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Fintech
Datatech

Engine by Starling goes live in Canada with Scotiabank subsidiary

The UK fintech's cloud-native banking platform reaches North America via Tangerine, its third international deployment in under a year.
The UK fintech's cloud-native banking platform reaches North America via Tangerine, its third international deployment in under a year.
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Real Estate
Fintech

Lumber embeds Branch for on-demand pay in construction

Lumber's partnership with Branch brings earned wage access to construction crews inside the platform they already use daily.
Lumber's partnership with Branch brings earned wage access to construction crews inside the platform they already use daily.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Dext Payments expands to Canada in first move beyond UK

Dext's integrated capture-to-pay platform reaches Canada, processing over $2m in beta and targeting slow supplier payment cycles.
Dext's integrated capture-to-pay platform reaches Canada, processing over $2m in beta and targeting slow supplier payment cycles.
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AI & ML
Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech

Salesforce deploys agentic AI workforce across Gulf enterprises

Salesforce's Agentforce portfolio targets UAE and Saudi boardrooms demanding ROI from AI, not just experimentation.
Salesforce's Agentforce portfolio targets UAE and Saudi boardrooms demanding ROI from AI, not just experimentation.
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Fintech
AI & ML
Real Estate

Valley National's $340m Bluevine buy signals bank-fintech merger wave

A clutch of cross-sector deals, from banking to digital infrastructure, signals capital reallocating fast across fintech's convergence frontier.
A clutch of cross-sector deals, from banking to digital infrastructure, signals capital reallocating fast across fintech's convergence frontier.
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Fintech
Transportation & Logistics
Energy

Nayax acquires IPS Group for $350m in parking-to-EV mobility push

The Israeli fintech giant's all-cash deal merges cashless payments with smart parking and EV charging across 250,000 urban spaces.
The Israeli fintech giant's all-cash deal merges cashless payments with smart parking and EV charging across 250,000 urban spaces.
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Fintech
Blockchain

Lloyds survey: 71% of UK finance chiefs back tokenisation shift

A Lloyds survey of 100 senior UK finance leaders finds tokenisation moving from experiment to strategic infrastructure priority.
A Lloyds survey of 100 senior UK finance leaders finds tokenisation moving from experiment to strategic infrastructure priority.
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Fintech

Capital Gains Tax is an entrepreneur tax, not a landlord tax

Executive Life director Alexander Ogden argues that HMRC data shows business owners, not landlords, bear the brunt of any Budget rise in Capital Gains Tax.

With the Autumn Budget due on 28 October, speculation has grown that the Chancellor could raise Capital Gains Tax again, or move its rates closer to those of Income Tax. The debate is usually framed around landlords and wealthy investors.

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Fintech

Tax uncertainty could make businesses think twice about growth

Taxd co-founder Arjun Kumar argues the Chancellor's growth plans depend on giving business owners enough confidence in the tax system to invest again.

With the Budget set for 28 October, the Chancellor has made growth the centrepiece of his economic message, while declining to say where tax rises might fall.

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Fintech

BSA LAW's Shamma Al Falahi on the UAE's tax reset for tech firms

Shamma Al Falahi, Partner and Head of Tax at BSA LAW, on UAE corporate tax, free zone mistakes, digital asset uncertainty and preparing for Pillar Two.
The UAE's federal corporate tax regime has moved from announcement to annual filing cycle, and for technology and financial services businesses that operated for years without a domestic tax obligation, the adjustment has been as much operational as financial.

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Fintech
Wellbeing

Discovery Bank unifies health and finance via behavioural data

Discovery's 2027 product suite bets that rewarding healthy behaviour with banking benefits can redefine consumer financial services.
Discovery's 2027 product suite bets that rewarding healthy behaviour with banking benefits can redefine consumer financial services.
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Fintech
AI & ML

Sovos doubles down on agentic finance with Flowie acquisition

Two acquisitions in a month position Sovos to launch what it calls the first agentic compliant finance orchestration platform.
Two acquisitions in a month position Sovos to launch what it calls the first agentic compliant finance orchestration platform.
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Energy
Fintech
AI & ML

tem hires Square's founding data scientist to open energy OS

Berian James brings fintech-grade ML to tem's Rosso platform, opening energy transaction infrastructure to third-party neo-utilities.
Berian James brings fintech-grade ML to tem's Rosso platform, opening energy transaction infrastructure to third-party neo-utilities.
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Defence
Transportation & Logistics
Fintech

PMGC launches $100m SPAC franchise for defence and supply chains

PMGC Holdings sponsors a $100m Nasdaq SPAC targeting aerospace, defence, and critical supply chain manufacturers.
PMGC Holdings sponsors a $100m Nasdaq SPAC targeting aerospace, defence, and critical supply chain manufacturers.
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Real Estate
Fintech
Sustainability

Trustco secures court order to block Riskowitz share moves in Namibia

A Namibian High Court freezes 200 million Trustco shares, halting a US fund's third attempt at board control in 2026.
A Namibian High Court freezes 200 million Trustco shares, halting a US fund's third attempt at board control in 2026.
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Fintech
AI & ML

WeLab Bank posts HK$492m revenue, leads HK digital banks on margin

The Hong Kong digital bank tops peers on net interest margin as AI-native operations and wealth management drive its next growth phase.
The Hong Kong digital bank tops peers on net interest margin as AI-native operations and wealth management drive its next growth phase.
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Fintech
Sustainability
Travel

Igloo and DANA bring parametric rain insurance to Indonesia

Satellite-triggered micro-insurance embedded in an e-wallet signals how parametric tech is migrating from farmland to the urban consumer economy.
Satellite-triggered micro-insurance embedded in an e-wallet signals how parametric tech is migrating from farmland to the urban consumer economy.
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Fintech
AI & ML

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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