At the Business Standard BFSI Summit in Mumbai, microfinance industry leaders said collections were improving as lenders ...

Industry body MFIN aims to strengthen borrower identification and credit underwriting by encouraging lenders to adopt PAN and ...

Fintech innovations in digital and mobile lending are reshaping the microfinance sector, dramatically increasing reach and lowering costs.

Dhaka—In August, Bangladeshi police broke up a ring of human organ dealers operating in Joypurhat, a district in the north of the country. Investigators say that three local “brokers” preyed on a ...

For three decades, microfinance institutions have given out small loans to the world’s poor — mostly women — and amassed hundreds if not thousands of case studies showing that the loans help alleviate ...

Research commissioned by the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) and carried out by the M-CRIL ratings agency signals a retreat from the claim that there is a verifiable connection between ...

Boosters of microfinance claim that it can rescue people from rapacious informal lenders. That’s not the case in Cambodia. Microfinance claims to have a “double bottom line.” Lending to poor ...

IndusInd Bank CEO Rajiv Anand says the lender plans to grow its microfinance business while calibrating lending based on ...

For millions of people without access to traditional banking, the internet is a lot more than a place to share the latest family photos. It’s an opportunity to tell their stories and gain access to ...

India's microfinance sector must prioritise savings and insurance over credit to prevent recurring crises, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran said, warning that excessive lending and ...

Moniepoint won SME Microfinance Bank of the Year for a third year, disbursed ₦1 trillion in credit and processed ₦412 ...