For both the compulsive trader and careful investor: 25 stocks to watch if risk appetite returns; some with upside potential, some notIf the price of crude oil softens, Indian equities may again see a risk-on phase. Tariff concerns are no longer the central issue; the larg...
24 May, 2026, 04.23 PM IST
For risk-takers with long-term perspective: 10 small-cap stocks from different sectors with upside potential of up to 31%If you buy small-cap stocks today, are you taking a risk or managing it? To some it might appear you are taking a risk, but there is a high...
20 May, 2026, 02.19 PM IST
ETMarkets Smart Talk | Financials, IT turn attractive; microfinance seen as turnaround bet: Niraj KumarIndian stock markets are presenting new chances for investors. Financial and IT sectors are looking attractive. Microfinance is seen as a t...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.00 AM IST
Microfinance sector sees equity, borrowing and loan book shrink in FY25NBFC-MFIs saw their equity shrink 1.8% and debt funding drop 36% in FY25 amid tightened lending by banks and investors. Loan portfolios als...
11 Jun, 2025, 05.47 PM IST
Microfinance loans continue to weigh on banksIndian lenders such as Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank, IDFC First Bank, and RBL Bank foresee ongoing asset quality issues in the microf...
30 Oct, 2024, 12.27 AM IST
Microfinance industry recovered faster post second wave of Covid: StudyMicrofinance Industry disbursed loans worth Rs 66,681 crore during July-Sept 2021 quarter registering a robust Y-o-Y growth of 96% by value...
14 Feb, 2022, 02.28 PM IST
Microfinance industry stands its ground with flat Y-o-Y growth: ReportThe industry disbursed loans worth Rs 25,808 crore during April-June 2021 quarter registering a Y-o-Y growth of 300% by value and 209% by v...
23 Nov, 2021, 11.14 AM IST
Election heat in Bengal, Assam, south states fails to vex D-StreetIn total, the states and the UT account for 21 per cent of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seats and equivalent percentage in India’s GDP, highli...
19 Mar, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
Farming, health new focus sectors for impact investorsBrookings India Study Notes Shift In Trends; But Measuring Work Of Enterprises Remains Challenge.
22 Jul, 2019, 11.53 AM IST
MFIs' Gross Loan Portfolio grows 30% to Rs 22,138 crore in Q2The total loan disbursals increased by 50 per cent to Rs 7,661 crore during the second quarter of the current fiscal.
02 Dec, 2013, 04.36 PM IST
- SKS Microfinance completes Rs 550-cr deal with two banks; stock up
SKS Microfinance - the largest microfinance institution in the country - has completed another deal worth Rs 550 crore with two banks.
30 Mar, 2011, 10.18 AM IST
- SKS betters strike rate with Rs 550-cr deal
SKS Microfinance - the largest microfinance institution in the country - has completed another deal worth Rs 550 crore with two banks.
30 Mar, 2011, 02.26 AM IST
- 'MFIs will be dead by Jan 1 unless banks release fresh funds'
Microfinance lending activities across the country will be "dead, absolutely" by January 1 unless banks release fresh credit to the cash-st...
03 Dec, 2010, 11.17 PM IST
- Portfolio funds see growth opportunity in Rural India
Rural India has found a new ally in VCs and PE funds. Moving away from chic sectors like IT and real estate, portfolio funds are making a b...
11 Nov, 2009, 01.51 AM IST
'Micro-finance most cost-effective, efficient way of reducing poverty'Sam Daley-Harris, Micro-credit Summit Campaign founder in an interview to ET spoke about the usefulness of micro-credit and also about its ...
21 Apr, 2009, 03.37 AM IST
- Lending for just national interest
Samrat Chakrabarti: The success story of microfinance and its outreach in India has been an interesting one.
19 Sep, 2008, 02.15 AM IST
- Tap fledgling microfinance business
In India, microfinance is increasingly seen to be providing a platform for the banking industry to reach out to the financially excluded se...
06 Jan, 2008, 01.33 AM IST