SME Capital & Growth: The US International Development Finance Corporation is backing a new $1.5b Indo-Pacific energy platform, aiming to expand grid-stability and energy security for Southeast Asia as industry and data centers grow. Local Business Survival: A Birmingham community bakery, Loaf, says it’s being priced out after a cooperative move fell apart, highlighting how housing and development decisions can directly shut down neighborhood enterprise. SME Finance in Action: In New Jersey, minority-owned firms get practical lift through community lenders and R&D voucher grants—examples include a clean-tech company using university lab access to cut R&D costs and launch new testing revenue. Payments for Trade: XTransfer and Societe Generale signed an MoU to streamline cross-border trade payments, targeting faster, more automatable flows for businesses. Digital Infrastructure: Digital Realty opened Malaysia operations to scale data center capacity, a signal for SMBs that need connectivity to compete. Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: Kenya is pitching digital nomads as a tourism growth engine, pushing longer stays that can feed local startups and services. Community Markets: Bremen Village Shops launched a shed-based downtown marketplace to give small businesses an affordable path to storefronts.