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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. -
FintechWellbeing
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.
Cybersecurity
Fintech
AI & ML
Shadow AI and data sovereignty threaten regulated sectors globally
Nutanix survey data reveals healthcare, finance, and public sector face the sharpest AI governance deficits of any industry.
Nutanix survey data reveals healthcare, finance, and public sector face the sharpest AI governance deficits of any industry.
Defence
Energy
Eos Energy wins Golden Dome contract for zinc-based defence storage
A Pittsburgh zinc-battery maker lands a Pentagon shield contract, fusing domestic energy storage with national missile-defence infrastructure.
A Pittsburgh zinc-battery maker lands a Pentagon shield contract, fusing domestic energy storage with national missile-defence infrastructure.
Defence
Robotics
CSG breaks ground on $632m US artillery complex in Iowa
A Czech defence group's $632m Iowa munitions facility signals Europe's deepening role in rebuilding America's ammunition industrial base.
A Czech defence group's $632m Iowa munitions facility signals Europe's deepening role in rebuilding America's ammunition industrial base.
Cybersecurity
Fintech
Critical Cloud and Tarian Labs target fintech runtime security gap
Two UK cybersecurity firms unite to replace point-in-time pen tests with continuous runtime validation for regulated fintech firms.
Two UK cybersecurity firms unite to replace point-in-time pen tests with continuous runtime validation for regulated fintech firms.
Biotech
Wellbeing
Ocugen licenses gene therapy for blindness to MENA via Roots Pharma
A $255m milestone deal routes a US gene therapy for inherited blindness into the Middle East, where consanguinity-linked RP rates are among the world
A $255m milestone deal routes a US gene therapy for inherited blindness into the Middle East, where consanguinity-linked RP rates are among the world
Quantum
Defence
AI & ML
Europe's Q2 tech capital shift: infrastructure, defence and quantum
Zubr Capital's Q2 digest reveals European strategic tech funding maturing from big rounds into durable capital infrastructure across defence, quantum and AI.
Zubr Capital's Q2 digest reveals European strategic tech funding maturing from big rounds into durable capital infrastructure across defence, quantum and AI.
Fintech
Transportation & Logistics
Boku brings carrier billing to parking in UK-first VMO2 tie-up
Direct carrier billing moves beyond digital entertainment as Boku, JustPark and Virgin Media O2 pilot mobile-account parking payments across London and Hereford.
Direct carrier billing moves beyond digital entertainment as Boku, JustPark and Virgin Media O2 pilot mobile-account parking payments across London and Hereford.
Fintech
AI & ML
Insurers risk AI compliance crisis without data governance
As the FCA flags AI as a defining force by 2030, experts warn insurers are deploying AI before fixing the information foundations beneath it.
As the FCA flags AI as a defining force by 2030, experts warn insurers are deploying AI before fixing the information foundations beneath it.
Fintech
AI & ML
Equipped launches SaaS platform for private credit direct lending
The private credit software firm targets an under-tooled market with AI-powered portfolio tools for direct lending managers and their investors.
The private credit software firm targets an under-tooled market with AI-powered portfolio tools for direct lending managers and their investors.
Cybersecurity
Fintech
Quantum
UAE's digital trust gap opens a new frontier for cybersecurity
With 63% of Emiratis reporting hacking or data theft, the UAE's digital engagement surge is forcing security to the centre of the consumer economy.
With 63% of Emiratis reporting hacking or data theft, the UAE's digital engagement surge is forcing security to the centre of the consumer economy.
Fintech
AI & ML
PairSoft names Brian Rigney CEO to drive ERP automation growth
TA Associates-backed PairSoft hires a four-time enterprise software CEO to scale its AI-native AP automation platform.
TA Associates-backed PairSoft hires a four-time enterprise software CEO to scale its AI-native AP automation platform.
Fintech
Datatech
BIL Suisse renews Avaloq pact for Swiss private banking upgrade
BIL Suisse extends its decade-long Avaloq SaaS partnership to deepen automation and KYC integration for Swiss wealth management clients.
BIL Suisse extends its decade-long Avaloq SaaS partnership to deepen automation and KYC integration for Swiss wealth management clients.
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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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