05-Oct-21 08:00

Aria Putera Ismail, CEO, SME Bank

SMEs, the economic life bloods of Malaysia, were arguably the biggest victims of the pandemic. But funding their revival has to be balanced with a new focus on fiscal prudence even while the entire DFI -- Development Financial Institution -- sector is overdue much-needed consolidation.

Aria Putera Ismail, the CEO of SME Bank, discusses.

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