Reading Time: 4 minutesHigh inflation, skyrocketing energy prices, rising interest rates and supply chain disruptions are now falling hard on SMEs, setting them up for a challenging year.
Category: Fintech
Different strokes for different folks: a diverse scale-up population needs new policies
Reading Time: 4 minutesScale-ups are the heavy lifters of our economies. These fast-growing firms create many times more jobs and new sales than would be expected given their share of the business population.
Covid + Fintech: finally a game changer for SME financing?
Reading Time: 4 minutesJust six years ago, more than half of SME retailers’ transactions were paper based – in the form of cash or cheques. That world is long gone. Why? A large part is because Covid-19 gave digital payments a huge boost.