News•Jan 29, 2026
EUDI Wallet Use Cases: From KYC to Payments and Lending
The European Union Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet, enabled by eIDAS 2.0, promises to replace fragmented, document‑heavy KYC flows with a unified, government‑backed credential system. Financial firms currently see 40‑60% onboarding abandonment and verification costs of €5 per check, translating to $1,500‑$3,000 per client. By delivering instant, cryptographically signed identity proof, the Wallet can cut onboarding time to about 30 seconds and reduce verification fees to a few cents. Early adopters stand to lower fraud exposure, streamline cross‑border compliance, and unlock new revenue streams through credential issuance.
By Fintech Global
News•Jan 29, 2026
Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft Could Invest up to $60 Billion in OpenAI
OpenAI is negotiating a multi‑billion‑dollar funding round with Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon that could total up to $60 billion. Nvidia may contribute as much as $30 billion, Amazon between $10 billion and $20 billion, and Microsoft less than $10 billion. Existing backer SoftBank could add...
By THE DECODER
News•Jan 29, 2026
Lilly Establishes up to $2.7B Repertoire Deal in Second Immune Play of 2026
Eli Lilly has signed a strategic alliance with Repertoire Immune Medicines, providing $85 million upfront and up to $1.84 billion in milestone payments to develop T‑cell‑targeted therapies for autoimmune diseases. The collaboration will use Repertoire’s DECODE platform to pinpoint T‑cell antigen interactions, aiming...
By BioSpace
News•Jan 29, 2026
Particular Audience Introduces Modular Retail Media Solutions to Cut Costs and Accelerate Innovation for RMNs
Particular Audience unveiled a Modular Retail Media (MRM) suite comprising 13 interoperable modules that can be added to existing retail media networks without replacing legacy adtech. The AI‑driven components, ranging from semantic search to automated product bundles, promise higher‑margin ad...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 29, 2026
Saxo Bank Fined Around $50m by Danish FSA
Saxo Bank has been hit with a fine of roughly $50 million by Denmark’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) after a May 2023 inspection uncovered alleged breaches of the country’s Money Laundering Act. The penalty follows a detailed audit by the Danish FSA,...
By Fintech Futures
News•Jan 29, 2026
FCA Launches Pop-Up ATM to Warn Customers of Investment Scams
The FCA installed a pop‑up ATM at London Waterloo featuring its mascot, Emil the Seal, to highlight investment‑scam risks. The stunt promotes the new Firm Checker tool that lets consumers verify a firm’s FCA authorisation instantly. In the year to...
By Finextra
News•Jan 29, 2026
Jotform Brings AI-Powered Chatbots to Canva Designs
Jotform has launched Jotform AI Chatbot for Canva, the first native AI chatbot integration within Canva’s design platform. The tool lets viewers interact with designs to ask questions, book appointments, track orders, or submit inquiries without leaving the editor. Users...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 29, 2026
TetraxAI Raises Pre-Seed Funding for AI Risk Tools in Clean Energy
AI‑focused SaaS startup TetraxAI announced a €1.2 million pre‑seed round led by The Footprint Firm, bringing total funding to €1.5 million including a NEOTEC grant. The company’s platform automates due‑diligence and risk analysis for utility‑scale clean‑energy projects, cutting review times from weeks...
By Tech.eu
News•Jan 29, 2026
James Webb Space Telescope Reveals New Origin Story for the Universe's 1st Supermassive Black Holes
JWST observations have confirmed supermassive black holes existing less than 500 million years after the Big Bang, supporting the direct‑collapse seed model. The model, proposed by Yale astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan, suggests pristine gas clouds collapsed directly into massive black holes, bypassing...
By Space.com
News•Jan 29, 2026
Shenzhen Shares Product Details, Technology Vision
At NRF 2026, Shenzhen’s sales director Tiffany Tian unveiled a suite of technology solutions aimed at modernizing retail and restaurant experiences. The portfolio includes AI‑powered kiosks, modular hardware, and immersive AR/VR tools designed for the North American market. Tian highlighted...
By Retail Customer Experience
News•Jan 29, 2026
Webflow and Google Ads Narrow the Gap Between Ads and Site Results
Webflow has launched a native Google Ads integration that lets marketers create, run, and monitor campaigns directly from the Webflow design environment. The new app, available in the Webflow Marketplace, supports Google’s Performance Max campaigns and pulls site assets such...
By Marketing Tech News
News•Jan 29, 2026
Space Grove Ventures Announces Public Launch at SpaceCom | Space Congress, Signaling a New Commercial Model for Space and Defense...
Space Grove Ventures debuted at SpaceCom | Space Congress, unveiling a for‑profit platform that turns underutilized real‑estate into high‑performance innovation districts for space, defense, and advanced‑technology firms. The company will redevelop facilities, manage tenant operations, and coordinate public‑private programs to accelerate commercialization...
By SpaceNews
News•Jan 29, 2026
Levellr Raises $2.5M to Turn Discord and Gaming User Voice Data Into Brand Intelligence
Levellr, an AI‑driven insights platform for Discord and next‑gen community data, secured $2.5 million in a round led by Fuel Ventures. Founded in 2021, the company reports back‑to‑back revenue doublings as brands seek real‑time user sentiment to guide product and marketing...
By Tech.eu
News•Jan 29, 2026
Fake “Mac Cleaner” Campaign Uses Google Ads to Redirect Users to Malware
Cybercriminals are leveraging Google Search Ads to distribute macOS malware by directing users searching for “mac cleaner” to counterfeit Apple‑styled landing pages. The ads, hosted on compromised Google Ads accounts, redirect to Google Apps Script pages that decode Base64 payloads...
By GBHackers On Security
News•Jan 29, 2026
Unlimit Appoints Pedro Azevedo as Head Off EU Sales
Unlimit has appointed Pedro Azevedo as Head of Sales for the European Union, operating from Lisbon. Azevedo will steer the company’s commercial strategy, scaling its enterprise sales organization and deepening partnerships with merchants, banks and digital platforms across Europe. His...
By Finextra
News•Jan 29, 2026
Tosi Platform Delivers Unified Connectivity, Visibility, and Security for OT at Scale
Tosi has launched a purpose‑built OT platform that consolidates connectivity, visibility, and security into a single console. The offering includes Tosi Control for fleet management and real‑time status, with Tosi Insight adding traffic analytics and anomaly detection, and a full...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 29, 2026
HSBC Teams with Sage to Help Businesses Get Ahead of Incoming Digital Tax Rules
HSBC UK has launched My Business Finances, a new tool that embeds Sage’s accounting technology directly into its business banking platform. The service enables eligible sole traders and landlords to manage bookkeeping, invoicing, and submit Making Tax Digital (MTD) Income...
By Finextra
News•Jan 29, 2026
ENA Respiratory Begins Dosing in Phase 2 Study of INNA‑051 Nasal Spray
ENA Respiratory has initiated dosing in a Phase 2 clinical trial of its intranasal antiviral, INNA‑051. The study evaluates the spray’s ability to curb viral replication in the upper respiratory tract of adults presenting mild respiratory symptoms. Approximately 200 participants will...
By PharmaTimes
News•Jan 29, 2026
Standard Chartered Applies AI to Transaction Banking Services
Standard Chartered has launched an AI‑powered platform for its transaction banking division. The solution enables bankers to quickly retrieve, customize, and deliver transaction banking services to corporate and institutional clients. By leveraging real‑time analytics and automation, the platform aims to...
By Finextra
News•Jan 29, 2026
Dot Ai to Unveil Next-Generation Asset Intelligence Platform at Manifest 2026
Dot Ai joins Wiliot and Würth Industry North America to showcase the intelligence layer powering modern industrial operations Dot Ai (“Dot Ai” or the “Company”), an IoT and AI-based SaaS company redefining asset intelligence for industrial technology, announced it will...
By AiThority
News•Jan 29, 2026
Sumsub’s AI Agent Verification Binds Automation to Verified Human Identity
Sumsub has introduced AI Agent Verification, a new layer that ties AI‑driven automation to a verified human identity through its Know Your Agent framework. The solution detects automated activity, evaluates its risk, and triggers targeted liveness checks when needed, ensuring...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 29, 2026
impact.com Launches Geodesix, a New Data Marketplace Connecting Premium Publishers With AI Systems
impact.com has unveiled Geodesix, a data marketplace that connects premium publishers with AI systems by licensing commerce content and instituting a revenue‑share model. The platform tackles the growing imbalance where AI models profit from journalistic and creator content without compensating...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 29, 2026
CognyX AI Launches Chatbix.AI: A No-Code AI Agent Platform for Customer Support
CognyX AI unveiled Chatbix.AI, a no‑code platform that lets businesses build, train, and deploy AI agents for customer support across web, messaging and inbox channels. The solution centralizes disparate knowledge—FAQs, policy pages, product docs—so agents can generate grounded answers while...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 29, 2026
Cside VPN Detection Enables Control of VPN Traffic to Prevent Fraud and Legal Exposure
cside has launched VPN Detection, a solution that identifies and manages traffic routed through virtual private networks. Unlike traditional IP‑list methods, it analyzes network behavior, browser fingerprints, and packet timing across OSI layers three to seven. The tool aims to...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 29, 2026
3 Decisions CISOs Need to Make to Prevent Downtime Risk in 2026
Enterprises face escalating operational downtime risk, prompting CISOs to prioritize three strategic decisions. First, adopt STIX/TAXII‑compatible threat intelligence feeds that deliver fresh, high‑quality indicators, boosting detection rates by up to 58 %. Second, eliminate noisy false positives to protect analysts from...
By The Hacker News
News•Jan 29, 2026
Citibot Unveils AI Voice and Refresh, Expanding Access and Accuracy for Government Services
Citibot introduced two new platform upgrades for 2026—Citibot Refresh and AI Voice—aimed at modernizing government digital services. Refresh automatically scans websites and PDFs to identify outdated, inaccurate, or inaccessible content, helping agencies maintain compliance with ADA WCAG 2.1 standards. AI...
By AiThority
News•Jan 29, 2026
Chargeback Management Tools: Analytics and Reporting Features That Actually Matter
Chargeback management tools are evolving from simple tracking to analytics that drive revenue protection. Centralized dashboards consolidate dispute data, while segmentation by reason code, product, and geography uncovers actionable insights. Advanced platforms provide granular win‑rate tracking, net recovery calculations, and...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 29, 2026
Lloyds to Go Deeper Into AI After Totting up Financial Value of Current Deployments
Lloyds Banking Group reported that by 2025 it had deployed more than 50 generative AI solutions across its operations, ranging from an AI‑powered internal search assistant to a GitHub Copilot‑style tool for engineers. The bank highlighted productivity gains such as...
By Finextra
News•Jan 29, 2026
Palm Payments: Promise and Reality
Palm‑based biometric payment systems have moved from prototype labs to a handful of pilot sites, offering users the ability to authorize transactions by placing their hand on a dedicated scanner. While the technology promises faster checkout and enhanced fraud protection,...
By PaySpace Magazine
News•Jan 29, 2026
DPI and PODTECH Partner to Accelerate AI Infrastructure Deployment Globally
Datalec Precision Installations (DPI) and PODTECH have formed a global partnership to deliver pre‑staged, deployment‑ready AI infrastructure as hyperscaler demand squeezes data‑centre capacity in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The alliance combines DPI's worldwide data‑centre services with PODTECH's 60‑plus...
By AiThority
News•Jan 29, 2026
Cursor Slashes Codebase Indexing From Four Hours to 21 Seconds
Cursor, an AI coding assistant, reduced codebase indexing from over four hours to just 21 seconds. The speed gain comes from reusing existing indices across team members using Merkle‑tree hash comparison, which syncs only changed files. The new indices boost...
By THE DECODER
News•Jan 29, 2026
Broker Insights Updates VISION Platform to Reshape Commercial Cover
Broker Insights has launched an upgraded VISION platform that leverages artificial intelligence to pinpoint commercial insurance gaps, especially in cyber and management liability, and to accelerate quoting and binding. The solution connects brokers with carriers such as AXA and Hiscox...
By Fintech Global
News•Jan 29, 2026
EBay Advertising Launches 2026 UK Marketing Trends Calendar
eBay Advertising has unveiled its 2026 UK Marketing Trends Calendar, a data‑driven guide that maps seasonal moments, micro‑trends and high‑intent shopping periods across the year. The calendar, built on eBay UK marketplace data, highlights demand spikes such as a 76%...
By ChannelX (formerly Tamebay)
News•Jan 29, 2026
Santander to Shut 44 More Branches
Santander announced the closure of an additional 44 UK branches, putting 291 jobs at risk. The bank cites a dramatic shift to digital banking, with 96% of transactions now conducted online and over 80% of new accounts opened digitally. Mobile‑app...
By Finextra
News•Jan 29, 2026
Google Agrees to Pay $135 Million over Android Data Harvesting Claims
Google has agreed to a $135 million settlement to resolve a class action alleging Android devices transmitted system‑service data over cellular networks without user consent. The lawsuit, spanning over five years, claimed background data transfers drained users’ plans starting in November...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 29, 2026
Exposed: Why Launching an Agency Is a Risky Business
A new analysis by digital‑marketing firm Avid Panda shows that 39% of marketing companies launched between 2021 and 2025 cease trading within five years, with advertising agencies the most vulnerable at a 41% failure rate. The study compares incorporation data...
By DecisionMarketing
News•Jan 29, 2026
Archer Materials Advances Graphene and Carbon Quantum Technologies
Archer Materials announced significant progress in its graphene‑based quantum computing program during the December 2025 quarter, including on‑chip electrical detection of spin states and precise gating of carbon films. The company recorded room‑temperature electron spin lifetimes exceeding 0.4 µs and demonstrated wafer‑scale...
By Graphene-Info
News•Jan 29, 2026
The Slopaganda Era: 10 AI Images Posted by the White House - and What They Teach Us
The White House has posted ten AI‑generated images that parody political figures, a practice scholars label “slopaganda.” These visuals combine low‑effort AI tools with overt trolling, blurring the line between official communication and internet meme culture. The Trump administration’s embrace...
By The Guardian AI
News•Jan 29, 2026
Co-Op Appoints Former Lidl CEO to Board
The Co-operative Group has appointed former Lidl UK chief executive Ronny Gottschlich as an independent non‑executive director, effective 29 January. Gottschlich, who now runs Heunadel Retail Advisory, brings extensive discount‑retail and European market experience to the member‑owned retailer. The move is...
By Retail Gazette
News•Jan 29, 2026
Diginex Names Lubomila Jordanova CEO After Plan A Deal
Diginex, a Nasdaq‑listed sustainability and RegTech provider, has appointed Lubomila Jordanova as its new chief executive following the recent acquisition of her carbon‑accounting platform Plan A. Jordanova, a recognized climate‑tech entrepreneur, will steer the firm through a phase of accelerated European...
By Fintech Global
News•Jan 29, 2026
H&M Lifts Profits Despite Slower Sales Growth
Swedish retailer H&M posted a 6% rise in operating profit to £1.38 bn for the year to 30 Nov 2025, while net sales held steady at roughly £17.1 bn. The profit boost stemmed from tighter cost control, a 12% drop in inventory and a...
By Retail Gazette
News•Jan 29, 2026
Number of Cybersecurity Pros Surges 194% in Four Years
The UK cybersecurity workforce has exploded, rising 194% between December 2021 and June 2025 to reach 83,700 professionals. This makes cyber the fifth‑fastest‑growing occupation and the most rapidly expanding IT role, outpacing the sector’s average 9.6% growth. Despite the surge, a talent...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Jan 29, 2026
Plum Introduces Worldwide Travel Insurance Backed by Qover
Plum, the UK‑based smart‑money app, has launched worldwide travel insurance as part of its Max subscription. The coverage, backed by Aspire, Lloyd’s and powered by Qover’s AI‑driven claims platform, protects users against medical emergencies, lost baggage, delays and cancellations. All...
By Finextra
News•Jan 29, 2026
Google Appears to Be Preparing Voice Cloning for Gemini 3 Flash
Google has uncovered a hidden “Create Your Voice” option in its AI Studio when using the Flash Native Audio Preview model tied to Gemini 2.5 Flash. The button opens a recording interface for users to upload voice samples, indicating an upcoming voice‑cloning...
By THE DECODER
News•Jan 29, 2026
DfE Woos Bored Professionals in VCCP Training Debut
The Department for Education has launched "Give Your Skills New Life," a national recruitment drive created by its new agency VCCP to entice professionals to become further‑education teachers. The campaign uses authentic stories of real trainers and students across colleges...
By DecisionMarketing
News•Jan 29, 2026
Making the Financial Case for a Data Streaming Platform in 2026
Enterprises are now pressured to operate at machine speed as AI reshapes expectations, making real‑time data streaming platforms (DSPs) a strategic necessity rather than a future upgrade. CFOs are urged to calculate the cost of doing nothing, since delays can...
By Diginomica
News•Jan 29, 2026
Why Russian Gamers Are Using International Skin Marketplaces
Russian gamers are increasingly turning to international skin marketplaces because these platforms circumvent banking restrictions, offer stable cryptocurrency payments, and provide localized Russian-language support. Sophisticated pricing engines deliver 7‑8% higher returns than domestic sites, while transparent fee structures and rapid...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 29, 2026
10x Banking Seals Multi-Year Deal with Australia's Remara
10x Banking announced a multi‑year partnership with Australian asset‑management and lending specialist Remara, deploying its cloud‑native core banking platform to launch mortgage, commercial lending, term‑investment and novated‑lease products. The deal underscores the accelerating pace of core‑banking transformation across APAC, where...
By Finextra
News•Jan 29, 2026
Solaris Launches Bankident Plus for Fast Customer Onboarding
Solaris, Europe’s leading embedded finance platform, has launched Bankident Plus, an enhanced identification solution that combines a Qualified Electronic Signature with a reference transfer embedded in the first SEPA top‑up. The product adds a pre‑identification step of selfie and ID capture,...
By Finextra
News•Jan 29, 2026
Shield Opens New Hub in Lisbon
Shield, a Gartner‑ranked top‑3 DCGA vendor, announced the opening of a new hub in Lisbon to scale its European operations. The expansion follows a 40% growth in its Lisbon team over two years, adding capacity in R&D, product, and customer...
By Finextra