USA POLAND

BMO has announced the national US rollout of a simplified Online Banking for Business experience designed specifically for small- and mid-sized enterprises( SMEs) and Emerging Middle Market( EMM) clients. Previously available through a limited release, the new platform is now accessible to SME and EMM clients, providing an easier to use online banking experience built for everyday business needs. While most US banks focus digital solutions on retail consumers or large commercial enterprises, many SMEs lack a platform tailored to how owners and growing teams manage their everyday banking. BMO’ s new offering fills this gap with intuitive navigation, commonly used payment options and simplified user management.

Bizcap, a global non-bank provider of fast, flexible and safe funding solutions for small- and medium-sized enterprises, is exploring Poland as a potential new market as part of its strategy to expand lending operations across Europe. With a team of more than 200 staff worldwide, the company has built a proven model focused on fast approvals, flexible funding structures and a broader credit assessment approach designed to support SMEs that are often underserved by traditional lenders. Bizcap will enter Poland as one of the fastest-growing non-bank lenders globally, seeking to create jobs and invest significant funds into the local economy.

UK

The SME Climate Hub, in partnership with Giki and supported by the UK Government’ s

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, has launched the Climate Action Planner to help firms take practical steps to lower costs and become more sustainable. The Climate Action Planner offers a simple, guided process that produces a customised action plan in around an hour. Users answer a short set of questions about their business and receive a step-by-step roadmap, drawing on a database of more than 750 actions. The plan is tailored to their industry and business goals, rather than generic, one-size-fitsall advice.

INDIA

Gupshup has announced the launch of Gupshup Superagent, an autonomous AI agent that drives customer conversations at scale across every major messaging and voice channel. From a single conversational interface, it can design and launch campaigns, orchestrate customer journeys, provision messaging and voice infrastructure, process transactions, monitor performance and continuously optimise outcomes – enabling businesses to move seamlessly from intent to revenue. This embedded intelligence enables Superagent to not just automate workflows, but to make autonomous, context-aware decisions that directly improve customer experience and deliver business outcomes – something generic AI tools cannot replicate.

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