Retail & E-Commerce

Congo's largest bank upgrades its digital layer to accelerate financial inclusion for millions of underserved customers and SMEs.

Pax8's new operating system aims to govern fragmented AI agents across SMBs, as shadow AI risks accelerate inside small businesses globally.

Forerunner-backed Marklo deploys autonomous AI agents to orchestrate cross-channel campaigns for lean DTC teams on Shopify.

A R1.4bn Southern African mezzanine fund deploys US$17m into ICT distribution, signalling growing private-market appetite for mid-market tech infrastructure.

The Y Combinator-backed startup targets the $10M mark as AI agents begin displacing traditional enterprise video production teams.

The Mongolia-born fintech's Tokyo Stock Exchange selection signals how Asian capital markets are pulling frontier fintech into Japan's orbit.

Malaysia's AI-powered playable marketing platform expands into Myanmar, targeting daily active usage in a mobile-first fintech market.

A a16z-backed startup targets fragmented retail AI stacks with a single operating system, with financial services and energy verticals next.

Payrails' hybrid MoR lets AI and SaaS companies sell globally from day one, then exit to direct acquiring without re-integrating.

Agentic checkout assistants are rewriting retail fraud detection, forcing merchants to ask not "is this a bot?" but "who authorised it?"

The inclusive fintech's 45% revenue jump signals how embedded credit is reshaping Africa's digital economy at scale.

A telecom-affiliated mobile wallet installs cash-recycling kiosks, testing whether Gulf fintechs can bypass legacy bank infrastructure entirely.

The less-lethal personal defence firm reports a 46% revenue fall but adjusted gross margins climb to 65% as it restructures for omnichannel growth.

A fintech data-intelligence and digital-marketing tie-up targets the 57% of community banks failing to act on their own customer data.

As AI shopping agents go mainstream, banks, retailers and card networks face unresolved questions over who bears the cost when software buys wrong.

The Philippines' largest commercial bank consolidates high-value and mass payments on a single ISO 20022-ready platform.

Salesloft's CPO hire signals how revenue-tech firms are rebuilding people strategy around agentic AI adoption.

Salesforce's Agentforce portfolio targets UAE and Saudi boardrooms demanding ROI from AI, not just experimentation.

Dext's integrated capture-to-pay platform reaches Canada, processing over $2m in beta and targeting slow supplier payment cycles.

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.