Independent research that is conducted twice a year (since 2014) by market analysts East & Partners on behalf of national SME funder Scottish Pacific. On ScotPac’s behalf, East & Partners and polls a representative sample of Australian SMEs with $1-20m revenue, who use all types of methods to fund their businesses (ie it is not […]
As part of Enterprise Singapore’s Singapore E-Commerce Programme, Amazon is inviting local small and medium-sized (SME) retailers interested in making their products available to more customers and growing their businesses online, to sign up with Amazon.sg. Eligible small and medium businesses qualify for a one-time grant from Enterprise Singapore of up to S$9,000 per retailer […]
Oxford Business Group launches 2020 analysis of Kingdom’s economy Saudi Arabia’s efforts to boost both non-oil and private-sector growth, while moving swiftly to introduce measures aimed at mitigating the impact of Covid-19, are analysed in a new report by the global research and advisory firm Oxford Business Group (OBG). The Report: Saudi Arabia 2020 explores […]
bitFlyer Europe, the European arm of the world’s largest bitcoin exchange by trading volumes, has today released the results of its annual Crypto-Confidence Index. Built from a consumer poll of 10,000 respondents across 10 countries in Europe, this is the second year of the index which demonstrates the levels of confidence in European populations that […]
Ebury is the first non-bank financial institution to be granted approval to provide SMEs with loans under the Italian government’s guarantee scheme “Garanzia Italia”. The scheme, which is available to Italian businesses with less than 5,000 employees and €1.5bn turnover, provides government guarantees to cover up to 90% of the loan value. Ebury’s participation follows […]
Since we last conducted this survey at the end of March, the number of Covid-19 cases around the globe has more than doubled. But as many countries have reached peaks in the numbers of new infections, some clarity is emerging. Focus is now turning to ending the lockdowns, and in a few countries, some nonessential […]
Ebury, one of Europe’s largest fintech companies, has been granted approval in the Netherlands to provide SMEs with loans under the government’s SME Credit Guarantee Scheme, which was launched in response to the coronavirus crisis. The scheme, which is available to Dutch businesses with fewer than 250 employees, provides government guarantees for loans of up […]
COVID-19 is disrupting supply chains like never before. For most businesses, working capital is being severely impacted and given the importance of cash flows in times like this, they should continuously monitor their treasury. As companies hold on to cash, late payments will be the norm for some time but this will have impacts on […]
Recently, the P2P platform Robo.cash completed a survey of European P2P investors dedicated to their financial results in 2019. Over half of participants said that the alternative lending brought them the highest returns last year. The company expects that despite the coronavirus pandemic, the segment will keep the leading positions in 2020. Namely P2P loans […]
The data collated by the EU Federation for the factoring and commercial finance industry (EUF) shows that in 2019 factoring and commercial finance volumes in the EU grew overall by 7.9% to reach €1.91tr. As before, 80% of this represented domestic business and the balance international. This rate of growth – which equalled that seen […]
