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Bill discounting or invoice discounting is the chance to borrow the sanctioned amount of short-term based funds from a lender on the outstanding invoices that the borrower holds. Small or medium-sized businesses require such funds to continue meeting their daily needs. Let’s take an example from our daily schedule of excessive outstanding in some cases. There may be situations when the bigger businesses also need to shut down even after increased debt via loans. But small businesses can’t even exist in such cases as they already have very limited funding…

The technology-driven era of modern society has captured the vast area with ease for a diverse set of activities including financial transactions. Embedded finance for SMEs in the same context is the revolution for SMEs from tiring sessions of banks. Embedded finance provides financial services to SMEs at the right period by reducing friction and opening the new possibility for new clients to get engaged with. As per the survey, there can be two major models that can support digital platforms that have shifted into embedded banking for SMEs. Pass…

The SME banking and finance landscape today is highly digitized. Online banking services and mobile applications have been used by almost half of SMEs, and visits to ATMs and branches have decreased by 38%. This trend does set to continue as more customers prefer card payments and mobile banking. What can SMEs expect from these changes? Here are some key points to consider. Digital Solutions One of the main challenges that traditional banks face when serving SMEs is aging digital solutions. Until recently, banks tended to focus on enterprise and…

India has about 60 million+ Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, including registered and unregistered ones. SMEs have contributed about 40% of total manufacturing and 34% of total exports to the Indian Economy. They have become crucial; to the country’s economic growth, leading to employment generation and entrepreneurial development. SMEs are heavily reliant on debts to fulfil their start-up needs, cash flow and investment needs. Therefore, bank lending becomes the most common source of external finance for many SMEs. The government has taken a variety of measures to support SME access…