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Fintech
Transportation & Logistics

TBC Bank Uzbekistan adds UZCARD to Salom debit card network

TBC UZ's 1.2 million-card Salom product adds a domestic rails partner, targeting one million new cards in Central Asia's fast-digitalising
TBC UZ's 1.2 million-card Salom product adds a domestic rails partner, targeting one million new cards in Central Asia's fast-digitalising
Fintech
AI & ML

F2 Strategy acquires Callaway Cloud in eighth buy since 2023

F2 Strategy adds Salesforce and data-engineering depth to its wealth-management tech stack with its third acquisition of 2026.
F2 Strategy adds Salesforce and data-engineering depth to its wealth-management tech stack with its third acquisition of 2026.
Blockchain
Fintech

Hedera's CLPR targets blockchain fragmentation in tokenised finance

Hedera contributes a bridgeless cross-ledger protocol to open-source governance, aiming to end liquidity trapping across tokenised asset networks.
Hedera contributes a bridgeless cross-ledger protocol to open-source governance, aiming to end liquidity trapping across tokenised asset networks.
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.
Fintech
Datatech

Experian-Workday tie-up puts 80m payroll records into lending pipeline

Experian's Workday integration extends instant income verification to over half of US payroll employees, compressing mortgage and auto-loan decisioning.
Experian's Workday integration extends instant income verification to over half of US payroll employees, compressing mortgage and auto-loan decisioning.
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.
Datatech
AI & ML

Databricks acquires Row Zero to bring governed spreadsheets to Genie

Databricks folds spreadsheet startup Row Zero into its Genie AI coworker, targeting the governance gap at the heart of enterprise data workflows.
Databricks folds spreadsheet startup Row Zero into its Genie AI coworker, targeting the governance gap at the heart of enterprise data workflows.
Transportation & Logistics
AI & ML

Descartes Datamyne AI Agent targets 90% cut in trade data research

Descartes embeds a conversational AI agent in its trade intelligence platform, drawing on 500 million shipment records across 230 markets.
Descartes embeds a conversational AI agent in its trade intelligence platform, drawing on 500 million shipment records across 230 markets.
Real Estate
AI & ML
Sustainability

ZestyAI's wildfire model backs Risk Theory's California HNW cover push

Risk Theory's new E&S homeowners programme uses AI property-level wildfire scoring to unlock capacity in California's retreating insurance market.
Risk Theory's new E&S homeowners programme uses AI property-level wildfire scoring to unlock capacity in California's retreating insurance market.
Real Estate
Transportation & Logistics
Energy

Alterra IOS adds four Houston sites in logistics real estate push

Alterra IOS reaches 39 Houston properties as industrial outdoor storage consolidates around port and freight infrastructure.
Alterra IOS reaches 39 Houston properties as industrial outdoor storage consolidates around port and freight infrastructure.
Defence
Quantum
AI & ML

Forge Nano nears Nasdaq debut via SPAC on AI-chip and defence bet

Forge Nano's atomic-scale coating technology for AI-era chips and defence batteries heads to public markets via a $230m SPAC.
Forge Nano's atomic-scale coating technology for AI-era chips and defence batteries heads to public markets via a $230m SPAC.
Defence
Aerospace

Ducommun unveils VISION 2032 plan targeting $300m-$500m acquisitions

The US aerospace and defence supplier sets mid-teens CAGR targets for missiles and radar as it scales its acquisition ambition fivefold.
The US aerospace and defence supplier sets mid-teens CAGR targets for missiles and radar as it scales its acquisition ambition fivefold.
Property
Internet of Things
AI & ML

EliseAI and DOOR integrate to automate renter access at scale

EliseAI's AI leasing platform links with DOOR's smart-access OS to remove human gatekeepers from tours and maintenance visits.
EliseAI's AI leasing platform links with DOOR's smart-access OS to remove human gatekeepers from tours and maintenance visits.
Fintech
AI & ML

Finance leaders demand proof and guardrails before AI autonomy expands

Esker's 2026 survey of 338 global finance leaders finds AI overspending and governance gaps are stalling the agentic finance era.
Esker's 2026 survey of 338 global finance leaders finds AI overspending and governance gaps are stalling the agentic finance era.
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.
Defence
Aerospace
AI & ML

Tessera eyes aerostat maker RT LTA to extend airborne surveillance reach

Tessera's option to acquire Israeli aerostat firm RT LTA signals a cross-sector convergence of persistent ISR hardware and AI-driven security platforms.
Tessera's option to acquire Israeli aerostat firm RT LTA signals a cross-sector convergence of persistent ISR hardware and AI-driven security platforms.
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.
Fintech
AI & ML

Broadridge appoints Boaz Lahovitsky as Wealth Management President

The J.P. Morgan and Vanguard veteran takes the helm of Broadridge's wealth platform as AI and digital assets reshape advisory models.
The J.P. Morgan and Vanguard veteran takes the helm of Broadridge's wealth platform as AI and digital assets reshape advisory models.
Fintech
AI & ML

Numeral raises $100m Series C to automate AI-native tax compliance

Insight Partners leads a $100m round in Numeral as AI-native tax infrastructure scales to 80m annual transactions across 90 countries.
Insight Partners leads a $100m round in Numeral as AI-native tax infrastructure scales to 80m annual transactions across 90 countries.
AI & ML
Fintech

Fearn raises $5.5m to rewire patent law for the startup era

The AI-native patent firm's a16z-backed launch signals that professional services economics are the next frontier for AI disruption.
The AI-native patent firm's a16z-backed launch signals that professional services economics are the next frontier for AI disruption.
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