Credit: FOTOGRIN/ Shutterstock Last week, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the seventh time this year in a continuing bid to stave off worries of a recession. The International Monetary Fund predicts that real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the US will fall from 1.6% in 2022 to 1% in 2023 due … Read more
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org)has approved a $10 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee (TG) to Banco Fomento de Angola S.A. (BFA). Leveraging BFA’s strategic footprint in Angola, this guarantee will provide support to Small and Medium sized Enterprises, including women-led businesses. The move will facilitate the import and export … Read more
Lake City Bank WARSAW, Ind., Dec. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lake City Bank was named the Best Small Bank in Indiana in America’s Best Banks 2023 ranking from Newsweek and Lending Tree. The annual ranking identifies best in class options across 26 categories, produced by evaluating nearly 5,000 of FDIC insured banks and credit … Read more
Baskar Babu Ramachandran, Co-founder & CEO, Suryoday SFB Baskar Babu Ramachandran, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Suryoday Small Finance Bank, co-founded Suryoday Micro Finance Private Limited. With many years of experience in the banking sector, Ramachandran has previously been associated with GE Capital Transportation … Read more
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Bike charger, Dolomites, Cortina, Italy getty There is a lot to be said in favor of electric bikes, and micromobility at large. According to a study involving the World Economic Forum, public transit and biking in all its forms must become the two dominant transportation modes by 2050 to stay on a pathway in line … Read more
Shariah-compliant capital by Boost Credit, helps MSMEs access right financing Kongsi Klub lets members earn extra cash while assisting local businesses After the transition of Covid-19 to its endemic phase in Malaysia, the country was faced with another catastrophe, mainly towards MSMEs (micro SMEs), with the rise of cost for food and other supplies. Without … Read more
At the start of the season, the Intuit QuickBooks Holiday Shopping Survey 2022 showed that consumers planned to spend nearly half their shopping budget at small businesses and small business owners were looking forward to what the holidays season would hold. However, as much as consumers said they wanted to shop small, growing concerns about the possibility … Read more
MSMEs lie at the heart of India Inc and play an integral part in our economic growth. In the recent few years, we have seen small businesses stay resilient in the face of a pandemic, thanks to the government’s policy push and initiatives. Over the last two decades, the government has come up with several … Read more
Every Monday, we ask small businesses key questions. Here we speak to Inverurie-based quantity surveyor Michaela Gordon-Wilson, of Gordon-Wilson Services. She told us she feels very lucky to have a network of “brilliant and intelligent” friends. How and why did you start in business? As an experienced quantity surveyor (QS) I realised there was a … Read more