This year could be a genuine turning point for SMEs despite Iran war - When finance feels uncertain or difficult to access, investment decisions are delayed ...

Challenger banks retained a 60% share of SME lending in 2025, raising questions over whether high street banks are regaining ...

It’s the first month of 2026, and many SMEs are taking stock. Reviewing plans, assessing priorities, and deciding how to approach growth in a changing environment. Over the past few years, I’ve spoken ...

For decades, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria operated outside the formal financial system despite their central role in eco ...

iwoca, which claims to be one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, announces a new funding line with initial commitments of £200 million from Barclays and Värde Partners. In January this year, iwoca ...

It is tough being a small and medium enterprise (SME) in Africa, a continent where the SMEs sector is quite fragile. Nothing has exposed the apparent quicksand foundations of the sector more than the ...

Lovey (formerly Love Finance), the UK’s fastest-growing SME lender and broker, has today released its first SME whitepaper, The 2026 H1 SME Finance Outlook. The research explores how SMEs accessed ...

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key to driving market development in sustainable finance, to ensure wider and deeper economic and social impacts, says Iris Ng, Managing Director at OCBC ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The move will make it easier for smaller businesses in Finland to obtain ...

Global Finance presents its inaugural annual listing of the best global, regional and national banks that serve SMEs, for more than 60 countries and regions. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are ...