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The Government is committed to getting its hands dirty to help more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) transform digitally to stay in business amid disruptive technological innovations. The Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA), the…
State-owned Indonesia Eximbank will play a pivotal role in boosting small and medium enterprise (SME) exports through export based people’s business credit (Kurbe) and an incubator program. Indonesia Eximbank acting president director Suswijono Moegiarso said…
Global economic volatility might be worrying some companies in Asia Pacific, but the small- and medium-size enterprise (SME) sector is bucking the trend with strength and optimism for the year ahead. Even if trade deals take a new path, the many opportunities…
Amid global economic challenges and intense competition, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to upgrade and add value to their products and services to stay ahead. To provide SMEs with a range of supporting services and business opportunities and…
Malaysia’s RHB Bank has expanded its SME e-Retail Solution with the introduction of RHB Merchant Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS), which allows SME retailers to begin operating as quickly as seven days. SME e-Retail Solution offers Business Current Account for…
StarHub has launched a new service that provides SMEs with the devices, software and technical support necessary to meet their IT needs at a monthly flat fee. The “device subscription service” was designed to help SMEs seeking to make a successful start…
The Communications and Information Ministry is trying to propel small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into regional and global markets, by providing free domain names to help them take advantage of the country’s growing e-commerce sector. The government will…
The administration of Riau Islands city of Batam will facilitate the export of products manufactured by the Indonesian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Singapore, an official has stated. “We are trying to facilitate (the export of products),…
Indonesia is hosting the fourth Asian SME (small medium enterprise) Conference 2016, from Sept. 13 to 17 in Kota Kasablanka shopping mall in South Jakarta. Cooperatives and SMEs Minister Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga said the conference should facilitate…
UOB Indonesia and Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) have joined forces to educate bankers with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a banker from UOB Indonesia has said. “A lot of these SMEs don’t have the right networks for distributors and…
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia or Telkom will provide high-speed Internet access, from 10-100 megabytes per second (mbps) to support micro, small, and medium enterprises (SMEs). Telkom will also provide training programs and preparation for the Smart Business…
Japanese SMEs are being enticed to invest in the Philippines, where labor cost is competitive and a majority of workers are English-speaking. Spearheading the campaign are Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) and Resona Bank, a bank for small and medium…
The revised de Minimis Threshold increases the limit to the United States from US$200 to US$800. Web-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) retail exporters in Singapore can now gain better access to the United States market with the revision of de Minimis…
Vodafone India has outlined a strategy aimed at doubling its SME customer base in Bangalore, known as the Silicon Valley of India. Vodafone Business Services announced a three-pronged plan to increase its SME coverage in the state of Karnataka – particularly…
Agus Mahram, secretary of the Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Minister, said that the his institution has set a cooperation with the Busan-Indonesia Center (BIC) in South Korea to promote Indonesian small and medium enterprises (SME). “100…
As growth indicators such as commodities and oil test their lowest price levels for more than 10 years, the fear of deflation that gripped Japan for many decades is quickly becoming a global phenomenon. Even in the U.S., where economic growth is relatively…
