MUMBAI: A structural shift is reshaping India’s microfinance sector, with regulated lenders displacing informal sources as ...

Microlending was one of the biggest parties in finance in recent years—an era of many parties. A new report out from the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) details how things have ...

You may have heard of microfinance, but what it actually is and what the popular perception of what it is are often two different things. Microfinance began in 1974 when Muhammad Yunus started Grameen ...

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Banks have turned cautious on microfinance after months of stress. The ₹20,000 crore guarantee seeks to de-risk lending and ...

May 2 (Reuters) - Microfinance institutions in Africa hope to emulate the success and growth of the industry in Asia, and could offer a lifeline and escape from poverty for millions of people living ...

The government has approved a Rs 20,000-crore credit guarantee scheme to support microfinance institutions (MFIs), which face funding challenges and rising non-performing assets. This scheme offers ...

Microfinance has always been about opening doors for people excluded from formal banking. Today, digital finance is transforming how that mission is delivered. In my recent publication “FinTech as a ...

Microfinance, or the provision of small loans to people outside of the formal banking system, has always struggled to prove that it is effective in reducing poverty. The hurdle is a high one. A poor ...

Avoiding the risk of new borrowers has not reduced the risk of defaults. Yet, the goal of microfinance is to ensure more ...