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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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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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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Lloyds embeds invoicing in its app via BankiFi to tackle late payments

Lloyds' Get Paid tool brings invoicing and payment tracking into business banking, targeting the £26bn overdue payments crisis.
Lloyds' Get Paid tool brings invoicing and payment tracking into business banking, targeting the £26bn overdue payments crisis.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Volt's AFSL completes A2A regulatory trifecta across UK, EU, Australia

Volt's ASIC licence unifies real-time A2A payments under direct regulatory authority across three of the world's most advanced payment markets.
Volt's ASIC licence unifies real-time A2A payments under direct regulatory authority across three of the world's most advanced payment markets.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Silverflow and Hypergate unite to modernise acquiring infrastructure

Two cloud-native payments specialists combine processing and gateway into one API layer for acquirers battling legacy complexity.
Two cloud-native payments specialists combine processing and gateway into one API layer for acquirers battling legacy complexity.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Solaris goes live on SEPA Instant as EU rules rewire euro payments

Solaris Bank's ACI Connetic go-live marks a regulatory inflection point forcing eurozone banks to rebuild payments infrastructure at pace.
Solaris Bank's ACI Connetic go-live marks a regulatory inflection point forcing eurozone banks to rebuild payments infrastructure at pace.
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AI & ML
Retail & E-Commerce

Salesloft bets on agentic AI to unite forecast and action

Salesloft's Predictive Revenue System aims to replace manual sales forecasting with a self-adapting agentic AI loop.
Salesloft's Predictive Revenue System aims to replace manual sales forecasting with a self-adapting agentic AI loop.
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Wellbeing
AI & ML
Retail & E-Commerce

Oura Ring enters Workday benefits as employer-funded wellness perk

Oura's smart ring joins Workday Wellness, letting employers subsidise wearable health tracking as a flexible workforce benefit.
Oura's smart ring joins Workday Wellness, letting employers subsidise wearable health tracking as a flexible workforce benefit.
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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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Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Wellbeing

EssilorLuxottica and Meta push AI glasses into mainstream with Gen 3

The Ray-Ban Meta partnership expands to 100-plus styles, adds an AI agent and FDA-cleared hearing tools as wearable AI scales globally.
The Ray-Ban Meta partnership expands to 100-plus styles, adds an AI agent and FDA-cleared hearing tools as wearable AI scales globally.
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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

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
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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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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Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech
AI & ML

Amazon blocks Meta's Muse as KYA emerges for agentic commerce

The Amazon-Meta agent clash signals a structural power shift in commerce, where Know Your Agent may rival KYC in importance.
The Amazon-Meta agent clash signals a structural power shift in commerce, where Know Your Agent may rival KYC in importance.
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Wellbeing
Retail & E-Commerce

AesthetiClinic launches flat-fee clinic platform for UK aesthetics

Belfast startup targets independent aesthetic clinics with a £25 flat-fee system, cutting deposit commissions to zero.
Belfast startup targets independent aesthetic clinics with a £25 flat-fee system, cutting deposit commissions to zero.
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Retail & E-Commerce
AI & ML
Media & Publishing

ASUS Googlebook 14 bets on Gemini to reframe the AI PC race

ASUS launches its first Gemini-native laptop in Canada, testing whether Google's AI stack can rival Microsoft's Copilot grip on enterprise hardware.
ASUS launches its first Gemini-native laptop in Canada, testing whether Google's AI stack can rival Microsoft's Copilot grip on enterprise hardware.
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Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Verto and Visa launch multi-currency card targeting African firms

Verto's Visa-backed corporate card offers African SMEs spend across 11 currencies with zero FX markups at 150 million merchants.
Verto's Visa-backed corporate card offers African SMEs spend across 11 currencies with zero FX markups at 150 million merchants.
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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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