Chubb launches online trading platform for cyber
December 19th, 2019 – Chubb‘s new Marketplace online trading platform has launched in Australia with cyber risk protection for small and medium enterprises. The platform can be accessed directly as well as through Ebix-owned Sunrise Exchange, and ...
Green Deal: Lights and Shadows for SMEs
The overarching strategy clearly offers opportunities, nevertheless some key actions very likely not SME-friendly December 11th, 2019 – SMEunited supports the efforts of the Green Deal to push for equal engagement of the EU’s international partner...
LinkedIn launches ‘Open for Business’ feature globally for SMEs
November 11th, 2019 – LinkedIn has announced the launch of Open for Business, a feature that allows freelancers and small business owners to add their services to their LinkedIn profiles, making them discoverable from a search. Following an initial ...
Bank of China Issues $2.8B in Blockchain-Based Bonds
December 8th, 2019 – One of the four major commercial banks in China, Bank of China, announced in a statement on Friday that it has released 20 billion Yuan in blockchain-based bonds for small businesses that own blockchain platforms. The Beijing-ba...
EY links with Australian start-up, creating blockchain solutions for SMEs
November 11th, 2019 – Professional services firm (EY) has provided software and services support through its OpsChain Tesseract platform, to Block2, an Australian automotive industry peer-to-peer (P2P) resource management start-up. The product of th...
FinDev Canada Invests in Gender-lens Fund to Bolster Women-owned SMEs in Africa
Johannesburg (SOUTH AFRICA)- November 12th, 2019 – FinDev Canada has announced an investment of $7.5 million to Alitheia IDF, a fund supporting women-owned and led businesses, to boost women’s economic empowerment and access to finance in Sub-...
Supporting Countries to Act on Climate
December 1th, 2019 – Four years on from the signing of the Paris Agreement, representatives from over 200 countries will gather in Madrid, Spain, to kick-start the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ...
World Autonomous Data Platform Market Outlook, 2024 – Growing Demand from SMEs & Increasing Adoption of Cloud Technology Presents Lucrative Opportunities
November 8th, 2019 – The “Autonomous Data Platform Market by Component (Platform and Services), Organization Size (Large Enterprises and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises), Deployment Type (On-Premises and Cloud), Vertical, and Region –...
Blockchain Potential and Challenges as seen by the EU
November 8th, 2019 – Blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrency is getting more and more attention from states and companies trying to use the system to serve a larger variety of causes. Blockchains offer the service of moving value from one p...
Technology Makes It Easier for SMEs to Do Business in Africa
November 19th, 2019 – The 2020 World Bank Doing Business report was recently released, and shows the overall business climate in sub-Saharan Africa is steadily improving. Looking at the ease of starting and maintaining a business, the region as a wh...