According to OCBC, growth was mainly supported by SMEs in the externally oriented sectors such as wholesale trade, ICT and manufacturing, where businesses have outperformed and demonstrated resilience.
The OCBC SME Index remained in expansionary territory and stood at 50.5 in 3Q2025, unchanged from the previous quarter.
SMEs have shown a relatively healthy pace of growth this quarter, with an increase in overall collections by 8.5% y-o-y and increase in overall payments by 6.4% y-o-y, says an OCBC press release.
