Finance

Xero, the global small business platform, has teamed up with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Singapore to support their mission to empower accountants. Through this partnership, accountants will learn how to leverage technology to grow their practices and that of their small business clients through...

MODIFI today announced US$24m in Series B, which brings its valuation to more than US$120m. The funds will be used to grow MODIFI's digital trade finance platform for SMEs into a global trade management hub. MODIFI’s digital trade finance platform for SMEs spans the three...

eFreshMe started during the pandemic with a diverse product range that addressed the pressing issues of the time, as well as personal care items. As the pandemic subsided, the company adroitly recognised the shifts in consumer demand, and strategically focused their offering on beauty and skincare.

Small and medium businesses need to jump on to the mobile payments bandwagon in order to gain a competitive edge over larger firms. A recent survey conducted by US-based financial services corporation Visa, indicates that customers worldwide prefer to pay with credit cards or mobile devices. According to the survey titled Digital Transformations...

Against the backdrop of slowing global economies, rising interest rates and economic uncertainties, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), in partnership with DBS Bank, held the annual flagship Seminar on Business Outlook 2023 on Wednesday 18 January to help Singapore businesses better capture opportunities and sustain broad-based growth.

While there is an anticipation of global trade expanding by slightly over 2% in 2024, the pace of growth in Asia is forecasted to remain subdued and may not be as robust as it was in previous years. The key factor inhibiting growth can...

Tax procedures and policies can often be difficult for the average small business to navigate. The Singapore government has deployed considerable personnel as well as technological resources to make the SME's tax filing procedures less cumbersome over the years. In this interview, we talk...

In their annual SME financing research conducted by Linkflow Capital, SMEs continued to see improved access to financing in 2019. According to Linkflow Capital, up to 39% of SMEs gained access to financing in 2019. This figure has continued to improve since the company...

Pitik, founded in 2019, is an Indonesian company that harnesses the power of data and technology to empower Indonesian chicken farmers, allowing them to achieve better quality poultry and thereby generating more income. Like many SMEs and startups, they faced an issue obtaining the necessary financing to...

SWIFT and Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) to accelerate trade digitalisation globally. The MOI looks at offering SWIFT’s community of more than 11,000 financial institutions and corporates in over 200 countries and territories more efficient and...