Blockchain
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.
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.
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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.
Cryptography
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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.
Space
Defence
Hughes Satellite files Chapter 11 to pivot to defence and B2B
The EchoStar subsidiary seeks court protection to shed consumer satellite debt and refocus on government and defence contracts.
The EchoStar subsidiary seeks court protection to shed consumer satellite debt and refocus on government and defence contracts.
Sustainability
Automotive
Energy
Cabot Corp battery materials push signals EV supply-chain shift
Cabot's Q3 results reveal a deliberate pivot towards conductive additives as EV battery demand reshapes specialty chemicals capital.
Cabot's Q3 results reveal a deliberate pivot towards conductive additives as EV battery demand reshapes specialty chemicals capital.
Energy
Sustainability
CCTE and BWXT Canada close thorium fuel supply chain for reactor demo
A US thorium fuel startup completes its CANDU-compatible supply chain, moving advanced nuclear fuel closer to commercial irradiation testing.
A US thorium fuel startup completes its CANDU-compatible supply chain, moving advanced nuclear fuel closer to commercial irradiation testing.
Defence
CSG recruits BAE and Hanwha veterans in global defence push
Czech defence group CSG is rapidly internationalising its board, signalling ambitions to compete with Western Europe's largest prime contractors.
Czech defence group CSG is rapidly internationalising its board, signalling ambitions to compete with Western Europe's largest prime contractors.
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Real Estate
Retail & E-Commerce
EVgo and Brixmor add 500 fast-charge stalls at US shopping centres
EVgo's retail-anchored charging expansion puts EV infrastructure inside everyday consumer routines across six US states.
EVgo's retail-anchored charging expansion puts EV infrastructure inside everyday consumer routines across six US states.
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
Flare opens free dark web training lab for cyber defenders
Flare's Darkroom simulation drops security practitioners inside live-style underground forums to close the intelligence gap before breaches occur.
Flare's Darkroom simulation drops security practitioners inside live-style underground forums to close the intelligence gap before breaches occur.
AI & ML
Datatech
Transportation & Logistics
TinyFish and NESIC target AI agent data bank for Japan's enterprises
A US web-native AI startup and Japan's NESIC are co-building a verified data layer to underpin autonomous AI agents across Japanese enterprises.
A US web-native AI startup and Japan's NESIC are co-building a verified data layer to underpin autonomous AI agents across Japanese enterprises.
Energy
Sustainability
Aerospace
Smartkem merges with Ferrox in $125m all-stock critical minerals deal
The Nasdaq-listed materials firm absorbs a South African titanium, iron and vanadium developer to become a vertically integrated electronics-to-mining play.
The Nasdaq-listed materials firm absorbs a South African titanium, iron and vanadium developer to become a vertically integrated electronics-to-mining play.
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
Mimecast targets AI agent sprawl with new risk and threat tools
Mimecast's Agent Risk Center and Managed Threat Response tackle the enterprise security blind spots opened by agentic AI deployment.
Mimecast's Agent Risk Center and Managed Threat Response tackle the enterprise security blind spots opened by agentic AI deployment.
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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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