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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.
Space
Defence
Rocket Lab wins $397m Space Force deal for orbital targeting layer
The Flatellite and Neutron rocket contract marks a pivotal convergence of commercial launch, satellite manufacturing, and contested-space defence doctrine.
The Flatellite and Neutron rocket contract marks a pivotal convergence of commercial launch, satellite manufacturing, and contested-space defence doctrine.
Space
Defence
Telesat wins C$2.3bn Arctic military satcom deal for Lightspeed LEO
Canada's C$2.3bn defence contract adds 69 satellites to Telesat's LEO constellation, fusing sovereign connectivity with NATO interoperability ambitions.
Canada's C$2.3bn defence contract adds 69 satellites to Telesat's LEO constellation, fusing sovereign connectivity with NATO interoperability ambitions.
Aerospace
Defence
Sustainability
Volatus Aerospace targets sovereign wildfire capability in FlyOx deal
Canada's Volatus partners with Spain's Singular Aircraft to deploy heavy-lift autonomous firefighting planes, building sovereign aerospace resilience.
Canada's Volatus partners with Spain's Singular Aircraft to deploy heavy-lift autonomous firefighting planes, building sovereign aerospace resilience.
Defence
Energy
Leonardo DRS consolidates naval nuclear ops in new Connecticut hub
The defence contractor's 141,000 sq ft Brookfield facility signals expanding US naval nuclear propulsion and civilian reactor ambitions.
The defence contractor's 141,000 sq ft Brookfield facility signals expanding US naval nuclear propulsion and civilian reactor ambitions.
Fintech
Cybersecurity
NPCI warns India's digital payment users on SMS scam surge
India's retail payments authority launches a public awareness push as social-engineering SMS fraud threatens the country's fast-growing digital economy.
India's retail payments authority launches a public awareness push as social-engineering SMS fraud threatens the country's fast-growing digital economy.
Cryptography
Fintech
Cybersecurity
Glide.id unites US carriers on SIM cryptography to kill the OTP
A SIM-anchored authentication platform now spans AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, targeting a fraud wave costing US consumers $15.9bn in 2025.
A SIM-anchored authentication platform now spans AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, targeting a fraud wave costing US consumers $15.9bn in 2025.
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Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Contactless payments set to hit $32tn as SoftPOS reshapes commerce
Juniper Research forecasts an 86% market surge by 2031, with digital ticketing and SoftPOS accelerating the death of cash.
Juniper Research forecasts an 86% market surge by 2031, with digital ticketing and SoftPOS accelerating the death of cash.
Wellbeing
Fintech
Clinic sale anatomy: only 42% of CPP Europe deals paid in cash
Newly filed UK accounts expose how clinic consolidation deals are structured, with most value deferred or contingent rather than paid at completion.
Newly filed UK accounts expose how clinic consolidation deals are structured, with most value deferred or contingent rather than paid at completion.
Quantum
Fintech
D-Wave and Nasdaq Verafin target financial crime with quantum-hybrid AI
D-Wave's annealing quantum technology will probe transaction networks Nasdaq Verafin's classical models currently struggle to map.
D-Wave's annealing quantum technology will probe transaction networks Nasdaq Verafin's classical models currently struggle to map.
Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech
FreeAgent and Equali link up to simplify multi-marketplace accounting
UK accounting software firm FreeAgent integrates with reconciliation platform Equali to automate financial data flows for multi-channel e-commerce sellers.
UK accounting software firm FreeAgent integrates with reconciliation platform Equali to automate financial data flows for multi-channel e-commerce sellers.
Fintech
AI & ML
Greenshoe targets quarterly SEC filings with always-on AI disclosure
Greenshoe's continuous AI monitoring aims to replace quarterly reporting fire drills for 100-plus public companies.
Greenshoe's continuous AI monitoring aims to replace quarterly reporting fire drills for 100-plus public companies.
Media & Publishing
AI & ML
Biotech
RWS acquires Acolad to extend AI language platforms across Europe
The AIM-listed AI solutions group absorbs a 1,200-person European language services firm, betting that enterprise AI still needs human cultural fluency.
The AIM-listed AI solutions group absorbs a 1,200-person European language services firm, betting that enterprise AI still needs human cultural fluency.
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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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