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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.
Automotive
AI & ML
Lobo Technologies pivots from e-bikes to AI services in China
A Nasdaq-listed Chinese EV maker has quietly launched an AI infrastructure unit, testing whether micro-cap pivots can bridge mobility and compute.
A Nasdaq-listed Chinese EV maker has quietly launched an AI infrastructure unit, testing whether micro-cap pivots can bridge mobility and compute.
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AI & ML
Saudi Central Bank charts next phase of payments at Money20/20 ME
SAMA's Alipay+ and Apple Tap to Pay moves signal Riyadh's bid to anchor global fintech capital flows.
SAMA's Alipay+ and Apple Tap to Pay moves signal Riyadh's bid to anchor global fintech capital flows.
Travel
Hospitality
Fintech
Conferma ditches fax in 100+ markets as virtual card era matures
Manchester's Conferma has 95% of hotel payment traffic off fax, with the US the last major holdout before a year-end deadline.
Manchester's Conferma has 95% of hotel payment traffic off fax, with the US the last major holdout before a year-end deadline.
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Blockchain
Bottomline bridges legacy payments to blockchain with Global Pay Connect
A new SaaS platform and a Chainlink tie-up signal financial institutions' accelerating pivot from legacy rails to blockchain-native payment ecosystems.
A new SaaS platform and a Chainlink tie-up signal financial institutions' accelerating pivot from legacy rails to blockchain-native payment ecosystems.
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
Rubrik harnesses Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 to red-team enterprise code
Rubrik's Code Guardian applies frontier AI to air-gapped code repositories, marking a new front in the race between AI-powered attack and defence.
Rubrik's Code Guardian applies frontier AI to air-gapped code repositories, marking a new front in the race between AI-powered attack and defence.
Fintech
Real Estate
Saffron Building Society deploys FintechOS AI mortgage platform
The Essex mutual joins a growing cohort of UK building societies adopting agentic AI to modernise origination across a £500bn mortgage market.
The Essex mutual joins a growing cohort of UK building societies adopting agentic AI to modernise origination across a £500bn mortgage market.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Telr and MoneyHash unite to simplify MENA payment orchestration
The partnership plugs Telr's regulated Gulf acquiring into MoneyHash's orchestration layer, lowering the integration bar for merchants entering MENA.
The partnership plugs Telr's regulated Gulf acquiring into MoneyHash's orchestration layer, lowering the integration bar for merchants entering MENA.
Transportation & Logistics
Automotive
Sustainability
Bosch targets doubling heavy-duty truck tech sales by mid-2030s
Bosch bets on electric powertrains, software-defined vehicles and AI sensors to double its €4bn truck business within a decade.
Bosch bets on electric powertrains, software-defined vehicles and AI sensors to double its €4bn truck business within a decade.
Fintech
Cryptography
Cybersecurity
Microsoft, Marvell and Utimaco launch cloud-native payments HSM
A three-way hardware-cloud-software alliance shifts payment security infrastructure from bank data centres to managed Azure services.
A three-way hardware-cloud-software alliance shifts payment security infrastructure from bank data centres to managed Azure services.
Fintech
AI & ML
VoxSmart launches VX1 to unify AI-driven trade comms compliance
VoxSmart's VX1 platform consolidates fragmented trader communications data into one AI-augmented compliance stack for financial institutions.
VoxSmart's VX1 platform consolidates fragmented trader communications data into one AI-augmented compliance stack for financial institutions.
Transportation & Logistics
AI & ML
Robotics
Magentic raises $18M to deploy AI workforces in global manufacturing
London-based Magentic secures Series A backing from Felicis and Sequoia to automate procurement decisions inside global manufacturers.
London-based Magentic secures Series A backing from Felicis and Sequoia to automate procurement decisions inside global manufacturers.
Fintech
AI & ML
Wayflyer secures $50m Trinity facility to push beyond e-commerce
The Dublin fintech's latest debt deal signals a pivot from consumer brands into new verticals, backed by a deepening European private-credit push.
The Dublin fintech's latest debt deal signals a pivot from consumer brands into new verticals, backed by a deepening European private-credit push.
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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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