AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoSME Finance & Risk: Turkey’s banks expanded credit fast, with manufacturing taking the biggest slice of lending (23%) and SMEs receiving 7.03tn liras in cash loans as of May—useful context for owners hunting for funding. Digital Payments for Growth: OpenFX will let NGOs move cross-border FX “at cost,” aiming to cut the typical 5% price hit on aid flows—good news for humanitarian operators and their local suppliers. Energy Bills Pressure: UK PM Andy Burnham plans to remove VAT from household electricity bills from October, a move tied to the Iran-war-driven energy price cap—small businesses and charities are expected to benefit too. Compliance & Expansion Tools: Shufti launched the Glocal Platform to manage identity checks and fraud controls across regions in one place, targeting the compliance sprawl that slows SME cross-border sales. SME Cost Squeeze: A separate report flags rising SME costs from fuel, forex and cross-border pressures, underlining how exchange-rate swings and logistics fees keep squeezing margins. Saudi Islamic Banking: S&P says Saudi Islamic banks are expanding into corporate and SME lending under Vision 2030, with SMEs now over 11% of total credit—watch for more SME-friendly products.
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