Innovation

Employ Borderless scores 192 countries on statutory hiring costs, revealing a $15,500 gap between Argentina and the US.

The UK fintech's 37% revenue jump and 101% EBITDA surge signals that data-layer platforms are becoming essential infrastructure across credit markets.

A new partnership targets FCA-regulated firms as UK cyber breach rates climb and regulators link operational resilience to frontier AI risk.

The UAE's leading military MRO provider bets on homegrown talent to future-proof Gulf aerospace and defence readiness by 2030.

Nigeria's SeamlessHR rebrands to target embedded finance for Africa's 1,500-plus business clients.

Birmingham fintech's trust-based payment platform targets a sector with 4,450 insolvencies in 2025 and £11bn annual late-payment losses.

The Cyprus-registered payments infrastructure group targets European capital markets via a technical listing, with no new shares issued.

A Czech defence group's $632m Iowa munitions facility signals Europe's deepening role in rebuilding America's ammunition industrial base.

Nutanix survey data reveals healthcare, finance, and public sector face the sharpest AI governance deficits of any industry.

A multi-year partnership embeds AI health coaching into Samsung's 400-million-device ecosystem, unlocking Medicare reimbursement at population scale.

A three-way partnership aims to bring dissolution-recycled polypropylene into flexible packaging, a segment long closed to recycled content.

The LA immersive studio's five location-based VR productions signal a maturing market for shared, embodied storytelling beyond the screen.

A $255m milestone deal routes a US gene therapy for inherited blindness into the Middle East, where consanguinity-linked RP rates are among the world

Direct carrier billing moves beyond digital entertainment as Boku, JustPark and Virgin Media O2 pilot mobile-account parking payments across London and Hereford.

As the FCA flags AI as a defining force by 2030, experts warn insurers are deploying AI before fixing the information foundations beneath it.

Two UK cybersecurity firms unite to replace point-in-time pen tests with continuous runtime validation for regulated fintech firms.

The private credit software firm targets an under-tooled market with AI-powered portfolio tools for direct lending managers and their investors.

A Huawei-Ethio telecom pact targets enterprise cloud, AI and payments, framing Ethiopia as a gateway to pan-African digital markets.

BIL Suisse extends its decade-long Avaloq SaaS partnership to deepen automation and KYC integration for Swiss wealth management clients.

Luxembourg compliance firm HACA deploys AI-orchestrated screening across 2,200 watchlists, signalling fintech's automation shift in AML.