April-listed Powerica posts 226% YoY Q3 PAT growth; repays Rs 525 crore debt post IPOPowerica Limited announced a significant surge in its third-quarter net profit for FY26, reaching Rs 98 crore. This represents a 226% incre...
CreditAccess Grameen looks to scale down microfinance growth, says MD & CEO Ganesh NarayananCreditAccess Grameen, a leading NBFC-MFI, is shifting focus from microfinance to secured lending like home loans. The company aims to becom...
Execution, order inflows to drive L&T growth; BEL rides defence push: Siddhartha KhemkaIndia's capital goods sector is experiencing robust growth, fueled by strong order backlogs and increasing project execution across infrast...
PSU banks vs private bank stocks: Nomura analysts give 4 reasons to rotate your moneyAfter strong outperformance by PSU banks over the past year, Nomura turns cautious and prefers a shift to private banks, citing better risk...
Piramal Finance AUM touches Rs 1 lakh crore; acquisitions on radar: CEOPiramal Finance has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore in assets under management. The company plans to acquire a microfinance institution to boost it...
L&T Finance, Utkarsh SFB, Fusion Finance tank up to 11% as Bihar passes MFI Bill 2026. Here’s what’s causing painShares of microfinance-linked lenders fell sharply after Bihar passed a bill tightening regulations on MFIs. While the move may have limite...
IDFC First Bank’s MFI provision will go down every quarter from now; opex to fall further to 12-13%: V VaidyanathanIDFC First Bank's MD & CEO, V Vaidyanathan, anticipates improved performance in FY26, driven by peaking microfinance provisions and reduced...
Buy L&T Finance, target price Rs 180: Motilal Oswal Financial ServicesMotilal Oswal recommends buying L&T Finance, setting a target price of Rs 180. The company reported strong Q2 earnings and is strategically...
Microfinance loans continue to weigh on banksIndian lenders such as Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank, IDFC First Bank, and RBL Bank foresee ongoing asset quality issues in the microf...
Sectoral dynamics to help microfinance scrips: 5 stocks with up to 26% upside potentialAn improvement in economic activity, rising credit demand, diversification of loan mix and attractive valuations are likely to drive the pe...
IndusInd Bank Q3 Preview: NII growth seen strong, margin view mixedThe brokerage expects healthy loan growth, coupled with stable margins and contained provisions to support profitability of the lender. How...
IPO-bound Fusion Microfinance plans secured loan arm for SMEsThe IPO-bound Fusion Microfinance, which has been piloting a small business-focused secured lending book, is commercially launching it from...
We have not seen any change in rural credit growth: Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Bandhan BankBandhan Bank has not faced any liquidity crunch, says the Managing Director
Expect micro finance to be 30% or below of overall business, by March-end: HKN Raghavan"The demonetisation effect is stabilised, it is a kind of plateau compared to last quarter to this quarter," HKN Raghavan said
IndusInd Bank likely to merge Bharat Financial with itself: SourcesIndusind bank has been trying to grow the MFI book since last 5 years and the MFI book stands at nearly Rs 3,000cr, which forms about 2.5-3...
- Bandhan Microfinance keen on banking foray; securitises Rs 355 crore loans
Bandhan Microfinance is preparing to apply for banking licence as it meets all the criteria specified in the final guidelines released by t...
- Banks turn more receptive to MFIs; UBI sanctions Rs 100 crore loan to Bandhan Financial Services
Of the Rs 30,000 crore MFIs have borrowed from the banking system till date, this is perhaps the most precious Rs 100 crore ever.