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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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Cybersecurity
Axipro's Ali Hayat on bootstrapping a compliance business
Axipro founder Ali Hayat on taking a compliance consultancy from $200 to 300 clients without outside capital, and where AI governance is catching firms out.Axipro is a compliance and cybersecurity consultancy that takes companies through SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA and, increasingly, ISO 42001 certification, and then keeps them audit-ready between cycles.
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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.
Sustainability
Energy
Defence
UMKC wins $160m NSF award to rebuild US critical materials supply chain
A federal-university coalition targets China-dominated mineral supply chains, with $40bn in projected economic output across the Midwest.
A federal-university coalition targets China-dominated mineral supply chains, with $40bn in projected economic output across the Midwest.
Aerospace
Transportation & Logistics
Zhuhai airport targets GBA's $41bn airspace with drone training push
A cross-border UAV pilot programme signals the Greater Bay Area's low-altitude economy is becoming a serious talent and capital frontier.
A cross-border UAV pilot programme signals the Greater Bay Area's low-altitude economy is becoming a serious talent and capital frontier.
Robotics
Media & Publishing
Transportation & Logistics
zSpace AR/VR platform anchors Poland's Laboratorium 4.0 workforce hub
Warsaw's new immersive career centre uses glasses-free AR/VR to pipeline students into advanced manufacturing, robotics and logistics roles.
Warsaw's new immersive career centre uses glasses-free AR/VR to pipeline students into advanced manufacturing, robotics and logistics roles.
Robotics
Space
Transportation & Logistics
OGBC Group opens SF accelerator bridging AI talent and Asian
Singapore's OGBC Group launches a San Francisco hardware accelerator linking Silicon Valley deep-tech founders to Asian manufacturing networks.
Singapore's OGBC Group launches a San Francisco hardware accelerator linking Silicon Valley deep-tech founders to Asian manufacturing networks.
AI & ML
Fintech
AI captures record 44% of UK smaller business equity in 2025
British Business Bank data shows AI investment rising 48% even as the broader UK startup funding market contracted by 4%.
British Business Bank data shows AI investment rising 48% even as the broader UK startup funding market contracted by 4%.
Fintech
AI & ML
Cybersecurity
LeapXpert raises $180m to govern AI-era enterprise messaging
A $180m growth round backs LeapXpert's bet that governed WhatsApp and Signal conversations are the next frontier of enterprise intelligence.
A $180m growth round backs LeapXpert's bet that governed WhatsApp and Signal conversations are the next frontier of enterprise intelligence.
Sustainability
Fintech
Energy
Carbon market value climbs as quality premium reshapes buyer strategy
Sylvera's Q2 2026 data shows total retirement value rising to $247m even as volumes fell 10% year on year.
Sylvera's Q2 2026 data shows total retirement value rising to $247m even as volumes fell 10% year on year.
Fintech
Wellbeing
UK mutuals trade body warns red tape is stifling financial resilience
The Association of Financial Mutuals calls for capital reform and deregulation to close three costly gaps in UK financial resilience.
The Association of Financial Mutuals calls for capital reform and deregulation to close three costly gaps in UK financial resilience.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Skyro launches digital credit line to bridge SEA's finance gap
The Philippine fintech's 100,000-user pilot signals a QR-native credit model that could reframe financial inclusion across Southeast Asia.
The Philippine fintech's 100,000-user pilot signals a QR-native credit model that could reframe financial inclusion across Southeast Asia.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Wellbeing
Global Payments: £15bn embedded payments stakes for SaaS platforms
New Worldpay research puts UK wellness booking spend at £15bn, where poor payment UX costs SaaS platforms customers and merchant loyalty.
New Worldpay research puts UK wellness booking spend at £15bn, where poor payment UX costs SaaS platforms customers and merchant loyalty.
Energy
Sustainability
UK energy's leadership gap threatens delivery on any net-zero path
As net-zero politics rage, executive search firm Newman Stewart warns a deepening talent crisis may stall UK energy infrastructure regardless of policy direction.
As net-zero politics rage, executive search firm Newman Stewart warns a deepening talent crisis may stall UK energy infrastructure regardless of policy direction.
Defence
Transportation & Logistics
HII christens DDG 131 as US Navy Flight III destroyer pipeline grows
Ingalls Shipbuilding's twelfth destroyer build signals sustained US naval surface-combatant investment amid intensifying great-power competition.
Ingalls Shipbuilding's twelfth destroyer build signals sustained US naval surface-combatant investment amid intensifying great-power competition.
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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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