Indian Bank's chief Binod Kumar expects interest rates to rise and net interest margins to fall as India develops. He plans to raise capita...

PSU bank stocks fell up to 3% on Tuesday after RBI confirmed the rollout of the Expected Credit Loss (ECL) framework from April 2027, trigg...

Microfinance companies in India are increasingly turning to gold loans to diversify their portfolios and reduce risk, spurred by relaxed RB...

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

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...

Rural households have increasingly prioritised essential expenses and secured loan repayments over microfinance obligations in recent month...

The Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) is tightening lending norms for its members to address rising bad loans. These changes include...

Microfinance loans constitute a majority share of SFBs' loan portfolio, barring a few exceptions like AU and Equitas. The confusion arose b...

Over the next couple of years, a borrower will start choosing a lender based on pricing. The market at present is price-insensitive because...

In parallel, the state has identified that out of the ₹12,500 crore of micro-loans, about ₹4,000 crore was given to borrowers flouting the ...

During the first meeting of the newly formed Assam government and microfinance stakeholders in Guwahati on Saturday, RBI officials are said...

Svatantra Microfin has Rs 652 crore portfolio at the end of June while Mumbai-based MHFC has a portfolio of close to Rs 500 crore.

IDFC Bank confirmed that it is looking to buy priority sector loans without discussing the names. Currently, the bank on-lends to these ins...

The RBI on Friday changed regulatory norms for microfinance companies with liberal norms for those operating in the North Eastern states.

Microfinance institutions operating in Andhra Pradesh have stopped making fresh loans due to their mounting non-performing assets.

SKS Microfinance today said it was unable to recover loans from borrowers due to stringent norms imposed by the Andhra Pradesh government, ...

C Rangarajan, chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC), has said that microfinance institutions should be recognised as...