ANEXT Bank Launches New Industry Initiative to Scale Financial Inclusion for SMEs

The ANEXT Programme for Industry Specialists aims to make digital financial services more accessible through embedded financing collaborations IN Financial Technologies and Bizmann System are among th...

Bitcoin payments make a lot of sense for SMEs but the risks still remain

The last six odd months has seen the cryptocurrency market witness an unparalleled amount of financial volatility, so much so that the total capitalization of this fast-maturing space has dropped from...

Will Government Aid Really Boost US Additive Manufacturing?

Texas-based Essentium manufactures industrial 3D printers for production additive manufacturing. Essentium The Biden Administration’s new package of aid for the nation’s manufacturing SMEs...

PocketLaw, a contract automation SaaS for SMEs, secures Atomico’s support

Swedish startup PocketLaw — a contract automation software-as-a-service legal tech platform which is mainly focused on SMEs — has pocketed €10 million (~$11M) in Series A funding led by Eu...

Is Industry 4.0 Still Relevant?

Industry 4.0 is a German government term coined in 2011, meant to drum up enthusiasm for the next wave of technologies. This includes the need to prepare the industrial sector for the internet of thin...

Chinese Web Giant Tencent Cuts Transaction Fees For SMEs On WeChat

A Chinese vendor stands next to a QR code customers scan to pay via the WeChat app at a local market … [+]t in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) Getty Images Chinese web giant...

El Salvador Plans to Offer Crypto-Based Loans for SMEs

According to Steiner, the government has been in talks with Acumen since October 2021, following the approval of bitcoin as legal tender in the Central American country. In parallel, it holds negotiat...

Visa: 24% of SMEs ready to accept cryptocurrencies

The results of a survey carried out by Visa among various SMBs (Small and Medium Businesses) have recently been published, revealing that a large proportion would be ready to accept cryptocurrency pay...