Singapore

Mastercard has announced that it is introducing Mastercard Global Commerce Suite for Small Businesses, a set of holistic capabilities powered by Mastercard Move, designed to help banks support the evolving, cross-border needs of time-strapped SMEs. It is available to banks and financial institutions in Hong Kong SAR, a key regional commerce hub, with plans to expand across select markets in Asia Pacific. By combining global network capabilities, embedded security and API-driven connectivity, Mastercard enables banks to digitise commercial payments at scale. This approach helps banks respond more effectively to the evolving needs of SMEs while building a more resilient foundation to support long-term growth as global trade continues to expand.

Berlin

Omio, a leading multimodal travel booking platform, has announced the launch of Omio Business, a new work travel platform designed specifically for small businesses, sole traders and freelancers. The platform brings together trains, buses, flights and hotels into a single seamless solution, enabling business users to search, compare and organise work trips quickly and cost-effectively. Built under the trusted Omio brand, Omio Business extends the company’ s multimodal expertise into the SME segment. It combines Omio’ s global transport inventory across thousands of partners in 46 countries, with new accommodation offering tailored to business users.

UK

Global financial technology company,

SumUp, has announced that it is launching a new accounting offering directly inside its platform interface, powered by Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small- and medium-sized businesses, bringing finance-grade AI capabilities into everyday workflows to help UK merchants with Making Tax Digital for Income Tax compliance ahead of the government rules coming into force. Through this joint offering, sole traders will be able to streamline their Income Tax reporting, reducing administrative burden and helping them stay compliant with HMRC requirements.

Canada

SiteGround, an all-in-one platform offering small businesses solutions to build, host and grow online, has announced the launch of Coderick AI – a new AI app builder that removes the technical and financial barriers to custom software development. The apps it produces are productionready from day one, engineered to handle real traffic, real users and real business demands, powered by SiteGround’ s enterprise-grade hosting infrastructure. The versatility of the platform supports a wide range of use cases, from business websites and customer-facing tools to internal solutions such as CRMs, project dashboards and marketing tools.

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