Private banks favoured over PSUs as macro headwinds cloud near-term outlook: Digant HariaMarket expert Digant Haria notes strong corporate earnings but rising macroeconomic uncertainty. Private sector banks appear better positio...
25 May, 2026, 01.01 PM IST
Big banks urge RBI to rethink uniform forex exposure capIn recent interactions with RBI, officials of big state-owned and private sector banks have suggested a dynamic regulation on the unhedged ...
11 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
PSU bank stocks fall up to 3%. How RBI’s ECL directions can impact lendersPSU bank stocks fell up to 3% on Tuesday after RBI confirmed the rollout of the Expected Credit Loss (ECL) framework from April 2027, trigg...
28 Apr, 2026, 10.23 AM IST
Sa-Dhan backs continued microfinance guardrails, suggests RBI steering panelSa-Dhan, a microfinance self-regulator, recommends maintaining lending guardrails for bottom-of-the-pyramid customers. These rules aim to p...
10 Apr, 2026, 08.10 PM IST
Small finance banks wants RBI to clear doubt about micro loan risk weightageMicrofinance loans constitute a majority share of SFBs' loan portfolio, barring a few exceptions like AU and Equitas. The confusion arose b...
29 Nov, 2023, 03.49 PM IST
Mostly Welcome Microfinance NormsThe RBI paper now seeks to streamline and update microfinance regulation across all regulated entities, which makes perfect sense. The rate...
23 Jun, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
RBI aims to tackle microloan burden with new MFI rulesThis repayment threshold is part of a slew of proposals to revamp the regulations on microfinance, which are crucial to bringing the bottom...
15 Jun, 2021, 07.18 AM IST
RBI proposes to cap borrowers' repayment outgo, scrap lending rate ceiling in uniform microfinance regulationsThe Reserve Bank of India has suggested capping the total repayment outflow from a household to half of the annual income of the economical...
14 Jun, 2021, 10.25 PM IST
RBI may bring uniform regulation for all microfinance lendersWhile RBI did not specify anything more, captains of the microfinance sectors expect the activity-based regulation to replace the current f...
05 Feb, 2021, 03.19 PM IST
Microfinance institutions want RBI, not Mudra Bank, as regulatorMFIs are worried about the government's decision to set up the Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency, or Mudra Bank.
27 Mar, 2015, 11.58 AM IST
- NBFC-MFIs are distinct: MFIN
"As institutions that primarily provide micro-credit to low income households, MFIs have a well defined role in the formal RBI regulated fi...
30 Apr, 2013, 07.32 PM IST
- HC dismisses petitions against AP MFI Act, state unlikely to repeal Act
The AP state High Court on Monday dismissed MFIs' petitions challenging the AP Microfinance Act.
11 Feb, 2013, 07.40 PM IST
- RBI, Andhra Pradesh government in a spat over microfinance bill
RBI has challenged AP's right to regulate microfinance firms registered with it as NBFCs, drawing a sharp retort from the state government.
30 Jul, 2012, 01.30 AM IST
- Draft Microfinance Institutions Bill completed, brings organisations under RBI purview
The Bill defines microfinance services broadly - fin services in small amounts including microcredit, collection of thrift, remittances, pe...
08 Jul, 2011, 07.30 AM IST
- SKS rises 20% after law empowering RBI to regulate micro finanace sector proposed
Analysts say the main problem with the entire microfinance sector was the Andhra Pradesh MFI Act, the state which accounts for more than ha...
08 Jul, 2011, 01.38 AM IST
- Malegam report unlikely to end MFIs' woes in AP
Malegam may have submitted the report on microfinance regulations, but their agony won't just end, thanks to the Andhra Pradesh government ...
21 Jan, 2011, 07.34 AM IST
- Don't club us with MFIs, NBFCs to tell Malegam panel
The Finance Industry Development Council has sought a meeting with the Malegam Committee to move the point that NBFCs are different from mi...
30 Nov, 2010, 05.36 AM IST