From April 1, microfinance lenders are set to cap borrowers' access to a maximum of three lenders, aiming to prevent overleveraging. This r...

Stricter regulations and underwriting standards in the Indian microfinance sector are expected to slow down growth for lenders while reduci...

RBI has relaxed risk weights in banks' microfinance lending, indicating confidence in the effectiveness of earlier restrictions. With non-p...

The number of borrowers taking loans from three or more lenders was 11 million, or 13% of the total microfinance borrower base of 85 millio...

MFIN has extended the deadline for the three-lenders per borrower rule to the end of March 2025. The rule aims to reduce borrower indebtedn...

Microfinance lending is experiencing stress due to regulatory changes aimed at curbing over-lending. Relaxed rules in 2022 fueled a surge i...

While this move is on an expected line, RBI surprised the market by raising the annual household income level to 3 lakh for classification ...

The RBI paper now seeks to streamline and update microfinance regulation across all regulated entities, which makes perfect sense. The rate...

The Reserve Bank of India has suggested capping the total repayment outflow from a household to half of the annual income of the economical...

MACC has been in vogue for over a year while it could not be implemented since several banks and small finance banks are not signatories to...

Pricing of micro loans is linked to cost of fund as RBI capped the margin for to non-banking finance company-microfinance institutions at 1...

MFIN has asked the RBI to keep the rates capped at 12 per cent, or bring it down to 10 per cent in a phased manner over the next two years.

Microfinance companies have asked the RBI for 2 yrs' time to bring down cost & operate with a thinner 10% margin cap to comply with the new...

A last-minute change in the bill to govern microfinance institutions has sent banks and the industry into a tizzy.

Lender-to-the-poor SKS Microfinance, whose shares have taken a beating on a gloomy sector outlook, expects fresh difficulties in coming qua...

Malegam may have submitted the report on microfinance regulations, but their agony won't just end, thanks to the Andhra Pradesh government ...

SKS Microfinance Private Limited on Wednesday categorically ruled out reduction of interest rate on the loans it provides to rural poor, as...