India's microfinance institutions are cautiously recovering after two years of stress, with improved collection efficiency ...

India's microfinance sector is undergoing a significant shift, marked by a visible slowdown in credit disbursement volumes and a move towards portfolio consolidation and risk-calibrated lending ...

India's microfinance portfolio rebounds to ₹3.31 lakh crore, showing 3.2% growth due to increased loan originations and ...

Juan Gonzalez (COL ’15) spent an enlightening semester in India working with microfinance. Not many people consider the slums of Pune, India, to be their desired study-abroad destination. But College ...

Microfinance has emerged as a vital engine of financial inclusion and grassroots economic development. By extending small, collateral-free loans to underserved communities, microfinance institutions ...

Commercial microfinance in India is a subprime credit industry that lends to over 35 million working-class women at interest rates of 20 to 26 percent. In the last decade, the industry has seen ...

Microfinance loans are meant for people who don’t always fit into the usual banking system. This could be someone running a ...

India's microfinance sector recorded a significant turnaround as the portfolio outstanding rebounded to Rs 331,000 crore as ...

Equitas Holdings, a Chennai-based microfinance and micro-housing finance company, has raised $ 26 million (Rs 140 crore) equity capital. It raised Rs 90 Crore from World Bank arm IFC and another Rs 50 ...