Cashpor and Sanghamithra to get NBFC-MFI license following RBI's new microfinance rulesThese are not-for-profit companies registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. The RBI has withdrawn certain benefits for such l...
22 Mar, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
Bring not-for-profit microlenders under regulatory framework, says MFI bodyOut of its 250 odd members, only about 100 come under the purview of RBI, he said while speaking at the 5th Eastern India Microfinance Summ...
18 Dec, 2019, 06.18 PM IST
TPG leads $210-million funding in Janalakshmi Financial ServicesThe microlender, which is the country’s largest in terms of gross loan portfolio, also did not provide details about the buyers and sellers.
19 Apr, 2016, 01.37 PM IST
Vikram Akula plans a second innings in microfinance with Vaya FinservVaya Finserv, a business correspondent for banks, will apply to become a small bank to commence lending and deposittaking activities in unb...
11 Dec, 2014, 03.58 PM IST
SKS Microfinance cuts lending rates by 1% on lower fund cost, profit riseThe only listed micro-lender said effective October 1, it will charge 23.55 per cent interest rate from its borrowers as against the prevai...
25 Jul, 2014, 05.20 PM IST
Vikram Akula to bury past, SKS Trust to sell stake in SKS MicrofinanceVikram Akula has given up the battle to re-establish his presence in SKS Microfinance — the company he had founded but was forced to quit.
14 May, 2014, 02.23 AM IST
SKS Microfinance signs Jack Trout for rebrandingSKS Microfinance signed Jack Trout for rebranding and repositioning its operations and towards improving its brand equity.
23 Sep, 2013, 03.13 PM IST
SKS Microfinance posts Q1 net at Rs 5 crSKS Microfinance, India's only listed microlender, today reported a net profit of Rs 5 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.
25 Jul, 2013, 08.34 PM IST
- SKS Microfinance eyes 50% growth in micro-loan disbursals, financial leverage
Buoyed by turnaround in operations, SKS Microfinance, the battered lender for poor, is now eying a growth of some 50% in loan disbursals at...
08 May, 2013, 07.42 PM IST
Satin Creditcare raises Rs 41 crore, sees Lok Capital exit the MFIMicrofinance institution Satin Creditcare has completed its latest round of equity financing, by raising Rs 41 crore from three impact inve...
05 Apr, 2013, 08.34 PM IST
- SKS Microfinance preparing for a return to Andhra Pradesh
“We are waiting for the Microfinance Bill to be passed so that there will officially be only a single regulator to govern microfinance inst...
28 Jun, 2012, 06.28 AM IST
- SKS Microfinance plans a return in Andhra Pradesh amid scepticism, government resistance
SKS Microfinance is preparing for a return to Andhra Pradesh, a former hub from which it has retrenched significantly in the past two years.
26 Jun, 2012, 07.57 AM IST
- SE Investments FY12 net up 6.9% at Rs 66.88 crore
UP-based micro-lender SE Investments today reported 6.9 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 66.88 crore for the financial year 2011-12.
23 May, 2012, 10.42 PM IST
- MFIN forms panel to probe MFIs
A statement on Thursday by MFIN, an association of for-profit microlenders, said that based on the study's findings, disciplinary action co...
04 Feb, 2011, 03.54 AM IST
- Suicides reveal how men made a mess of MFIs
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...
05 Jan, 2011, 01.17 AM IST
- Microfinance to get a regulator in NABARD
The finance ministry could move a bill in the winter session that will make Nabard regulator of all non-profit microfinance institutions.
25 Oct, 2010, 12.19 AM IST
- Akula shines light on India microlending in SKS IPO
As a controversial $250-$350 million IPO draws nearer, Vikram Akula, founder of India's largest microlender, SKS Microfinance, crunches num...
01 Jul, 2010, 02.24 PM IST