SME News
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2025-06-20
SME confidence persists despite softening outlook
KUALA LUMPUR: Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Bhd’s (SME Bank) sentiment index for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the first half of 2025 signals continued confidence despite a moderating outlook. In a ...
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2025-06-19
MSME Confidence Holds Firm Despite Softer Economic Outlook, Says SME Bank
Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Bhd (SME Bank) reported that Malaysia’s SME Sentiment Index for the first half of 2025 (1H 2025) stood at 55.2, reflecting continued optimism among Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSM...
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2025-06-19
Bank Islam unveils IFiRST for SMEs and mid-tier companies
KUALA LUMPUR:: Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd marked a significant stride in its sustainable journey with the launch of IHSAN Financing for Business Resilience, Sustainability and Green Transition (IFiRST), unveiled at the inaugural Bank Islam Sustainabilit...
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2025-06-19
Calls to defer SST expansion in Sabah
Kota Kinabalu: Both government and opposition parties as well as the business sector oppose the Federal Government’s plan to expand the Sales and Service Tax (SST) due to its potential impact on cost of living in Sabah. Parti Soli...
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2025-06-18
SST is not ‘divine law’, can be reviewed, says PM polsec
THE government is open to reviewing the extension of the Sales and Services Tax (SST), which will take effect on July 1, said Prime Minister (PM) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s political secretary (polsec) Kamil Abdul Munim (picture). ...