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AI & ML

Avalara launches agentic AI hub to automate global tax compliance

Avalara Aviator deploys specialised AI agents across tax workflows, signalling agentic automation's move into regulated finance operations.
Avalara Aviator deploys specialised AI agents across tax workflows, signalling agentic automation's move into regulated finance operations.
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AI & ML
Internet of Things
Fintech

Bird.com raises $450m to wire the agentic economy

A J.P. Morgan-led debt package backs Bird's Agentic Harness, letting AI agents call, text and email without human intervention.
A J.P. Morgan-led debt package backs Bird's Agentic Harness, letting AI agents call, text and email without human intervention.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech
AI & ML

Al-Futtaim unifies payments across 50 brands via Juspay deal

Dubai conglomerate Al-Futtaim deploys Juspay's orchestration layer across 12 markets, laying groundwork for agentic commerce.
Dubai conglomerate Al-Futtaim deploys Juspay's orchestration layer across 12 markets, laying groundwork for agentic commerce.
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Fintech
Real Estate
Transportation & Logistics

MENA fintechs pull close to $1bn as Gulf remittance rails scale

A two-week capital surge across Saudi, UAE and Egypt signals the Gulf's payment infrastructure is becoming a sovereign-grade asset class.
A two-week capital surge across Saudi, UAE and Egypt signals the Gulf's payment infrastructure is becoming a sovereign-grade asset class.
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Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Fintech

Pushpay upgrades church management platforms with AI and digital giving

Pushpay's Staq Transformation adds AI pastoral briefings and one-click digital-wallet giving to its faith-sector management platforms.
Pushpay's Staq Transformation adds AI pastoral briefings and one-click digital-wallet giving to its faith-sector management platforms.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML

Adyen unifies payment authentication into one ML platform

Adyen's upgraded Authenticate module routes every transaction to the best verification method in real time, reporting double-digit conversion gains.
Adyen's upgraded Authenticate module routes every transaction to the best verification method in real time, reporting double-digit conversion gains.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML

Klarna's banking push and AI retail deals signal fintech's next era

Klarna's summer sprint spans a US banking licence bid, AI shopping integrations, and a $36.6bn GMV quarter.
Klarna's summer sprint spans a US banking licence bid, AI shopping integrations, and a $36.6bn GMV quarter.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Subcontext brings governed life insurance to ChatGPT and Claude

UK insurtech Subcontext lets insurers sell protection products inside AI assistants, days after the FCA flagged agentic distribution as a protection-gap fix.
UK insurtech Subcontext lets insurers sell protection products inside AI assistants, days after the FCA flagged agentic distribution as a protection-gap fix.
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Fintech
Datatech

ProCredit picks Kondor Up to modernise multi-country treasury

ProCredit group deploys Teciem's cloud-native Kondor Up across ten development banks in Eastern Europe.
ProCredit group deploys Teciem's cloud-native Kondor Up across ten development banks in Eastern Europe.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech

Adyen upgrades Authenticate to lift merchant conversion rates

Adyen's ML-powered authentication overhaul, backed by Google, Mastercard and Visa, promises double-digit conversion gains for global merchants.
Adyen's ML-powered authentication overhaul, backed by Google, Mastercard and Visa, promises double-digit conversion gains for global merchants.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

DXtrade wins Bappebti approval to enter Indonesia's derivatives market

Devexperts' trading platform is now one of only two Bappebti-authorised systems, opening a path into Indonesia's fast-growing digital asset sector.
Devexperts' trading platform is now one of only two Bappebti-authorised systems, opening a path into Indonesia's fast-growing digital asset sector.
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Blockchain
Fintech

Nephos and Brinc target GCC digital asset compliance gap

A UK crypto accounting firm joins a global accelerator to plug a structural compliance gap for Web3 founders scaling across the Gulf.
A UK crypto accounting firm joins a global accelerator to plug a structural compliance gap for Web3 founders scaling across the Gulf.
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Fintech
Datatech
AI & ML

Cloudera data index exposes AI readiness gap in financial services

New research finds infrastructure gaps and weak workflow integration are stalling AI production deployments across financial institutions globally.
New research finds infrastructure gaps and weak workflow integration are stalling AI production deployments across financial institutions globally.
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Energy
Fintech
AI & ML

Ninepoint's ENRG ETF bets on North American energy independence

A new NYSE-listed fund bundles oil, nuclear, pipelines and critical minerals into one portfolio as AI and reshoring drive power demand.
A new NYSE-listed fund bundles oil, nuclear, pipelines and critical minerals into one portfolio as AI and reshoring drive power demand.
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Fintech
AI & ML
Cybersecurity

AI-enabled fraud to hit 2.2bn banking transactions by 2031

Juniper Research forecasts a 180% surge in fraudulent banking transactions as agentic AI rewrites the economics of financial crime.
Juniper Research forecasts a 180% surge in fraudulent banking transactions as agentic AI rewrites the economics of financial crime.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

ACI data: financial fragility is reshaping US bill pay

A ninth-year ACI pulse study finds hardship flexibility, not speed, is now the defining demand in US consumer payments.
A ninth-year ACI pulse study finds hardship flexibility, not speed, is now the defining demand in US consumer payments.
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Fintech
Cybersecurity
AI & ML

LexisNexis self-calibrating fraud AI cuts false positives by 80%

Emailage Adaptive builds institution-specific fraud models that recalibrate automatically, as generative AI accelerates attack sophistication.
Emailage Adaptive builds institution-specific fraud models that recalibrate automatically, as generative AI accelerates attack sophistication.
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Blockchain
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Morph Payments adds Solana and TRON to stablecoin SME platform

Morph Payments expands blockchain network support, targeting SMEs in emerging markets where TRON-based USDT transfers dominate cross-border trade.
Morph Payments expands blockchain network support, targeting SMEs in emerging markets where TRON-based USDT transfers dominate cross-border trade.
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Fintech
Cybersecurity
AI & ML

AI-enabled banking fraud to treble to 2.2bn transactions by 2031

Juniper Research warns agentic AI is industrialising social engineering, pushing fraudulent banking transactions past 2.2 billion within five years.
Juniper Research warns agentic AI is industrialising social engineering, pushing fraudulent banking transactions past 2.2 billion within five years.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Paymob raises $35m in Mubadala-EBRD round to target agentic commerce

Sovereign and development capital backs MENA's payments infrastructure layer as GCC revenues triple and agentic commerce shapes the next product frontier.
Sovereign and development capital backs MENA's payments infrastructure layer as GCC revenues triple and agentic commerce shapes the next product frontier.
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