Coface’s 2022 Asia Corporate Payment Survey, conducted between November 2021 and February 2022, provides insights into the evolution of payment behaviour and credit management practices of about 2,800 companies across the Asia Pacific region during another pandemic year. Respondents came from nine markets (Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan) […]
India has recorded a record-breaking $82.3bn for pending and completed mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter of 2022 despite a global slowdown, according to Bloomberg. That is over twice the amount of the previous record of $38.1bn in the third quarter of 2019. Globally, M&A volume reached $827.6bn – down 8.7% from the same […]
African business leaders are predicting a boom in start-up businesses across the continent as the number of working age people launching new firms expands, new research for blockchain-based mobile network operator World Mobile shows. Start-ups across the continent are currently valued at around $7.6bn – around 0.2% of the total $3.8tn value of start-ups globally […]
With summer firmly upon us, Lisbon’s tech scene is beginning to heat up as it welcomes the launch of Plug-and-Play Finance provider, Weavr, to Portugal. In recent times, Portugal has become a noted hub for start-ups. In fact, the number of start-ups per capita in the country is currently 13% higher than the average in […]
African business leaders are forecasting a surge in spending on tech start-ups as foreign direct investment and improved internet connectivity helps establish the continent as a tech superpower, new research for blockchain-based mobile network operator World Mobile shows (please see the attached press release). More than half (54%) of African senior executives expect spending on […]
Following the the extensive response from the FCI members globally, we are pleased to release the final world factoring statistic. This 2021 report indicates that the factoring and receivables finance industry volume witnessed a significant growth of +12.6% in 2021 after the devastating impact from Covid-19 in 2020, which as you may recall reported a […]
With the move, the London-based fintech now also offers solutions for international e-commerce transactions in Brazil Ebury’s service portfolio ranges from international account opening to currency protection, facilitating foreign trade for small and medium-sized Brazilian businesses Ebury, one of the world’s largest fintech companies specializing in international transactions for small and medium-sized enterprises, with operations […]
Agreement will offer UK companies support to expand into India MOU is timely as UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations continue UK India is among the top four markets of interest for UK SMEs Santander UK plc and ICICI Bank, a private sector Bank in India today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding […]
Acuity Training has researched the best countries for workplace environments to give people a clearer understanding of the most positive places to work around the world. They looked at various factors including minimum wage, entitled break time and maternity leave, giving ten countries a score out of 200 and finally ranked them. Here are the […]
Mainland China had the highest proportion of small businesses that “grew or remained unchanged”, for the second consecutive year, according to a survey by CPA Australia, one of the world’s largest professional accounting organisations. CPA Australia’s 13th Asia-Pacific Small Business Survey surveyed 4,252 small businesses owners or managers across the Asia-Pacific, including 766 from mainland […]
