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The Hidden Friction Killing Bank Innovation Before It Starts
Banks can accelerate innovation by defining problems clearly and using pre-validation, standardisation, and collaboration to move ideas into adoption faster.
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Real EstateEnergySustainability
Aldar-Mubadala JV adds AED 918m Masdar City Square to clean-tech hub
Abu Dhabi's sovereign-backed JV bets AED 4.7bn on real estate anchoring the Gulf's AI and clean-energy convergence zone.Abu Dhabi's sovereign-backed JV bets AED 4.7bn on real estate anchoring the Gulf's AI and clean-energy convergence zone. -
Fintech
Riyadh day two: a live card link, $329.5m for barq, SME capital
Central bank governors' live card payment, barq's $329.5m Series A and a new SME financing fund made Money20/20 Middle East's second day about capital.Central bank governors' live card payment, barq's $329.5m Series A and a new SME financing fund made Money20/20 Middle East's second day about capital. -
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Visa survey: AI fraud fear reshapes Asia Pacific remittance priorities
A 45,000-person Visa study finds APAC consumers will accept 24-hour transfer delays to beat AI-enabled deepfake scams.A 45,000-person Visa study finds APAC consumers will accept 24-hour transfer delays to beat AI-enabled deepfake scams. -
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Agentic payments have an identity layer. The audit gap remains open.
As agent payment protocols solve identity and consent, a critical verification gap at the moment of payment threatens the auditability of autonomous commerce.As agent payment protocols solve identity and consent, a critical verification gap at the moment of payment threatens the auditability of autonomous commerce.
Khazna Deploys AI-Powered Climate Risk Platform to Future-Proof Data Centers
Khazna Data Centers adopts AlphaGeo to enhance climate resilience, integrating AI-driven risk analytics into operations.
Fintech
Orbital Q3 Index Shows Stablecoin Retail Payments Maturing with Organic Growth
Orbital’s Q3 Stablecoin Retail Payments Index highlights steady adoption as retail activity cools from incentive-driven peaks.
AI & ML
Microsoft Elevates AI Skills and Innovation at Dubai AI Tour
Microsoft’s Dubai AI Tour highlights AI-driven innovation and skills development, launching Microsoft Elevate UAE to train over 300,000 students and government employees, while showcasing
Tensor Debuts World’s First Personal Robocar at DRIFTx 2025 in Abu Dhabi
Silicon Valley’s Tensor showcases its fully autonomous Robocar at DRIFTx 2025, highlighting safe, private, and intelligent mobility.
AI & ML
Dubai’s Luxury Property Market Shows Signs of Maturity
Dubai’s luxury real estate transitions from record growth to sustainable strength, with 737 high-end transactions in Q3 2025, reflecting ongoing international demand, steady prices, and m
Bahrain Sets New Global Benchmark with the World's Largest Rooftop Solar Power Plant
Foulath Holding partners with Yellow Door Energy to develop a 123 MWp solar project, including the world’s largest 50 MWp rooftop plant, generating 200 million kWh of clean energy annuall
Fintech
AI Transforms UK Accountancy, Boosting Profitability and Economic Growth
AI adoption by UK accountants is increasing productivity, saving nearly half a workweek per employee, reshaping hiring strategies, and driving £1 billion in GDP growth, while enhancing cl
Fintech
AI Empowers UK Consumers to Manage Finances, Lloyds Study Reveals
Lloyds Banking Group finds 56% of UK adults use AI, including ChatGPT, for budgeting, investments, and financial planning, highlighting digital confidence as a key driver of financial emp
Biotech
Dubai to Host Largest Global Healthcare Gathering in 2026
WHX in Dubai and WHX Labs will unite 270,000 professionals and 4,800 exhibitors from 180 countries, showcasing innovations across medical devices, diagnostics, and lab technologies from 9
Samsung Launches Galaxy Expert Care for Fast, Genuine Screen Repairs
Samsung Gulf Electronics introduces Galaxy Expert Care, offering convenient, quick, and authentic screen repairs for Galaxy S and Z series devices, with pick-up, delivery, or same-day ser
AI & ML
CrowdStrike and NVIDIA Collaborate to Deliver Continuous-Learning AI Cybersecurity Agents at the Edge
CrowdStrike and NVIDIA join forces to deploy autonomous, continuously learning AI agents for cloud, data center, and edge cybersecurity, enhancing real-time defense, threat detection, and
Fintech
Franklin Templeton Launches HeadStart to Boost Saudi Women in Finance
Franklin Templeton, in collaboration with PNU and global partners, launched HeadStart, a program providing Saudi female students with education and hands-on experience in
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Advanced Energy & Grid
CNNC calls for global fusion engineering alliance at IAEA forum
China's state nuclear corporation proposed a new international cooperation platform to move fusion energy from lab research toward engineering application.
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Cybersecurity
Kaspersky warns space systems face growing cyberattack risk
Kaspersky's ICS CERT report, presented at GISEC 2026, finds over 3,000 internet-exposed GNSS receivers vulnerable and satellite infrastructure increasingly targeted by
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Biotech
Anew Labs raises $290m at $1.5bn valuation for AI drug discovery
ByteDance's AI drug discovery spin-off Anew Labs has closed a reported $290m first external round, led by HSG, IDG Capital and Hillhouse Investment.
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Environmental Management & Markets
Only 15% of firms have quantified climate-risk costs, Capgemini finds
A Capgemini survey of 701 large organisations finds climate adaptation spending is rising even as net-zero implementation slips sharply.
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AI & ML
Microsoft brings Agent 365 AI governance platform to UAE data centres
Microsoft will make Agent 365 available in UAE data centres from October, giving enterprises a unified control plane to govern and secure AI agents at
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Pharmaceuticals
Remedy Plan advances RPT1G to Cohort 2 in AML/MDS Phase 1 trial
The Gaithersburg biotech also secured a $30m Series A extension and won FDA IND acceptance for RPT1G in solid tumours.
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Waste Valorisation & Symbiosis
HyOrc targets Portugal waste-to-methanol debut with €6.7m EU grant
The OTCQB-listed waste-to-fuel developer is commissioning its first commercial RDF-to-methanol module in Portugal, backed by non-dilutive STEP programme funding.
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AI & ML
Lenovo expands Qira AI to 16GB PCs, wearables and third-party apps
Lenovo is broadening its Qira personal AI to lower-spec PCs, Motorola wearables and six productivity apps via a new Workato integration.
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Pharmaceuticals
X-Chem wins Chordoma Foundation TBXT Challenge with novel binder
X-Chem beat 25 competing teams to become the first to bind Brachyury below 1 micromolar, validating its DEL-based Chemomics platform against a long
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Environmental Management & Markets
ALTÉRRA and FinDev Canada partner to fund climate in emerging markets
The Abu Dhabi climate fund and Canada's development finance institution will co-invest across Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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Cybersecurity
du and QuantumGate deploy post-quantum security on UAE Hypercloud
UAE telco du and QuantumGate are bringing quantum-safe cryptography to du Tech's National Hypercloud under an MoU endorsed by the UAE Cyber Security
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Medical Devices
EIB and Angelini Ventures hit €48.5m deployed under €150m facility
The EIB-Angelini Ventures co-investment partnership has backed five European life sciences companies in under a year, with €100m expected deployed by early 2027.
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