India’s gold loan market is emerging as a growth opportunity for financial institutions, with outstanding loans against gold jewellery reac...

There are currently too many variables that can move the markets in either direction. Oil prices may have settled into a range for now, but...

CreditAccess India, the promoter of India’s largest pure-play microfinance lender CreditAccess Grameen, has sold a 2.28% stake through bloc...

Market mood rarely turns all at once. It turns in stages. And India's mood might have just entered the first of them: Because of a commodit...

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...

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...

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

For long in the clutches of bears, the Nifty and Sensex now appear to be making serious attempts to think positively. The big question now ...

Credit access for bottom-of-the-pyramid borrowers in India has slowed as microfinance lenders turn cautious after two years of asset qualit...

In the evolving world of India's microfinance sector, fresh credit risks are emerging on the horizon. The dual challenges of an unsteady mo...

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

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

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...

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...