Piper Serica founder and fund manager Abhay Agarwal is looking towards "bottom of the cycle" areas where industries such as agro chemicals ...

The transaction will involve the takeover of the microfinance portfolio of S.M.I.L.E., along with its extensive network of nearly 150 branc...

HP Singh was anxious about the safety of his work colleagues.

The group is in discussions with two or three prospective buyers, people familiar with the development told ET.

Bandhan on Tuesday made a dream market debut. The scrip got listed at Rs 499 on the NSE, a 33 per cent premium to the issue price of Rs 375.

"For Bharat Financial it means you become a bank overnight once the deal is done and the whole asset books provide a margin", said Romesh S...

These loans are bundled together and backed by a common guarantee provided by IFMR Capital.

Hinduja Leyland Finance has bought the pooled loan portfolios against the loan receivables of companies operating across segments such as m...

"While MFIs have the advantage of outreach and minimal paperwork, the actual interest rates permissible to MFIs under the MUDRA Yojna was a...

"Everybody is watching us," says Ghosh, "waiting to see what we do, how we fare". "We have worked with one set of people, especially women ...

DWM, which manages about $650 mn in assets globally, invested in SMILE four years back, pumping in about Rs 50 crore for about a two-thirds...

Once the preserve of state-run banks, India’s villages are now beginning to attract private banks, who are setting up branches in rural are...

As the industry indulges in a bout of soul searching over what has gone wrong, some say microfinance is suffering, in part, from its own su...

More than 70 people committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh from March 1 to November 19 to escape payments or end the agonies their debt had tr...

The microfinance market is booming, but it’s fuelling a lot of worries in the states and New Delhi.

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

The small guys have reason to smile. The cost of funds for micro-finance institutions (MFIs) and non-government organisations (NGOs) is set...