The Reserve Bank of India kept its benchmark repo rate steady at 5.25 percent. It also raised its economic growth forecast and lowered infl...

HDFC Life CEO Vibha Padalkar highlights intense competition and rising costs in open architecture. She believes credit life policies are vi...

In an interaction with Kshitij Anand of ETMarkets for Smart Talk series, Seth explains why the steady shift from physical assets to financi...

Thangamayil Jewellery emerged as a top stock choice for several leading PMS fund managers. Equirus Wealth made the largest allocation, show...

Our credit cost was 2.13% of loans including the microfinance portfolio, against a guidance of 2.10%. This year, encouraged by seeing our c...

CreditAccess Grameen reported an eight-fold increase in profits during the first quarter, driven by improved ground-level repayment rates a...

When will the US-Iran war end? No one can answer that with any certainty. But whenever it ends, the probability is that volatility will con...

Purple Finance plans to acquire Saksham Gram Credit for rural market expansion. The company also secured equity funding of Rs 108 crore for...

It may take a while for clarity to emerge in the Gulf region. In the meantime, focus on fundamentals and how they pan out in the next coupl...

Oil is crucial for every part of the Indian economy: From government to consumer, its price impacts spending by every stakeholder. So, till...

Tata Capital is entering India's gold loan market by acquiring a majority stake in Yogloans. This strategic move expands their retail lendi...

A weak monsoon poses risks to India's rural economy and farm incomes. Sectors like agriculture and microfinance face significant challenges...

Small finance banks are expanding microfinance lending rapidly due to geographical diversification. Equitas and Ujjivan witnessed significa...

India's $35 billion microfinance sector faces fresh risks as weak monsoon forecasts and persistent inflation threaten rural incomes, increa...

Securitisation, a process through which lenders pool loans and sell them to investors to raise funds and free up capital for fresh lending,...

Non-banking finance companies are poised for a strong April-June quarter, with analysts predicting a 20% rise in assets under management. T...

Microfinance institutions are poised for significant growth, with assets under management expected to surge by 20% in FY27. This accelerati...