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Mastercard launches AI B2B analytics platform for supplier payments

Mastercard's new analytics platform targets the $80 trillion B2B payments market, with Emirates NBD and Absa among early adopters.
Mastercard's new analytics platform targets the $80 trillion B2B payments market, with Emirates NBD and Absa among early adopters.
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Cybersecurity
Fintech
AI & ML

KYND adds AI detection to cyber risk tools for insurers

KYND's new AI discovery capability lets underwriters independently map AI exposure across an insured organisation's digital footprint.
KYND's new AI discovery capability lets underwriters independently map AI exposure across an insured organisation's digital footprint.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech
AI & ML

Mastercard brings agentic commerce infrastructure to EEMEA merchants

Mastercard's Agent Connect and Agent Suite expand into EEMEA, wiring AI shopping agents into payments infrastructure across the Middle East and Africa.
Mastercard's Agent Connect and Agent Suite expand into EEMEA, wiring AI shopping agents into payments infrastructure across the Middle East and Africa.
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Fintech
Cybersecurity
AI & ML

Europeans back slower bank checks to cut fraud risk, Fourthline finds

New six-market research shows 78% of European consumers prioritise fraud safety over fast onboarding, challenging a decade of fintech friction-reduction.
New six-market research shows 78% of European consumers prioritise fraud safety over fast onboarding, challenging a decade of fintech friction-reduction.
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Fintech
AI & ML

SiriusPoint adopts DOCOsoft Vew for global specialty claims ops

A NYSE-listed global (re)insurer picks an AI-powered SaaS claims platform across Europe, North America and Bermuda.
A NYSE-listed global (re)insurer picks an AI-powered SaaS claims platform across Europe, North America and Bermuda.
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Energy
AI & ML
Real Estate

SWI Group pivots 4 GW digital empire toward AI compute platform

The Euronext-listed group is converting bitcoin mining sites into AI infrastructure, targeting 90% digital-asset exposure by 2027.
The Euronext-listed group is converting bitcoin mining sites into AI infrastructure, targeting 90% digital-asset exposure by 2027.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Tungsten Automation launches agentic invoice-to-pay platform

InvoiceAgility+ automates AP end-to-end as UK e-invoicing mandates and agentic payments regulation converge.
InvoiceAgility+ automates AP end-to-end as UK e-invoicing mandates and agentic payments regulation converge.
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Fintech
AI & ML
Wellbeing

Aviva extends Founders Factory deal to forge fintech startups

Aviva's decade-long venture studio partnership has backed 60-plus startups raising £500m, and now targets insurance AI and health tech.
Aviva's decade-long venture studio partnership has backed 60-plus startups raising £500m, and now targets insurance AI and health tech.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Blue Fire AI closes $9m round with Mizuho and AM-One backing

A neuro-symbolic AI engine meets a $500bn Japanese asset manager, testing whether active management can be structurally rebuilt by technology.
A neuro-symbolic AI engine meets a $500bn Japanese asset manager, testing whether active management can be structurally rebuilt by technology.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Nasdaq Calypso adds agentic AI layer to capital markets trade lifecycle

Nasdaq embeds a governed agentic AI environment into its Calypso platform, targeting the manual-process bottlenecks that block institutional AI adoption.
Nasdaq embeds a governed agentic AI environment into its Calypso platform, targeting the manual-process bottlenecks that block institutional AI adoption.
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Robotics
AI & ML
Transportation & Logistics

Maven Robotics lands $100m Series A as Gulf capital backs physical AI

Shorooq and Presight's G42-linked fund back the Santa Clara robotics startup, routing Abu Dhabi compute and capital into industrial automation.
Shorooq and Presight's G42-linked fund back the Santa Clara robotics startup, routing Abu Dhabi compute and capital into industrial automation.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Travel
AI & ML

Altius Inspiro opens Dumaguete hub as Japan-backed BPS sector scales

KDDI-affiliated Altius Inspiro inaugurates a 7,400 sq m Philippines facility, hosting 2,000 staff for global retail, travel and telecoms clients.
KDDI-affiliated Altius Inspiro inaugurates a 7,400 sq m Philippines facility, hosting 2,000 staff for global retail, travel and telecoms clients.
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AI & ML

How Uzbekistan Built Open Banking Before The West

Uzbekistan is emerging as a serious fintech market, driven by its young population, local payments infrastructure, and evolving regulation.

When you think about the next big fintech market, Uzbekistan probably isn’t the first country that comes to mind. But it should be.

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Robotics
AI & ML
Transportation & Logistics

Maven Robotics raises $100M as Gulf capital backs physical AI

Shorooq and Presight deploy Gulf sovereign-linked capital into Silicon Valley industrial robotics, signalling a new phase of physical AI investment.
Shorooq and Presight deploy Gulf sovereign-linked capital into Silicon Valley industrial robotics, signalling a new phase of physical AI investment.
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Fintech
Transportation & Logistics
AI & ML

HSBC deploys AI document checker to accelerate trade finance

HSBC's Smart Checking blends proprietary AI with specialist oversight to cut documentary trade processing times across three markets.
HSBC's Smart Checking blends proprietary AI with specialist oversight to cut documentary trade processing times across three markets.
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Fintech
AI & 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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Fintech
AI & ML

LoanPro and Spring Labs embed AI compliance tools for lenders

LoanPro integrates Spring Labs' agentic complaint and dispute automation, bringing AI-native compliance inside the lending platform.
LoanPro integrates Spring Labs' agentic complaint and dispute automation, bringing AI-native compliance inside the lending platform.
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AI & ML
Cybersecurity
Datatech

UiPath tightens agent governance as AI takes enterprise decisions

UiPath's platform update puts a unified control plane around autonomous agents, robots, and people across regulated enterprise environments.
UiPath's platform update puts a unified control plane around autonomous agents, robots, and people across regulated enterprise environments.
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Real Estate
AI & ML

CubiCasa and Restb.ai speed up listings for 500,000 MLS agents

Two proptech firms unite to halve floor plan delivery times across 30 US MLS networks, signalling deeper AI-driven consolidation in real estate workflows.
Two proptech firms unite to halve floor plan delivery times across 30 US MLS networks, signalling deeper AI-driven consolidation in real estate workflows.
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AI & ML
Biotech
Datatech

GuideAI and vRad renew data deal to extend AI vascular diagnostics

GuideAI secures exclusive imaging data from 2,100 US hospitals to train AI models across multiple vascular diseases.
GuideAI secures exclusive imaging data from 2,100 US hospitals to train AI models across multiple vascular diseases.
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