SME News
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2022-05-19
Local farmers will suffer most from doing away with APs
PETALING JAYA: The government’s decision to do away with approved permits (AP) to import food could potentially force local farmers out of business, says a food security group. Forum Kedaulatan Makanan Malaysia chief coordinator Nurfitri Ami...
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2022-05-19
RM10bil revenue pool awaits digital banks
PETALING JAYA: The five new digital banks in Malaysia could aim to take a share amounting to a value pool of around RM10bil out of the banking sector’s RM91bil total revenue, according to CGS-CIMB Research. It would also take these banks thr...
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2022-05-19
Stats Dept: Malaysia’s labour productivity up by 2.7pc in Q1 2022
PUTRAJAYA, May 19 — Malaysia’s labour productivity as measured by value-added per employment picked up in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1 2022) by 2.7 per cent to record RM23,129 per person compared to RM22,500 per person in the same quarte...
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2022-05-18
Special Report: ‘Banks risk losing SMEs to alternative lenders’
BANKS need to step up their digital game or risk losing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to alternative lenders, according to US-based data analytics firm FICO. Its recent survey of SMEs in Asia-Pacific found that 44% of respondents in Malaysia...
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2022-05-18
PM: From today, no AP required to import food into Malaysia
PUTRAJAYA, May 18 — The government has agreed not to impose with immediate effect, the approved permit (AP) requirement to import foodstuffs into the country, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said this decision was reac...