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Lelian Chew (centre), founder of Singapore company, The Floral Atelier – which uses the cloud accounting platform, Xero – with members of her team.

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6 ways SMEs can access working capital through alternative financing

When seeking financing, small businesses often require collateral as they are traditionally seen as high financial risk by major lenders

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The rise of fintech has opened up a range of new avenues for SMEs to generate working capital

Economic uncertainty should be a push factor for SMEs to broaden horizons

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Leveraging the app ecosystem to achieve fast and affordable scalability

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[Paid Post] The focus of the 2019 Hong Kong Budget on February 27 was on “supporting enterprises, safeguarding jobs, stabilising the economy and strengthening livelihoods”.

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