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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.
Transportation & Logistics
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Internet of Things
DHL, Standard Bank and MTN forge SME trade corridor across Africa
A four-way public-private coalition targets Africa's 90%-SME economy with finance, digital tools and logistics to unlock cross-border trade.
A four-way public-private coalition targets Africa's 90%-SME economy with finance, digital tools and logistics to unlock cross-border trade.
Retail & E-Commerce
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AI & ML
Kinguin cuts ecommerce fraud 87.5% with AI-native Ravelin platform
A three-year renewal signals AI-driven, journey-wide fraud detection displacing manual review in high-velocity digital goods markets.
A three-year renewal signals AI-driven, journey-wide fraud detection displacing manual review in high-velocity digital goods markets.
Fintech
AI & ML
Corpay brings AI assistant to UK finance teams to cut admin load
Corpay's new plain-language Virtual Assistant targets the six-plus hours UK finance teams lose weekly to manual spend admin.
Corpay's new plain-language Virtual Assistant targets the six-plus hours UK finance teams lose weekly to manual spend admin.
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Fintech
Blockchain.com taps AI compliance platform ahead of FCA crypto crackdown
Blockchain.com integrates Adclear's AI review tools as the FCA prepares its toughest-ever cryptoasset marketing regime for 2027.
Blockchain.com integrates Adclear's AI review tools as the FCA prepares its toughest-ever cryptoasset marketing regime for 2027.
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Biotech
NatWest Venture Banking hires life sciences lead from HSBC
Emily Pilkington joins from HSBC Innovation Banking to head NatWest's life sciences and healthcare venture unit.
Emily Pilkington joins from HSBC Innovation Banking to head NatWest's life sciences and healthcare venture unit.
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Energy
Quantinuum puts Helios quantum computer inside Oracle Cloud
A multi-year deal embeds a 99-qubit trapped-ion system in OCI data centres, bringing hybrid quantum-AI workloads to enterprise cloud users.
A multi-year deal embeds a 99-qubit trapped-ion system in OCI data centres, bringing hybrid quantum-AI workloads to enterprise cloud users.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Transportation & Logistics
Firstsource and Cresta unite to push agentic AI into enterprise CX
An India-US services partnership aims to bridge the gap between AI capability and measurable business outcomes in customer experience.
An India-US services partnership aims to bridge the gap between AI capability and measurable business outcomes in customer experience.
Fintech
AI & ML
Napier AI and Delta Capita unite to close KYC-AML compliance gap
The London partnership merges AI transaction monitoring with client lifecycle management to cut financial crime compliance costs.
The London partnership merges AI transaction monitoring with client lifecycle management to cut financial crime compliance costs.
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Real Estate
Defacto goes live on Mambu Payments for SME lending at scale
Defacto's SEPA integration with Mambu Payments automates SME receivables financing, signalling a shift in how fintechs plug into institutional banking.
Defacto's SEPA integration with Mambu Payments automates SME receivables financing, signalling a shift in how fintechs plug into institutional banking.
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Transportation & Logistics
Stanbic IBTC upgrades FinnAxia 9.0 to modernise African banking
Stanbic IBTC's platform upgrade signals Africa's corporate banking shift toward real-time payments and intelligent liquidity management.
Stanbic IBTC's platform upgrade signals Africa's corporate banking shift toward real-time payments and intelligent liquidity management.
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AI & ML
Farsight embeds PitchBook Premium data in AI deal workflows
Farsight's expanded PitchBook tie-up pipes private-market deal and valuation data directly into AI-driven financial workflows.
Farsight's expanded PitchBook tie-up pipes private-market deal and valuation data directly into AI-driven financial workflows.
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Money20/20 Middle East Returns to Riyadh
Money20/20 Middle East returns to Riyadh from 14–16 September 2026, bringing global financial leaders together to explore the future of fintech, payments and digital fina
Money20/20 Middle East is set to return to Riyadh from 14–16 September 2026, bringing regulators, financial institutions, fintech companies, investors and technology leaders together as Saudi Arabia continues to strengthen its position in the global financial services landscap
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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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