Recent revelations about the role of Nobel Prize winner Muhummad Yunus in the alleged misuse of $100 million by the Grameen Banks (and the cover-up of that misallocation) have begun to provoke overdue ...

NBFC-MFIs are expanding into MSME loans, LAP and affordable housing finance as political developments, regulatory changes and sector stress push lenders to diversify beyond microfinance ...

If you are confused by personal finance terms, jargon and calculations, here’s a series to simplify and deconstruct these for ...

Last November, two articles raised some fundamental questions about impact investing. “Impact Investing Benchmark: What’s ‘Impact Got to Do With It?’ (Paul DiLeo, Grassroots Capital Management) and ...

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 ...

New York, United States , July 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Microfinance Market Size is to Grow from USD 215.68 Billion in 2023 to USD 590.74 Billion by 2033, at a Compound Annual Growth ...

NBFC-MFIs topped the microfinance portfolio in FY23 with Rs 1.30 lakh crore portfolio size in comparison to banks (Rs 1.20 lakh crore), SFBs (Rs 58,431 crore), NBFCs (Rs 29,664 crore) and ...

MUMBAI: With the bad loan trouble continuing to linger, the share of the microfinance pie has steeply declined, led by banks, ...

Tantalizers Plc and NPF Microfinance Bank Plc have received caution letters from the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) due to ...

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s microfinance sector, long seen as a lifeline for small businesses, farmers and low-income borrowers ...