AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoSME Cost Pressure: Spain’s self-employed group UPTA warned that July’s CPI jump (3.6% year-on-year) plus higher fuel and electricity bills are squeezing margins for “thousands of small businesses,” limiting growth, investment and hiring. Digital Finance for Merchants: Glovo and PragmaGO extended embedded-finance to Romania with PragmaCash, offering working-capital financing for merchants on the platform—an approach already live in Spain. Entrepreneurship Banking: Monzo’s new CEO is backing Monzo Business after the bank hit 1 million business customers, a sign of intensifying competition for SME accounts in Europe. AI Infrastructure in Spain: Nebius is expanding AI capacity in Europe, including projects in Spain, with a new 22MW AI factory planned for Estonia—highlighting how data-centre buildouts are becoming a growth lever for tech firms. Startup Growth Recognition: Barcelona-founded travel spend platform Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is pushing AI to cut “shadow work” for business travellers and expanding internationally.
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