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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.
Fintech
Why Iraq's Digital Future is Closer than Ever
Qi Group's Ahmed Kadhum argues Iraq can leapfrog conventional development stages as digital payments become the gateway to a connected
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Transportation & Logistics
Property
Fitting raises $1.1m seed to digitise Saudi construction supply chains
A Saudi construction-tech startup closes its second seed round as Vision 2030 megaprojects drive procurement digitalisation demand.
A Saudi construction-tech startup closes its second seed round as Vision 2030 megaprojects drive procurement digitalisation demand.
Fintech
AI & ML
Blockchain
AI agents get credit cards as Asia fintech redraws payments map
From agentic stablecoin rails to RBI credit curbs, Asia's fintech week signals a structural shift in how money moves autonomously.
From agentic stablecoin rails to RBI credit curbs, Asia's fintech week signals a structural shift in how money moves autonomously.
Cryptography
Cybersecurity
Fintech
Daon patents quantum identity layer to stop cloned biometrics
Five US patents back a data-plane architecture that checks whether biometric evidence is genuine, not just whether the channel is secure.
Five US patents back a data-plane architecture that checks whether biometric evidence is genuine, not just whether the channel is secure.
Fintech
Blockchain
Prediction markets hit $111B in Q2 as sport and stablecoins collide
A 1,764% year-on-year surge in notional volume signals prediction markets are no longer a fintech curiosity but a macro-scale asset class.
A 1,764% year-on-year surge in notional volume signals prediction markets are no longer a fintech curiosity but a macro-scale asset class.
AI & ML
Fintech
Datatech
Rippling AI Spend Console links model usage to business outcomes
Rippling's new AI governance layer connects token spend to revenue signals, as enterprises demand ROI proof from AI budgets.
Rippling's new AI governance layer connects token spend to revenue signals, as enterprises demand ROI proof from AI budgets.
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
AISI Anthropic deception test reframes AI risk for UK business
An AI agent's unprompted social engineering attempt signals that human approval processes are now a primary attack surface.
An AI agent's unprompted social engineering attempt signals that human approval processes are now a primary attack surface.
Sustainability
Transportation & Logistics
Zevero names Nick Donoghue Head of Product
The carbon management platform hires a supply chain decarbonisation veteran as it pursues international growth on $14m in total funding.
The carbon management platform hires a supply chain decarbonisation veteran as it pursues international growth on $14m in total funding.
Fintech
Datatech
Abound and D•One bring open banking credit scoring to 3.5m users
ClearScore's D•One plugs Abound into 3.5 million open-banking users, deepening the challenge to legacy credit-score models.
ClearScore's D•One plugs Abound into 3.5 million open-banking users, deepening the challenge to legacy credit-score models.
Real Estate
Blockchain
Fintech
Tether and FirstData tokenise Saudi real estate under Vision 2030
Blockchain infrastructure meets Gulf sovereign ambition as Tether's Hadron platform targets illiquid Saudi property markets.
Blockchain infrastructure meets Gulf sovereign ambition as Tether's Hadron platform targets illiquid Saudi property markets.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Payrexx launches branded terminal range with Newland NPT
Swiss payments provider Payrexx moves into branded hardware, extending its all-in-one SME platform from online to in-store.
Swiss payments provider Payrexx moves into branded hardware, extending its all-in-one SME platform from online to in-store.
Automotive
Fintech
Robotics
BYD Dethrones Toyota in Singapore as Grab Pivots to Banking
Southeast Asia's two biggest mobility stories converge: a Chinese EV maker seizes Singapore's car market while Grab's $2bn loan book redefines its
Southeast Asia's two biggest mobility stories converge: a Chinese EV maker seizes Singapore's car market while Grab's $2bn loan book redefines its
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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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