Small and medium enterprises
Second digital bank starts operations in Singapore
A new digital bank has started operations in Singapore after receiving approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to commence business on June...
Malaysia’s minimum wage hike comes at the wrong time, businesses say
The significant raise of Malaysia’s minimum wage by May 1 predictably does not find favour among businesses in the private sector, but some economists...
New SME funding platform enters Thailand
Funding Societies: Loans for more than 65,000 businesses
A new funding platform for small and medium companies...
Philippine SMEs urged to go digital amid pandemic
Remote working amid Covid-19 is a solution for many small business owners
Philippine Senator Sonny Angara of the...
Laos set to build up a startup community
Young startups and entrepreneurs in Lao are now being helped
to utilise digital technologies to achieve their full...
Indonesia’s “smart kiosk” startup raises more funds to digitise street vendors
Indonesian micro-retail tech startup Warung Pintar (“smart kiosk”) has secured new funding of $27.5 million in a Series B round participated by its existing...
Malaysia’s GDP growth this year seen at 5.2%, lower than 2017
Malaysia is expected to maintain a robust economic momentum but will grow slower than last year, according to estimations by Moody's Investors Service issued...
New Myanmar bank to supply tourism businesses with cheap loans
A new bank, Myanmar Tourism Bank, will begin operations within six months in so far three branches in Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw with the sole...
Vietnam to replicate Israel in becoming “start-up nation” by 2020
The Vietnam government has ambitious plans to transform the country into a "start-up nation" in the next four years, replicating the success of Israel...
Phuket to become Thailand’s first smart city, Chiang Mai to follow
Phuket City, the capital of Phuket province and of the island of the same name, will be turned into an innovation-driven “smart city” this...
EU will spend $3.9 million to market investment in Cambodia
The European Union will spend 3 million euros ($3.9 million) on a programme to encourage small and medium enterprises to invest in Cambodia.
Speaking at...
ADB lends Vietnam $50m for small firms development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on November 30 signed an agreement with the Vietnam government for a $50 million loan to foster the development...
Small businesses in ASEAN – Keys to overcoming the middle-income country trap
An analysis by Ronald Mendoza, Asian Institute of Management
ASEAN’s best companies under $1 billion in revenue
The small and medium enterprise (SME) sector is lively in ASEAN, as the newest Forbes list of "Asia's best companies with sales under $1...
Crowdsourcing firm launches in the UAE
Eureeca, a crowd investing or crowd sourcing platform targeting growth companies and small & medium businesses to source funding from the crowd, announced its...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...