Acute stress building up in microfinance portfolios in WB, Maha, PunjabThe department of financial services (DFS) has recently called upon the two microfinance industry organisations - Sa-Dhan and Microfinance ...
12 Apr, 2021, 07.39 PM IST
Now, micro loan waiver talks in Assam worry MFIsCompetitive populism by offering financial benefits to the northeastern state's 27 lakh microfinance borrowers has turned out to be major p...
13 Jan, 2021, 07.10 AM IST
Here's how microloan repayment is likely to look like after end of moratorium on August 31Theoretically, many believe that the repayment rates would improve, but there are skeptics that argue the current trend would continue for ...
27 Aug, 2020, 07.24 PM IST
Reverse migration may open fresh business opportunities to micro lenders: Muhammad YunusMicrofinance lenders need to revisit their strategy and built products suitable for this emerging borrowers, father of microfinance Muhamma...
06 Jun, 2020, 08.44 PM IST
Microfinance lenders aim at repayment collection, restoring credit cycle amid rising stressMicrofinance leaders fear extended moratorium may increase stress and derail their robust credit discipline.
26 May, 2020, 06.41 AM IST
RBI takes steps to make TLTRO more effective to boost liquidity for NBFCsThe industry leaders said that smaller firms could not access the TLTRO, which RBI created to pump in liquidity through the banking channel...
04 May, 2020, 10.39 PM IST
Hit by lockdown, MFIs apprehensive for growth, likely to shelve expansion plansDuring the lockdown period, the operations of the MFIs have been mostly suspended. Branches are closed and no field-work is going on.
06 Apr, 2020, 02.41 PM IST
MFIs' role as banking correspondents pays offLast fiscal saw 27 per cent growth in business correspondents.
14 Sep, 2017, 09.40 AM IST
Financial outreach grows with MFIs working as business correspondents contributing 20% of total loansRBI allowed MFIs, NGOs and other civil society organizations to work as banking intermediaries for providing financial and banking services...
13 Sep, 2017, 06.21 PM IST
CIBIL to provide information solution to small and micro loans segmentThe move will help these small lenders take better lending decisions, grow their customer base and drive credit penetration.
15 Jun, 2016, 08.50 PM IST
CIBIL targets small and micro loans segment, partner with SME lendersWith this CIBIL says it will provide information solutions to help the financial companies make better lending decision, increase their cus...
15 Jun, 2016, 04.13 PM IST
- ‘Five-star culture of senior officers is bad for Army’
He was the first head of the UN peacekeeping force in the former Yugoslavia. That was 1992. Two years later, Lieutenant General Satish Namb...
07 Nov, 2010, 06.14 AM IST
- Ex-service chiefs must explain: Gen Malik
Such a step was important for personal reasons as well as in the interest of the services, the two former chiefs said on a TV programme. Th...
03 Nov, 2010, 11.32 AM IST
- Kakodkar, Bahuguna, Ganguly & Nair in Padma Vibhushan list
G Madhavan Nair, the man behind the moon mission, and Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan.
26 Jan, 2009, 04.00 AM IST
- Dhoni, Bindra & AM Naik among Padma awardees
Other prominent names include Sam Pitroda, Madhavan Nair, Anil Kakodkar, Sister Nirmala, Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar. Incredible India |...
26 Jan, 2009, 12.30 AM IST
- Whose war is it anyway?
South Asia is at the top as far as UN peace-keeping missions go.
09 Nov, 2008, 02.51 PM IST