SME News
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2022-02-22
PH urged to ride on QR technology
The Philippines should ride on the use of QR technology to help local merchants reach more customers here and abroad, according to a leading global payments technology company. Bryan Tiongson, Global Payments country head of the Philippines (GPPH)...
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2022-02-22
Hong Kong’s ‘zero business’ Covid rules sink small operators
HONG KONG: Jessica Kong has kept her Hong Kong bubble tea shop afloat through two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, but painful restrictions to battle the city’s worst outbreak have finally dealt her business a fatal blow. Sales at Kong’...
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2022-02-22
India’s giving inflation room to grow, but that may bite
Inflation is getting a free pass in India. Policy makers seem to believe that by not raising interest rates and letting prices bubble up for a bit they will encourage investment and employment and boost post-pandemic growth. In reality, however, the ...
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2022-02-22
Small business is worried about plenty as recovery begins
The omicron surge, even as it appears to be receding, exposed an uncomfortable pandemic-era truth for small-business owners: They're particularly vulnerable to economic disruptions like the one we collectively experienced over the past two years....
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2022-02-21
Canadian government offers up to $20 million in relief funds to small businesses affected by trucker protests
The Canadian government will provide up to $20 million in relief funds to small businesses affected by the ongoing trucker protests. The decision was announced Saturday in a statement by the Federal Economic Development Agency for ...