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Please don't call us SMEs - we are mid-sized firms

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have fewer than 250 staff and annual turnover of less than or equal to £44m, accounting for 99.9% of UK businesses.

SMEs want more digital tools - Mastercard survey

Small businesses are looking ahead with ambition — but they are also preparing for the pressure that comes when opportunity arrives. Mastercard today introduced Dreamonomics, a new...

How can banks serve SME’s growing cross-border needs?

Joining FinextraTV at Sibos 2026 in Miami, Pratik Khowala, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Transfer Solutions at Mastercard, covers:

Gvt Moves to Create National Database for Small Businesses

The government is developing a national database of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) aimed at formalising the sector improving access to government support and strengthe...

How Smart Supply Chains Help SMEs Stay Competitive

If you're an SME, a few practical shifts in how you manage sourcing, stock and delivery can be the difference between growth and stagnation. The post How Smart Supply Chains Help S...

SMEs turn from banks to fintechs for cross-border payments

Most small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) trading internationally are set to switch their current cross-border payment provider in the next two years, according to a Mastercard...

Social media now SMEs' storefront

Basic design skills, SEO and home delivery turn posts into sales for small businesses

Skyro Backs 5,000+ SMEs, Helping Modern-Day Heroes Turn Demand Into Growth

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) make up about 99% of businesses in the Philippines and support around 63% of the country’s employment, according to the Department of T...

Gifftid: Making SMEs legible to the capital they can already absorb

As Open Banking and Smart Data expand what's visible about a business, many SMEs are still assessed by instruments built to read the past, writes Grace Almendras-Castillo, founder...

Australian SMEs adapt and grow despite confidence headwinds: Banjo SME Compass Pulse

Australian SMEs are continuing to achieve their revenue targets and pursue growth opportunities despite growing economic uncertainty: Banjo SME Compass Pulse survey.

MSME development doesn’t need invention, only connection

Capital, training and compliance support for small businesses already exist. What is missing is a system that connects them around the same business journey. Every day, we are adop...

Fidelity Bank Champions Digital Adoption, Sustainable Growth for Lagos SMEs

Kayode Tokede  Fidelity Bank Plc, has called on Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs) to embrace digital solutions, maintain sound financial management practices and adopt stru...

FCA cites Open Finance among next steps to support SME access to finance

A Financial Conduct Authority review into SME access to finance found that the challenges are often greatest for microbusinesses in the UK. Source

Standard Bank strengthens trade ecosystem to enable African SMEs to access global markets

Standard Bank is strengthening its support for African businesses seeking to participate in regional and global trade by bringing together financial solutions, market access, logis...

Canadian SME owners push for growth despite economic uncertainty

Canadian small business owners are investing in efficiency and expertise - and their financial planning needs are growing with them

Borrowing amongst SMEs is on the rise – preparing your business for finance

According to UK Finance, gross lending to SMEs from the main high street banks reached £5.35 billion in the second quarter of 2026, the highest quarterly level recorded since the p...

If Scotland wants growth, it needs to back its SMEs

Combine more choice and access to capital with local knowledge and relationships, writes​​ William Devine

Hong Kong SMEs Left Behind as Large Firms Pull Ahead on AI

DBS Hong Kong has released a survey on the city’s business outlook. SMEs are adopting AI and digital tools at nearly half the rate of large and mid-sized firms, the findings show....

‘Procurement reforms empower smaller businesses’

Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo GOVERNMENT is pushing for reforms to public procurement systems to enable Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), women, youth... To acce...

Stanbic Bank Launches Awards to Reward Small to Medium Enterprises

Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has launched The Standard Bank Africa Business Awards aimed at celebrating and recognising exceptional small and mediu...

UK small businesses facing ‘AI productivity gap’

Small business owners’ confidence in using artificial intelligence (AI) is running significantly ahead of the way businesses are utilising AI tools, new research reveals. A study o...

Minister says there’s a real appetite among SMEs to compete for public contracts, provided the system is accessible and...

CDP: Over 95 per cent of disclosing SMEs making progress on environmental action

Almost two-thirds of SMEs either have a transition plan or expect to have one within two years, new study finds

Urmi Group and SME Foundation Sign Landmark MoU to Empower Bangladesh’s Textile and Garment CMSMEs

Three-year public-private partnership channels affordable surplus materials, hands-on training, and circular economy principles into a more resilient, inclusive supply chain for th...