Expert Advice and Insights on Business Loans and Financing

Buying a commercial or industrial property can be a major milestone for an SME. After deciding in Part 1: Buy or Rent for Your Business that ownership makes sense, the next question is how to finance the purchase properly. Many business owners naturally start by...

In Part 1 of our Credit Card Debt Series, we examined what happens when you cancel a credit card and why the difference between E — Closed with No Outstanding and G — Voluntary Closure with Outstanding matters. In Part 2, we looked at what happens when you keep the...

Paying the Minimum Is Not the Same as Clearing Your Debt In Part 1, we looked at what happens when you close a credit card. But many cardholders choose another path. They keep the account open and make only the minimum payment on their credit card every month. The...

Should You Cancel a Credit Card to Avoid the Annual Fee? You receive your credit card statement and notice an annual fee. You request a waiver, but the bank declines. So you decide: "I'll just cancel the credit card." This is common among Singapore consumers,...

What Is a Financial Gap? Borrowing is often associated with financial difficulty. When an individual or business needs a loan, it is easy to assume they simply do not have enough money. But a shortage of cash today does not necessarily mean someone is financially...

When people hear the term financial distress, they often think of someone who has accumulated too much debt. However, debt itself is rarely the root cause. More often than not, financial distress begins with deteriorating cash flow, followed by a series of short-term...