Finance
Bangkok Bank to help SMEs manage transportation costs efficiently
Bangkok Bank joins Shell to launch the SHELL-BBL Prepaid Card, targeting small SME to help control transportation costs and specify the type of fuel to increase business efficiency. The card is easy to use, secure and...
Aurora Tech Award announces 2025 finalists
The annual award spotlights outstanding female founders in emerging markets, celebrating visionary women entrepreneurs who are redefining the technology landscape. The Aurora Tech Award has unveiled its 2025 finalists....
Without the right business tools, SMEs could struggle to survive the festive...
Standard Bank’s MyMoBiz Account products are business banking solutions designed to support SMEs with cost-effective and accessible banking tools. As we enter one of the busiest times of the year for SMEs, Cliff M...
How Perky Blenders saves thousands of pounds with streamlined payments with...
Eight years after Adam and Victoria Cozens began roasting coffee in their garden, they now have eight coffee shops, a thriving online coffee subscription service and a growing wholesale supply business. And they’ve a...
Digital lending offers GCC banks effective inroads into the vital SME segment
Sara Hoteit, Regional Manager for the Middle East at Backbase, explores how digital lending is revolutionising GCC banks’ engagement with the vital SME sector. By embracing digital solutions, banks are not only...
Australia’s leading SME payment processing platform Weel partners with...
Weel, Australia’s fastest growing spend management platform in Australia – processing over $500m of payments each year for SMEs – and Nium, a leader in real-time cross-border payments, have entered a...
Real Drinks Group modernises operations with NetSuite to support growth
Real Drinks Group is a drinks retailer which supplies drinks to retailers and directly to consumers, manages sales and creates new drinks. As the company continues to grow, it needs a solution to transform its...
How to get the most value from your ERP solution
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a type of software that organisations use to manage and integrate the core aspects of their business, such as finance and accounting, HR and supply chain management. Carrie Tallett,...
Wiise inks new partnership with Open Door Technology
Wiise, a fast-growing cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for small- and medium-sized businesses, has announced a new partnership with Open Door Technology (ODT), one of the largest providers of...
Four ways SMBs can optimise managed print success through ERP integration
In the field service industry, many Australian SMBs offer tailored managed print services (MPS). These companies have invested in enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms to facilitate this offering but often...
Quest Nutra Pharma digitises critical quality management and operational...
Quest Nutra Pharma (Quest), a leading manufacturer of nutraceuticals/pharmaceuticals food supplements, has partnered with Kissflow to streamline and enhance its mission-critical workflows using the vendor’s low-code p...
Boyce Precision Engineering achieves 25% stock reduction and 20% year-on-year...
Northern Ireland’s Boyce Precision Engineering (BPE) has transformed its purchasing, stock holding and customer auditing since adopting the Forterro MRP solution, 123Insight, achieving 20% year-on-year growth and r...
Launch of corporate venture fund to empower start-ups
Yango Group, a global tech company bringing advanced technology to local communities, has launched Yango Ventures, a corporate venture fund designed to empower promising start-ups across LATAM, Sub-Saharan Africa, MENAP...
Expanding lending to start-ups with launch of embedded finance service
Bettr, a leading AI-driven lending business under Ant International, has announced its official launch in Brazil to expand small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending to support local and regional economic...
Small Business Index reveals borrowing challenges threaten UK growth
Small businesses across the UK are at a financial crossroads as high interest rates and restricted access to traditional financing become a growth inhibitor, according to the 2025 Intuit QuickBooks Small Business...
Reinventing financial due diligence for SMEs
Ian Fishwick, Client Services Director from Evolution Capital, outlines the challenges faced by SMEs when acquiring another SME and how Evolution Capital has reinvented financial due diligence. There are about...
SME lender secures new £200 million funding led by Citi
iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, has announced a new £200 million package of debt funding from Citi and Waterfall Asset Management and doubles its SME loan offer ceiling to £1 million. The funding follows a ser...
Fuel Ventures leads £1.5 million investment in Groov to bridge the SME ...
Fuel Ventures, a leading UK venture capital fund, has led a £1.5 million seed funding round in Groov, a leader in embedded lending. Supported by Aperture and a select group of industry-focused angel investors, ...
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