SME Tax Relief Push (Philippines): President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. used his SONA to urge Congress to raise the income-tax exemption threshold to ₱350,000 and expand relief for workers and MSMEs, alongside a tax amnesty plan and new social safety-net funding. EU AI Compliance Deadline: The EU’s Digital Omnibus on AI is now law, giving businesses six days to meet first transparency duties and banning certain “nudifier” AI capabilities by December. SME Lending Gets Faster (Germany): YouLend and REA Card teamed up to let merchants access working capital directly through POS and SoftPOS, using card revenue instead of traditional credit checks. More SME Credit Capacity (UK): iwoca closed a £250M facility to expand lending as demand shifts toward larger mid-size loans. Payments + Gaming Scale (Adyen/GRYPHLINE): Adyen is powering international payments for GRYPHLINE’s multiplatform “Arknights: Endfield” launch. Stablecoins Go B2B (Paybis): New data shows stablecoins are now mostly used for business payments and cross-border settlement, not retail. Worker Housing for Export Textiles (India): Tiruppur exporters urged Tamil Nadu to prioritize affordable worker dorms and housing in the 2026 industrial policy to ease labor shortages. Startup Milestone (Serbia): Insurtech Ominimo became Serbia’s first unicorn after a Series B valuing it at $1.6B. AI Infrastructure for Africa: A report highlights how “AI factories” depend as much on reliable electricity as on computing power, with South Africa leading via private renewables and power wheeling.