The Moody's-backed regtech firm says firms across 160 jurisdictions face systemic blindness as regulatory volumes hit unsustainable levels.
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Transportation & Logistics
Retail & E-Commerce
Greenly launches Digital Product Passport tool for EU ESPR compliance
Greenly's new platform automates supply-chain traceability data, helping manufacturers meet Europe's incoming product passport mandates.
Greenly's new platform automates supply-chain traceability data, helping manufacturers meet Europe's incoming product passport mandates.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
PayQuicker secures Clearhaven PE backing to scale global payout reach
A software-focused PE firm backs PayQuicker's 210-country payout platform as enterprise demand for real-time global disbursement intensifies.
A software-focused PE firm backs PayQuicker's 210-country payout platform as enterprise demand for real-time global disbursement intensifies.
Media & Publishing
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AI & ML
Parachute launches outcome-based advisory with $1.5m venture arm
Austin startup Parachute ties advisory fees to client outcomes and writes cheques, as Big Three consultancies edge toward performance pricing.
Austin startup Parachute ties advisory fees to client outcomes and writes cheques, as Big Three consultancies edge toward performance pricing.
Cybersecurity
Fintech
Bybit's AI security push intercepts $700m in crypto threats
Bybit's H1 2026 security report shows AI-assisted defences stopping 30,000 suspicious withdrawals as crypto exchanges race attackers using the same tools.
Bybit's H1 2026 security report shows AI-assisted defences stopping 30,000 suspicious withdrawals as crypto exchanges race attackers using the same tools.
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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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