Rethinking Financial Infrastructure for Growth-Ready SMEs Most SMEs treat payments and collections as
operational admin — but in today’s competitive landscape, they can be powerful levers for growth. This session
challenges the traditional view of financial operations and offers a new perspective on how modern payment
infrastructure can drive scalability, trust, and speed, especially across the fragmented markets of Asia.

• Most SMEs see payments and collections as admin tasks, but they directly impact growth, trust, and cash
• flow.
• In Asia, cross-border payments remain slow, costly, and fragmented — especially for SMEs working with
• regional suppliers.
• Modern financial infrastructure can simplify this complexity with localised collection accounts, multi-currency
• support, and real-time FX.
• Rethinking payments as a strategic function enables leaner teams, faster operations, and stronger supplier
• relationships.
• Examples of Growth-ready SMEs gaining a competitive edge by upgrading their finance stack — without
• increasing headcount.