Rising tide will lift all, says SME banker

DBS's Joyce Tee explains how "entire ecosystem financing" can assist the various parties involved

"(Working capital) is actually the lifeline of every SME. You help them to see how they are able to monetise their accounts receivable, how to stretch their accounts payable," says Ms Tee.

Singapore

LENDERS may keep the dollars and cents moving, but banker Joyce Tee firmly believes that clear moral rules undergird those transactions.

"I don't want lending to be very complicated," said Ms Tee, group head of small and medium-size enterprise (SME) banking at DBS. "Some