SME News
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2024-03-21
Hong Kong SMEs eager to adopt AI, robotics and other technologies despite costs and skills gap: HSBC survey
Hong Kong’s small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) are tapping into new technologies like AI to help run their businesses, as the growing availability of such tools – some of which are cheap or even free – helps them save time and...
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2024-03-21
SME appetite for external funding is rising, commercial brokers say
Nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of commercial brokers have noted an increase in demand for external funding from SME borrowers, a lender’s survey showed. The ‘SME Pulse’ survey from Atom Bank covering Q1 found this was notably hi...
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2024-03-21
FIFO Capital CEO says too many SMEs miss out on support measures
Australian small businesses have not been supported through economic turmoil in the way they should have been, FIFO Capital CEO Wayne Morris says, as robust interest rates and the cost of doing business weigh on countless enterprises across the count...
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2024-03-20
UOB, Alibaba.com to boost SMEs in B2B e-commerce expansion
The collaboration between UOB Thailand and Alibaba.com aims to empower Thai SMEs with insights and financial solutions for success in the digital marketplace. By leveraging their combined resources and expertise, both organizations are dedicated to p...
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2024-03-19
Bridging the SME Sustainability Gap
The importance of SMEs to the future of the sustainability journey in Singapore cannot be overstated. With these businesses accounting for more than 95% of all local enterprises, and over 70% of the workforce, their influence matters. For example,...