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Visa to expand digital platform for educating small business owners

Visa has announced plans to expand its global digital platform for delivering free education resources to small and micro businesses (SMBs).
Visa to expand digital platform for educating small business owners ảnh 1Practical Business Skills, Visa’s free global digital platform to educate small and micro businesses, is set to be expanded (Photo: VNS)
HCMCity (VNS/VNA) - Visa has announced plans to expand its globaldigital platform for delivering free education resources tosmall and micro businesses (SMBs). 

DangTuyet Dung, the payment company’s countrymanager for Vietnam and Laos, said: “SMBs are the backboneof our economy. It is crucial to empower SMB-owners with knowledge,skills, and access to services that support them in rebuildingor starting stronger, digitally enabled businesses.” 

Theplatform, Practical Business Skills, is available in English forVietnamese SMBs to expand their global accessibility. 

SMBsaccount for more than 90 percent of global businesses and 50-60 percent ofjobs. 

Itis built on Visa’s global expertise in financial education and offers growth-mindedentrepreneurs tools to start, manage and expand abusiness. 

Withmore than 50 online learning modules, itaddresses the needs at various stages of a business’ lifecycle./.
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