Now, India tops list of top microfinance institutions
In its list of World's Top 50 Microfinance Institutions, an US magazine has named Bangalore- based Bandhan at the second position. Gujarat Modi-fied | Biz Humour
By PTI |
NEW YORK: After billionaires and household names like Ambanis and Mittals, it is the turn of little-known microfinance institutions from India to hit the pages of famed magazine Forbes, which has named seven such entities in the list of world's top 50 - highest for a country.
In its first ever list of World's Top 50 Microfinance Institutions, the US business magazine has named Bangalore- based Bandhan at the second position.
Bandhan, as well as two other Indian MFIs - Microcredit Foundation of India (ranked 13th) and Saadhana Microfin Society (15th) - have been placed even above Bangladesh-based Grameen Bank, which along with its founder Mohammed Yunus was awarded Nobel Prize last year.
Grameen Bank has been ranked 17th in the list topped by another Bangladesh-based institution, ASA.
India, along with Bangladesh, are jointly home to the maximum number of MFIs to be featured in the list. Among others, there are five from Bosnia and Herzegovina, four each from Morocco and Peru, three from Colombia and two each from Equador, Ethiopia and Serbia.
One each from 15 other countries, including Russia, Pakistan, Mexico and Brazil have also been named in the list.
Besides Bandhan, Microcredit Foundation of India and Saadhana Microfin Society, other Indian entries include Grameen Koota (19th), Sharada's Women's Association for Weaker Section (23rd), SKS Microfinance Private Ltd (44th) and Asmitha Microfin Ltd (29th).
Interestingly, two of the Indian MFIs featured in the list - Grameen Koota and SKS Microfinance - are working on the same model adopted by Grameen Bank.
In its first ever list of World's Top 50 Microfinance Institutions, the US business magazine has named Bangalore- based Bandhan at the second position.
Bandhan, as well as two other Indian MFIs - Microcredit Foundation of India (ranked 13th) and Saadhana Microfin Society (15th) - have been placed even above Bangladesh-based Grameen Bank, which along with its founder Mohammed Yunus was awarded Nobel Prize last year.
Grameen Bank has been ranked 17th in the list topped by another Bangladesh-based institution, ASA.
India, along with Bangladesh, are jointly home to the maximum number of MFIs to be featured in the list. Among others, there are five from Bosnia and Herzegovina, four each from Morocco and Peru, three from Colombia and two each from Equador, Ethiopia and Serbia.
One each from 15 other countries, including Russia, Pakistan, Mexico and Brazil have also been named in the list.
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Besides Bandhan, Microcredit Foundation of India and Saadhana Microfin Society, other Indian entries include Grameen Koota (19th), Sharada's Women's Association for Weaker Section (23rd), SKS Microfinance Private Ltd (44th) and Asmitha Microfin Ltd (29th).
Interestingly, two of the Indian MFIs featured in the list - Grameen Koota and SKS Microfinance - are working on the same model adopted by Grameen Bank.
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