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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.
Sustainability
Real Estate
Energy
Consolidated Water wins record $10.1m order and Hawaii go-ahead
Two US water infrastructure wins signal growing municipal demand for advanced desalination and membrane treatment technologies.
Two US water infrastructure wins signal growing municipal demand for advanced desalination and membrane treatment technologies.
Fintech
Blockchain
Vield automates crypto hedging as ASIC tightens licensing
Australian crypto lender Vield adopts Integral's institutional FX platform as ASIC's 2026 licensing regime accelerates digital asset maturation.
Australian crypto lender Vield adopts Integral's institutional FX platform as ASIC's 2026 licensing regime accelerates digital asset maturation.
Fintech
Blockchain
Flex raises $70M to bring stablecoin private banking to UK
Flex's Series B1 doubles its valuation to $1.2B as stablecoin rails reshape cross-border private banking for global middle-market owners.
Flex's Series B1 doubles its valuation to $1.2B as stablecoin rails reshape cross-border private banking for global middle-market owners.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
GoCardless and Sage bring open banking payments to SMB accounting
Pay by Bank embeds account-to-account payments in Sage invoices, cutting card fees by 54% for UK and Irish small businesses.
Pay by Bank embeds account-to-account payments in Sage invoices, cutting card fees by 54% for UK and Irish small businesses.
AI & ML
Fintech
Refiant launches 10M-token AI model targeting fintech and enterprise
A three-person UK-founded startup ships the largest publicly available context window, targeting fraud detection and long-horizon enterprise reasoning.
A three-person UK-founded startup ships the largest publicly available context window, targeting fraud detection and long-horizon enterprise reasoning.
Fintech
Real Estate
Cybersecurity
Kord raises £6.4m to unify compliance and payments against AI fraud
Guinness Ventures leads a Series A in the FCA-regulated platform tackling AI-enabled fraud across property, legal and financial services.
Guinness Ventures leads a Series A in the FCA-regulated platform tackling AI-enabled fraud across property, legal and financial services.
Media & Publishing
AI & ML
Publicis outpaces rivals as agentic-AI shift reshapes ad spending
H1 2026 results show Publicis widening its lead by 610 basis points as clients pivot budgets toward connected, agentic-driven capabilities.
H1 2026 results show Publicis widening its lead by 610 basis points as clients pivot budgets toward connected, agentic-driven capabilities.
Transportation & Logistics
Real Estate
TOP Ships cancels Dubai property deal, pivots $23.5m to tanker fleet
A tanker operator's aborted Gulf real estate bet reveals how regional instability is redirecting maritime capital back to core shipping assets.
A tanker operator's aborted Gulf real estate bet reveals how regional instability is redirecting maritime capital back to core shipping assets.
Fintech
AI & ML
EX DeFi AI trading push rides earnings-season sentiment wave
A DeFi platform uses Q2 bank and chip-sector earnings as a launchpad to promote its AI-automated digital asset trading service.
A DeFi platform uses Q2 bank and chip-sector earnings as a launchpad to promote its AI-automated digital asset trading service.
Energy
Transportation & Logistics
Sustainability
Hexagon Purus narrows EBITDA loss as hydrogen orders rebuild
The Norwegian zero-emission systems maker cut its quarterly EBITDA loss by 37% year-on-year, but a 1% equity ratio signals a capital restructure
The Norwegian zero-emission systems maker cut its quarterly EBITDA loss by 37% year-on-year, but a 1% equity ratio signals a capital restructure
Wellbeing
RXNT Awards Release: No Cross-Sector Angle Found
RXNT's 50-award haul is a specialist healthtech story with no macro convergence angle for Disrupts readers.
RXNT's 50-award haul is a specialist healthtech story with no macro convergence angle for Disrupts readers.
Aerospace
Defence
Sustainability
Bridger Aerospace wins DOI order for sensor-laden wildfire aircraft
A 112-day federal task order deploys Bridger's most capable multi-mission King Air, integrating novel wide-area motion imagery into wildfire response.
A 112-day federal task order deploys Bridger's most capable multi-mission King Air, integrating novel wide-area motion imagery into wildfire response.
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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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