The Karnataka CM announced that the next Cabinet meeting will address an ordinance to control unlawful loan recoveries by micro-finance ins...

Microfinance industry has bounced back after every crisis. Similar resilience is expected from the sector post the COVID-19 crisis as well

‘Banks’ risk appetite should align with MSME & SME borrowers’

Microfinance leaders fear extended moratorium may increase stress and derail their robust credit discipline.

Though the RBI moratorium is open to micro finance companies these lenders are yet to formally receive moratorium from their lenders.

ICRA expects the credit costs for microfinance institutions (MFIs) to be at least double from the present levels of 1-1.5 per cent to 2.5-3...

MFIs are moving to daily reporting of loan data to credit information cos to prevent defaults.

Lenders are now reacting the typical way — slowing down loan disbursement in the pockets of trouble.

The issue of over-indebtedness came back to haunt the industry exactly a decade after the controversial Andhra Pradesh Microfinance Institu...

Microfinance is showing early signs of loans going bad en masse. And the problem is complicated by aggressive strategies of larger lenders.

While Ujjivan on Monday announced a repayment rate of 91% in November, Bharat Financial informed the BSE it had a collection efficiency of ...

“The ground-level situation has shown sharp improvement from the initial few weeks of November. Borrowers have shown good repayment discipl...

Micro lenders were in dilemma on whether to accept repayment in old high-value currency notes; most companies deferred repayment.

The grassroots lenders had to do forego ‘collections’ (collection of debt repayment in instalments) this week, resulting in a shortfall of ...

MFI practitioners told ET that some have come with Rs 2000 notes but yet they can’t accept repayment as they don’t have currencies with sma...

It isn't just the microfinance institutions that are to blame for the current crisis in the sector in Andhra Pradesh. The malaise runs deep...

Grameen Bank’s success story and the growth of microfinance institutions have captured the imagination of overseas investors of various kin...