The Reserve Bank of India, too, raised concerns over higher inflation due to low average rainfall and supply chain disruptions due to geopo...

The news mix could not be more confusing. On the one hand, the US House voted to halt Trump’s Iran war, and Israel and Lebanon again agreed...

If the US-Iran ceasefire holds, the markets may see some recovery. The movement of crude oil prices and its impact on the markets supports ...

If the price of crude oil softens, Indian equities may again see a risk-on phase. Tariff concerns are no longer the central issue; the larg...

In a recent advisory, Sa-Dhan, a key player in the microfinance arena, underscores the necessity of upholding lending standards for financi...

Sa-Dhan, a microfinance self-regulator, recommends maintaining lending guardrails for bottom-of-the-pyramid customers. These rules aim to p...

The government has announced an ambitious Rs 20,000 crore credit guarantee scheme targeting microfinance institutions, a lifeline for those...

Twenty-one million small borrowers exited formal finance. Lenders stopped new loans to those with overdue payments after a microfinance cri...

The finance ministry is set to direct banks to cap lending rates at 2% above MCLR for microfinance companies under a new credit guarantee s...

Bihar's new microfinance law could stall the sector's rebound. The state assembly passed a bill regulating money lending, a move that may p...

Microfinance disbursements fell over 10% in the July-September quarter as asset quality concerns rose, with overdue loans more than doublin...

Rising delinquencies in India's microfinance sector will increase credit costs above 5% this fiscal, impacting profitability, S&P analysts ...

Micro-finance Institutions portfolio has touched almost Rs four lakh crore during the third quarter of the current financial year, accordin...

MFIN is an industry association comprising 58 NBFC-MFIs and 39 associates including banks, small finance banks (SFBs) and NBFCs.

RBI norms for self-regulatory organisations of NBFCs engaged in micro-finance would aid process of improved governance and grievance redres...

The fairer sex is increasingly occupying the rank and file of recovery agents of lenders to the poor as the industry attempts to restore it...

The Citi Foundation on Thursday announced a three-year $11.2 million international grant program to advance the integration of micro-financ...