SME News
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2025-06-23
Bank credit costs seen rising on SME strain
CREDIT costs in the Malaysian banking sector are expected to edge higher as economic growth slows and risks mount within the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment. CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd, in its latest report on historical asset qu...
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2025-06-23
Malaysia signs economic partnership pact with European Free Trade Association
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states have signed an economic partnership agreement, opening a new chapter for trade, investment and economic relations with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtens...
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2025-06-23
Private Sector Urged to Support Bolster MSME Development
Malaysian Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick called for more private companies to step up and extend support in the form of innovative and sustainable financing to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), in li...
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2025-06-23
KUSKOP trade mission to Japan targets RM51 million deals
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives’ (KUSKOP) official trade mission to Japan, in conjunction with the Osaka Expo 2025, is expected to generate RM51 million in potential investment and sales. It said ...
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2025-06-22
Engage with stakeholders to allow refugees to work formally, govt urged
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has urged the government to engage with stakeholders, including companies and civil society organisations, to develop a framework that could help absorb refugees and asylum seekers into for...