Innovation

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Retail & E-Commerce
Transportation & Logistics

Caraway Home builds omnichannel supply chain with ITS Logistics

The cookware brand's fulfillment overhaul cuts parcel costs 20% and grows its SKU count from 6 to over 860.
The cookware brand's fulfillment overhaul cuts parcel costs 20% and grows its SKU count from 6 to over 860.
AI & ML
Cybersecurity
Fintech

Finovox deploys AI fraud detection for Admiral's French arm

L'Olivier Assurance adopts AI document verification as generative AI makes insurance fraud cheaper and harder to spot.
L'Olivier Assurance adopts AI document verification as generative AI makes insurance fraud cheaper and harder to spot.
Cybersecurity
Fintech

NOBA Bank deploys cloud-native payee verification across Europe

NOBA Bank Group is rolling out SaaS-based Verification of Payee with Tieto Banktech as European payment fraud tops €4.2 billion.
NOBA Bank Group is rolling out SaaS-based Verification of Payee with Tieto Banktech as European payment fraud tops €4.2 billion.
Cybersecurity
Fintech

Visa opens its cyber-defence playbook to banks with new threat platform

Visa externalises the intelligence it uses to block 90 million attacks a month, offering banks a payments-native threat platform.
Visa externalises the intelligence it uses to block 90 million attacks a month, offering banks a payments-native threat platform.
Blockchain
Fintech

Ondo Finance brings tokenised US equities inside regulatory perimeter

Ondo and Broadridge deliver the first SEC-model custodial tokenised US securities, with on-chain proxy voting for IVV and Micron shares.
Ondo and Broadridge deliver the first SEC-model custodial tokenised US securities, with on-chain proxy voting for IVV and Micron shares.
Property
Fintech

August gains HMRC recognition as UK landlord tax digitisation scales

UK PropTech platform August joins HMRC's Making Tax Digital list as a three-million-landlord compliance market takes shape.
UK PropTech platform August joins HMRC's Making Tax Digital list as a three-million-landlord compliance market takes shape.
Blockchain
Fintech

WealthArc adds crypto to wealth data stack as MiCA shakeout bites

Regulatory pressure from MiCA and the FCA is forcing wealth managers to treat crypto with the same rigour as traditional assets.
Regulatory pressure from MiCA and the FCA is forcing wealth managers to treat crypto with the same rigour as traditional assets.
Fintech
AI & ML

QuantRate launches free AI trading platform for retail investors

London-based QuantRate opens institutional-grade AI trading tools to retail users across stocks, crypto, and forex markets.
London-based QuantRate opens institutional-grade AI trading tools to retail users across stocks, crypto, and forex markets.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce

Sage-Satago tie-up opens invoice finance to UK micro firms

Embedded accounting data gives lenders real-time visibility into sole traders, unlocking a segment long shut out of invoice finance.
Embedded accounting data gives lenders real-time visibility into sole traders, unlocking a segment long shut out of invoice finance.
Retail & E-Commerce
Fintech

ANNA Money and Admiral Business embed insurance in SME admin platform

The fintech-insurance tie-up targets a UK SME protection gap, with 28% of sole traders currently carrying no business insurance at all.
The fintech-insurance tie-up targets a UK SME protection gap, with 28% of sole traders currently carrying no business insurance at all.
AI & ML
Datatech

Capita launches agentic AI operating model for regulated back offices

Capita's Forward Deployed Orchestrator embeds AI-fluent process experts into live regulated operations, targeting the gap between deployment and real results.
Capita's Forward Deployed Orchestrator embeds AI-fluent process experts into live regulated operations, targeting the gap between deployment and real results.
Fintech
Retail & E-Commerce
Wellbeing

ClearScore and Stream bring automated debt payoff to UK payroll

ClearScore's Clearer technology embeds into Stream's workplace loans, automating debt repayment for three million UK employees via payroll.
ClearScore's Clearer technology embeds into Stream's workplace loans, automating debt repayment for three million UK employees via payroll.
Fintech

Unzer names Isabelle Bénard Chief Product and AI Officer

The Berlin-based payments platform centralises its AI agenda under a new C-suite role as it serves 90,000 European merchants.
The Berlin-based payments platform centralises its AI agenda under a new C-suite role as it serves 90,000 European merchants.
Fintech
AI & ML
Energy

DNB picks nCino to power corporate lending across nine countries

Norway's largest bank deploys agentic AI lending infrastructure, with plans to extend to SME clients and nine international branches.
Norway's largest bank deploys agentic AI lending infrastructure, with plans to extend to SME clients and nine international branches.
Datatech
AI & ML

ScotlandIS names Andrew Weir as CEO to lead tech ecosystem drive

The digital-industry body appoints a veteran transformation leader to connect Scotland's tech sector with government and global markets.
The digital-industry body appoints a veteran transformation leader to connect Scotland's tech sector with government and global markets.
Cybersecurity
Transportation & Logistics
Wellbeing

Kaspersky flags The Gentlemen ransomware group's cross-sector spread

A fast-growing RaaS operation is deploying custom backdoor tooling across manufacturing, healthcare and logistics worldwide.
A fast-growing RaaS operation is deploying custom backdoor tooling across manufacturing, healthcare and logistics worldwide.
Fintech
Wellbeing

ClearScore and Stream automate debt consolidation for UK workers

ClearScore's Clearer technology enters Stream's workplace loans platform, covering three million UK employees with automated payroll-linked debt repayment.
ClearScore's Clearer technology enters Stream's workplace loans platform, covering three million UK employees with automated payroll-linked debt repayment.
Fintech
AI & ML

QuantRate pitches AI trading bots to retail as algo access widens

London-based QuantRate upgrades its automated trading infrastructure, targeting retail investors priced out of institutional quantitative strategies.
London-based QuantRate upgrades its automated trading infrastructure, targeting retail investors priced out of institutional quantitative strategies.
Defence
Transportation & Logistics

CSG Land Systems North America targets US artillery and vehicle market

Czech industrial group CSG launches a Michigan subsidiary to sell NATO-proven artillery and tactical vehicles to the US Army.
Czech industrial group CSG launches a Michigan subsidiary to sell NATO-proven artillery and tactical vehicles to the US Army.
Cybersecurity

ManTech wins $197m Navy contract to modernise ship radar systems

A five-year RDT&E award puts ManTech at the centre of US naval electronic warfare modernisation amid rising drone and hypersonic threats.
A five-year RDT&E award puts ManTech at the centre of US naval electronic warfare modernisation amid rising drone and hypersonic threats.
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