You may have heard of microfinance, but what it actually is and what the popular perception of what it is are often two different things. Microfinance began in 1974 when Muhammad Yunus started Grameen ...

Those are some of the findings from research conducted for the 2021-2022 60 Decibels Microfinance Index, aimed at assessing the effectiveness of microfinance practices—by talking to customers. Based ...

A clutch of microfinanciers is venturing into secured asset classes such as mortgages and gold loans to diversify their portfolio and balance the risk of unsecured microlending with loans that require ...

People who invest in microcredit loans to help some of the world’s poorest people are finding that nearly all of those recipients of the loans are repaying them, making such charitable giving even ...

The Indian microfinance industry is undergoing a structural transformation, with the average loan ticket size rising 15.7% year-on-year to ₹60,200 in Q3 FY26.

Accessing microfinance bank loans can empower small business owners, entrepreneurs and farmers with the capital needed to grow operations, purchase equipment or smooth cash flow. By preparing ...

Kiva.org, the organization that allows people to make online loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries, has added student loans to its offerings. The group is working with microfinance groups in ...

Mumbai: The year-on-year delinquency rates on microfinance loans, where instalments are overdue by 30 to 180 days, jumped to 4.3% as of Sep 2024, up from 2% a year earlier. Even as delinquencies rose, ...