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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.
Defence
Robotics
AI & ML
T3 Defense acquires Project35 to scale drone and counter-UAV portfolio
A Nasdaq-listed defence roll-up buys into an Israeli UAV maker, bridging US capital markets with Israel's battlefield-proven drone ecosystem.
A Nasdaq-listed defence roll-up buys into an Israeli UAV maker, bridging US capital markets with Israel's battlefield-proven drone ecosystem.
Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Transportation & Logistics
Floward deploys agentic AI to absorb 13x peak gifting demand
The Middle East's leading gifting platform has replaced rule-based chatbots with orchestrated AI agents, cutting service costs 15% at seasonal peaks.
The Middle East's leading gifting platform has replaced rule-based chatbots with orchestrated AI agents, cutting service costs 15% at seasonal peaks.
AI & ML
Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech
Nayax adds AI layer to vending management app MoMa
The payments and commerce platform targets unattended retail's data gap with AI-driven insights, planogram automation, and visual recognition.
The payments and commerce platform targets unattended retail's data gap with AI-driven insights, planogram automation, and visual recognition.
Cybersecurity
Fintech
Signicat and TrustTech target EU identity fragmentation
The partnership brings reusable, eIDAS 2.0-compliant identity wallets to European regulated industries ahead of mandatory public wallet rollout.
The partnership brings reusable, eIDAS 2.0-compliant identity wallets to European regulated industries ahead of mandatory public wallet rollout.
Travel
AI & ML
Fintech
Perk lands in Abu Dhabi as UAE bets on AI-native travel tech
Perk's ADGM office targets tripling UAE travel spend by 2028, backed by Abu Dhabi's push to make AI 20% of non-oil GDP.
Perk's ADGM office targets tripling UAE travel spend by 2028, backed by Abu Dhabi's push to make AI 20% of non-oil GDP.
Fintech
Sustainability
Transportation & Logistics
Afreximbank calls for African industrial sovereignty via capital reform
A BBB+ S&P rating and a $2bn syndicated facility underpin Afreximbank's push to shift Africa from raw-material exporter to industrial power.
A BBB+ S&P rating and a $2bn syndicated facility underpin Afreximbank's push to shift Africa from raw-material exporter to industrial power.
Retail & E-Commerce
Transportation & Logistics
Caraway Home builds omnichannel supply chain with ITS Logistics
The cookware brand's fulfillment overhaul cuts parcel costs 20% and grows its SKU count from 6 to over 860.
The cookware brand's fulfillment overhaul cuts parcel costs 20% and grows its SKU count from 6 to over 860.
Energy
Real Estate
Sustainability
Critical Metals amends European Lithium deal structure
A tweaked settlement mechanic keeps the Wolfsberg lithium mine acquisition on track for September, as Europe races to secure domestic battery supply.
A tweaked settlement mechanic keeps the Wolfsberg lithium mine acquisition on track for September, as Europe races to secure domestic battery supply.
Automotive
Energy
Transportation & Logistics
Nexans sheds €207m auto unit to become pure electrification player
Nexans completes a five-year portfolio rotation, selling its wiring harness arm to Motherson to focus entirely on the global energy transition.
Nexans completes a five-year portfolio rotation, selling its wiring harness arm to Motherson to focus entirely on the global energy transition.
Energy
Sustainability
Refined Energy reports maiden drill results at Saskatchewan uranium site
Refined Energy's first drill programme at Dufferin West returns weak uranium signals, guiding next steps in the Athabasca Basin.
Refined Energy's first drill programme at Dufferin West returns weak uranium signals, guiding next steps in the Athabasca Basin.
Transportation & Logistics
RENK acquires David Brown Defence to lock in Five Eyes naval access
The German propulsion giant buys a Huddersfield gearbox specialist with a £700m pipeline, deepening its grip on UK, Australian and Canadian naval programmes.
The German propulsion giant buys a Huddersfield gearbox specialist with a £700m pipeline, deepening its grip on UK, Australian and Canadian naval programmes.
Energy
Sustainability
Transportation & Logistics
Shenzhen Chamber eyes Europe solar push as China-EU energy ties deepen
A Shenzhen trade delegation toured Munich's Intersolar Europe to scout photovoltaic and storage partnerships, signalling renewed China-EU clean-energy diplomacy.
A Shenzhen trade delegation toured Munich's Intersolar Europe to scout photovoltaic and storage partnerships, signalling renewed China-EU clean-energy diplomacy.
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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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