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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.
Automotive
Sustainability
Transportation & Logistics
Solera backs China NEV global push with CATARC partnership
Solera's CATARC tie-up positions Western vehicle-lifecycle software as the compliance backbone for Chinese EV brands entering overseas markets.
Solera's CATARC tie-up positions Western vehicle-lifecycle software as the compliance backbone for Chinese EV brands entering overseas markets.
Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Wellbeing
EssilorLuxottica and Meta push AI glasses into mainstream with Gen 3
The Ray-Ban Meta partnership expands to 100-plus styles, adds an AI agent and FDA-cleared hearing tools as wearable AI scales globally.
The Ray-Ban Meta partnership expands to 100-plus styles, adds an AI agent and FDA-cleared hearing tools as wearable AI scales globally.
Defence
Space
Viasat wins $307m USMC SATCOM contract for multi-orbit connectivity
A seven-year Marine Corps satellite contract tests how commercial multi-orbit networks are replacing legacy military comms infrastructure.
A seven-year Marine Corps satellite contract tests how commercial multi-orbit networks are replacing legacy military comms infrastructure.
Transportation & Logistics
AI & ML
HUHUTECH grows revenue 8.6% as US, Germany, Singapore ops debut
The Chinese facility-management integrator's five-country expansion signals where semiconductor and optoelectronic capex is flowing.
The Chinese facility-management integrator's five-country expansion signals where semiconductor and optoelectronic capex is flowing.
Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech
Adyen upgrades Authenticate to lift merchant conversion rates
Adyen's ML-powered authentication overhaul, backed by Google, Mastercard and Visa, promises double-digit conversion gains for global merchants.
Adyen's ML-powered authentication overhaul, backed by Google, Mastercard and Visa, promises double-digit conversion gains for global merchants.
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Datatech
ProCredit picks Kondor Up to modernise multi-country treasury
ProCredit group deploys Teciem's cloud-native Kondor Up across ten development banks in Eastern Europe.
ProCredit group deploys Teciem's cloud-native Kondor Up across ten development banks in Eastern Europe.
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Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Klarna's banking push and AI retail deals signal fintech's next era
Klarna's summer sprint spans a US banking licence bid, AI shopping integrations, and a $36.6bn GMV quarter.
Klarna's summer sprint spans a US banking licence bid, AI shopping integrations, and a $36.6bn GMV quarter.
Wellbeing
AI & ML
Heidi Health hits $900m valuation with $340m raise for NHS AI push
General Catalyst and Blackbird back the NHS's sole AI documentation supplier as clinical AI regulation and workforce capacity collide.
General Catalyst and Blackbird back the NHS's sole AI documentation supplier as clinical AI regulation and workforce capacity collide.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Adyen unifies payment authentication into one ML platform
Adyen's upgraded Authenticate module routes every transaction to the best verification method in real time, reporting double-digit conversion gains.
Adyen's upgraded Authenticate module routes every transaction to the best verification method in real time, reporting double-digit conversion gains.
Datatech
Cybersecurity
Defence
VAST Data's DataEnclave targets AI's $sensitive-data impasse
VAST Data's confidential AI runtime brings frontier models to regulated industries' locked-down data, partnering NVIDIA, Cohere and CrowdStrike.
VAST Data's confidential AI runtime brings frontier models to regulated industries' locked-down data, partnering NVIDIA, Cohere and CrowdStrike.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
DXtrade wins Bappebti approval to enter Indonesia's derivatives market
Devexperts' trading platform is now one of only two Bappebti-authorised systems, opening a path into Indonesia's fast-growing digital asset sector.
Devexperts' trading platform is now one of only two Bappebti-authorised systems, opening a path into Indonesia's fast-growing digital asset sector.
Fintech
AI & ML
Subcontext brings governed life insurance to ChatGPT and Claude
UK insurtech Subcontext lets insurers sell protection products inside AI assistants, days after the FCA flagged agentic distribution as a protection-gap fix.
UK insurtech Subcontext lets insurers sell protection products inside AI assistants, days after the FCA flagged agentic distribution as a protection-gap fix.
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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