The promise was enormous: tiny loans for poor entrepreneurs that would, in theory, help erase global poverty. But a Wall ...

Microfinance aimed to foster prosperity but stoked hardship for those borrowers who took on debt they couldn’t afford.

Quarterly disbursals jump to a seven-quarter high of ₹77,524 crore; asset quality improves to pre-March 2024 levels ...

India microfinance sector shows early recovery, loan portfolio grows after seven quarters, asset quality returns to pre March ...

Microfinance sector shows early signs of recovery after seven quarters of contraction, with Q4FY26 portfolio up over 3% to ₹3 ...

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Sri Lanka’s dedicated national platform for the microfinance sector, formally inaugurated its governance structure recently, ...

After showing signs of recovery for the first time in two years, India's microfinance sector faces fresh risks from a weaker ...

Players in Ghana’s microfinance sector have appealed to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to reconsider its proposed increase in the minimum ...

The Centre extended CGSMFI-2.0 till August 31 and raised the MFI loan cap to ₹1,000 crore to improve credit flow to small ...

The Ghana Association of Microfinance Companies (GAMC) has pleaded with the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to review the implementation ...

As of date, loans totalling ₹770 crore have been sanctioned under the scheme, the Finance Ministry said in a statement ...