Access to finance
Alternative Finance Conference
11 March 2013 ACCA held our first Alternative Finance Conference at ACCA’s headquarters in London. Read the article
Trade Finance
ACCA launched its Trade Finance research project in 2013 to explore the challenges involved in financing international trade and international businesses.
E-invoicing
ACCA's research reviews the extent and the drivers of e-invoicing adoption among UK SMEs.
High Growth SMEs
This report discusses the challenges, difficulties and the successes that Growth Oriented Entrepreneurs have in the US, European and BRICSA economies.
Emerging Economies: The Rise of Capital Markets
Capital markets rely on institutions and these in turn depend on the accounting profession. This paper considers how these relationships work and how policymakers can build on them
Other Access to finance Articles
Driving SME growth - 14 June 2012
This paper explores the evolution of the finance function from an informal process to a formal team and highlights the critical events and concerns that drive its development.
Nurturing Europe's spirit of enterprise - 06 December 2011
This report uses a survey of 1,245 executives in order to assess how personalities, external support mechanisms and internal structures determine firms’ ability to innovate.
The future of microfinance in Kenya - By Emmanouil Schizas, Senior policy adviser, 04 July 2011
This paper outlines four recommendations for the present and future leaders of the microfinance industry in Kenya.
SMEs: Rebuilding a Foundation for Post-Recovery Growth - 01 November 2010
How smaller businesses are faring after the financial crisis.
Small business
ACCA has over 100 years' experience of working with the SME sector. We lobby governments, regulators and standard setters in the long-term interest of a healthy SME sector, and we support professional accountants so they can continue to function as the sector’s most trusted business advisers and finance managers.
Related reading
If you're interested in access to finance, you may like to read some articles and reports held in our technical library.
About access to finance
Access to finance is one of the most important issues facing business today. ACCA champions accountants as trusted business advisers, understanding and devising routes for companies to access business financing. Read more about this theme.
Technical activities
An important part of ACCA's institutional work is to contribute to the debate on technical issues affecting business and accountancy and to represent the interest of its members in relation to the legislation and professional standards that they have to comply with in their work.
Global Forums
The Global Forum for SMEs brings together groups of experts from around the world to discuss issues that are critical to SMEs including access to finance. The Global Forum for the Public Sector looks at the challenges faced by governments and access to finance.