Microfinance claims to have a “double bottom line.” Lending to poor populations in developing countries needs to be profitable to be sustainable, while social impact in terms of achieving “financial ...

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 ...

At the same time,  asset quality is showing signs of improvement with the ratio of stressed assets declining in three successive quarters through September 2025.

In recent years, microfinance has come under the spotlight for the wrong reason. The darling of international donor agencies for at least two decades, this market-led approach to poverty alleviation ...

The RBI has flagged rising stress in microfinance loans, urging NBFCs to balance growth with sound practices, even as overall asset quality in the sector improved ...

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. Microfinance focuses on individuals, offering small ...

PTCL Group injects Rs15bn into U Microfinance Bank to boost digital banking, expand financial inclusion, and support the bank ...

Representatives of community-based financial societies have opposed the move to bring all microfinance and credit-providing institutions under a single regulatory authority through the enactment of th ...

Rapid expansion led to overleveraging and rising defaults, forcing regulators to shift focus from growth to stability. The key takeaway is that unchecked lending can undermine both financial health ...

The Chairperson of the Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on Economic Development and International Relations, ...

The move comes as India’s microfinance loan portfolio shrank to ₹3.34 trillion by November 2025, amid rising risks and ...

Microfinance is the provision of financial services to low-income clients or solidarity lending groups including consumers and the self-employed, who traditionally lack access to banking and related ...