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Small loans, quick approvals and minimal paperwork make microfinance accessible, but the way these loans are structured and ...

In the changed post COVID-19 business landscape, the global market for Microfinance estimated at US$187.3 Billion in the year 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of US$488.9 Billion by 2030, ...

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 ...

Banks have turned cautious on microfinance after months of stress. The ₹20,000 crore guarantee seeks to de-risk lending and ...

Piramal Finance crosses Rs 1 lakh crore AUM and plans microfinance acquisitions while expanding into gold loans to drive ...

Critics of microcredit make some convincing arguments that need urgent rebuttal from the organisations that have ploughed huge sums into it The complicated twists and turns in Bangladesh over the ...

Average ticket sizes across the microfinance industry are also increasing, with share of loans above Rs 75,000 now at 38 per cent in October-December 2025, compared with 25 per cent, a year ago.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of tech and social progress in Asia. In developing economies such as Myanmar, microfinance is often ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has unveilled comprehensive reforms for the microfinance sector, imposing new minimum capital ...

Parliament Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne yesterday endorsed the certificate on the Microfinance and Credit Regulatory ...