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.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Verto and Visa launch multi-currency card targeting African firms
Verto's Visa-backed corporate card offers African SMEs spend across 11 currencies with zero FX markups at 150 million merchants.
Verto's Visa-backed corporate card offers African SMEs spend across 11 currencies with zero FX markups at 150 million merchants.
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AI & ML
Paymob raises $35m in Mubadala-EBRD round to target agentic commerce
Sovereign and development capital backs MENA's payments infrastructure layer as GCC revenues triple and agentic commerce shapes the next product frontier.
Sovereign and development capital backs MENA's payments infrastructure layer as GCC revenues triple and agentic commerce shapes the next product frontier.
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Cybersecurity
AI & ML
LexisNexis self-calibrating fraud AI cuts false positives by 80%
Emailage Adaptive builds institution-specific fraud models that recalibrate automatically, as generative AI accelerates attack sophistication.
Emailage Adaptive builds institution-specific fraud models that recalibrate automatically, as generative AI accelerates attack sophistication.
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Cybersecurity
AI & ML
AI-enabled banking fraud to treble to 2.2bn transactions by 2031
Juniper Research warns agentic AI is industrialising social engineering, pushing fraudulent banking transactions past 2.2 billion within five years.
Juniper Research warns agentic AI is industrialising social engineering, pushing fraudulent banking transactions past 2.2 billion within five years.
Defence
Fintech
NATO DIANA launches 24-investor Capital Network for dual-use deep-tech
NATO's defence accelerator opens a screened investor network to channel Allied capital into battle-ready deep-tech startups.
NATO's defence accelerator opens a screened investor network to channel Allied capital into battle-ready deep-tech startups.
Property
Real Estate
Hiizzy launches transaction-ready property platform in UK's North
The proptech startup is targeting Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool with a fixed-fee model designed to cut Britain's 120-day completion times.
The proptech startup is targeting Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool with a fixed-fee model designed to cut Britain's 120-day completion times.
Fintech
AI & ML
Cybersecurity
AI-enabled fraud to hit 2.2bn banking transactions by 2031
Juniper Research forecasts a 180% surge in fraudulent banking transactions as agentic AI rewrites the economics of financial crime.
Juniper Research forecasts a 180% surge in fraudulent banking transactions as agentic AI rewrites the economics of financial crime.
Energy
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Sustainability
Three in four BESS sites over-report availability, study finds
New research across 50+ battery projects finds systemic gaps between reported and real performance, threatening lender returns.
New research across 50+ battery projects finds systemic gaps between reported and real performance, threatening lender returns.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
ACI data: financial fragility is reshaping US bill pay
A ninth-year ACI pulse study finds hardship flexibility, not speed, is now the defining demand in US consumer payments.
A ninth-year ACI pulse study finds hardship flexibility, not speed, is now the defining demand in US consumer payments.
Hospitality
AI & ML
Datatech
QCI Metrics nears 100,000 slots in real-time casino benchmarking push
Quick Custom Intelligence's near-real-time slot benchmarking dataset signals how agentic AI is reshaping casino floor intelligence.
Quick Custom Intelligence's near-real-time slot benchmarking dataset signals how agentic AI is reshaping casino floor intelligence.
Energy
Sustainability
Real Estate
newcleo lists on Nasdaq with $247m to advance lead-cooled reactors
The Paris-based advanced modular reactor firm goes public via SPAC at a $2.4bn valuation, targeting US and European nuclear commercialisation.
The Paris-based advanced modular reactor firm goes public via SPAC at a $2.4bn valuation, targeting US and European nuclear commercialisation.
Property
Real Estate
RentRedi ties up with RCAMA to reach Massachusetts landlords
A PropTech platform partners with a state-wide commercial broker association to embed property management tools at the point of deal close.
A PropTech platform partners with a state-wide commercial broker association to embed property management tools at the point of deal close.
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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