YouTrip has launched its new business product, YouBiz, a corporate card powered by Mastercard® that promises cashback and savings with zero foreign exchange fees. Integrated with the card is also a unified control centre bringing together multi-currency accounts, local and domestic transfers, corporate expense...
With the economy recovering from a global pandemic, more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises in the ASEAN and Greater China regions are looking to expand internationally in a bid to grow revenue and profits. The UOB Business Outlook Study 2023 (SME & Large...
A SME Pulse Check survey conducted by DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited reveals that more than half of the Hong Kong small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expressed neutral sentiment towards the economic outlook for both Hong Kong and Mainland China in 2024, while “ensuring consistent cashflow and...
To further support tourism businesses during the circuit breaker and to give them a headstart for recovery, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has rolled out several new initiatives to help them engage their customers, strengthen their business foundations and deepen their manpower capabilities. For travel agents, there...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bank of Ghana (BOG) have commenced discussions to adopt the Business sans Borders (BSB) open hub of platforms between Singapore and Ghana. These discussions on close cooperation will benefit the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and...
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...
While businesses are optimistic in 2022, consumers are more cautious, revealing headwinds may be on the way for the second half of the year. This is according to the third Shop Small Research for Singapore conducted by American Express with 304 local business leaders in May...
Trustt is a global digital banking solutions provider that helps banks, NBFCs, and FinTech’s deliver financial products quickly to their customers. Their cloud-based SaaS banking platform and GPT-based Conversational Suite provide automated digital journeys for customer convenience. Their clients include financial institutions of all sizes, and they...
United Overseas Bank (UOB) announced on February 12 that its allocation of S$3 billion to provide companies, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in Singapore with relief assistance to tide over the negative impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on their business. In the...
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...