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75%

75% -- share of smes saying transfer fee money could be better invested for UK SMEs (2022)

Name: Share Of Smes Saying Transfer Fee Money Could Be Better Invested Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-24

2022 · n=500 · Airwallex

75% of surveyed UK SME decision-makers said money wasted on international transfer fees could be better invested in other areas like marketing and headcount.

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Value

75%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2022

Entity

UK SMEs

Sample Size

500

Geography

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Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

66/100 confidence

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Methodology

Freshness

Source

Airwallex Primary Tier A

https://www.airwallex.com/blog/uk-businesses-plan-to-expand-international-presence-in-2022 ↗

Confidence: 32/100 Vintage: 2022 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Infographic: 77% of UK Businesses Plan to Expand Their International Presence in 2022

Original Research

Airwallex · Original study ↗

Methodology

Airwallex poll of 500 UK SME business decision-makers

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UK SMEs: 75% share of smes saying transfer fee money could be better invested. Source: Airwallex (2022). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-smes-transfer-fees-better-invested-2022

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