SME AI Upskilling: The Battle Creek Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting free AI training for small businesses via the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Small Business B(AI)sics, aiming to train 40,000 entrepreneurs over three years. Digital Payments Policy: India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says the new 0.4% UPI Merchant Discount Rate is not a tax and won’t go to the government; it’s meant to be absorbed in the payments ecosystem. Agentic Commerce for Merchants: Pine Labs and Google Cloud are partnering to expand agentic commerce, including an AI ads agent for small businesses and multi-agent tools for merchants. SME Market Access Training: The ASEAN-China Centre is rolling out SME training across ASEAN to help firms use free trade agreements, customs processes, and cross-border e-commerce to sell into China. Rural Industrialisation: Zimbabwe’s Filabusi expo is boosting rural industrialisation, with devolution funds used for new refuse collection capacity and local business linkages. SME Finance & Regulation: Reuters reports the U.S. Fed is considering raising bank oversight thresholds, which could reduce compliance burdens and spur consolidation. Creative Funding Model: Inventor John DeTitta launched FeedTheArts, routing advertising revenue into direct grants for artists.