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Abu Dhabi names three Oncology Centres of Excellence for breast care

Abu Dhabi's DoH designates three hospitals as breast cancer Centres of Excellence, signalling the emirate's push to become a global healthcare destination.
Abu Dhabi's DoH designates three hospitals as breast cancer Centres of Excellence, signalling the emirate's push to become a global healthcare destination.
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.
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.
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.
Wellbeing
AI & ML

Heidi Health hits $900m valuation with $340m raise for NHS AI push

General Catalyst and Blackbird back the NHS's sole AI documentation supplier as clinical AI regulation and workforce capacity collide.
General Catalyst and Blackbird back the NHS's sole AI documentation supplier as clinical AI regulation and workforce capacity collide.
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.
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.
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.
Datatech
Cybersecurity
Defence

VAST Data's DataEnclave targets AI's $sensitive-data impasse

VAST Data's confidential AI runtime brings frontier models to regulated industries' locked-down data, partnering NVIDIA, Cohere and CrowdStrike.
VAST Data's confidential AI runtime brings frontier models to regulated industries' locked-down data, partnering NVIDIA, Cohere and CrowdStrike.
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.
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.
Space
Defence

Firefly Aerospace completes expanded cleanroom to scale lunar production

A Texas state grant underwrites a fourfold cleanroom expansion, positioning Firefly to run 12 lunar and orbital vehicles simultaneously.
A Texas state grant underwrites a fourfold cleanroom expansion, positioning Firefly to run 12 lunar and orbital vehicles simultaneously.
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.
Defence
Energy
Transportation & Logistics

Elmet Group locks in UK tungsten supply under $450m US defence deal

A US-UK offtake pact worth over $230m annually cements allied critical-minerals supply chains backed by both governments' strategic funds.
A US-UK offtake pact worth over $230m annually cements allied critical-minerals supply chains backed by both governments' strategic funds.
Defence
Aerospace
AI & ML

Volatus Aerospace clears GPS-denied flight test with V-Cortex autonomy

Canada's sovereign drone-autonomy platform navigates without GPS, targeting defence, public safety and Arctic operations.
Canada's sovereign drone-autonomy platform navigates without GPS, targeting defence, public safety and Arctic operations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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