Lately, microfinance has been attracting attention for all the wrong reasons. The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship started off here March 30 with a discussion of what lessons social ...

The share of MFI loans in the 1–90 days past due category fell sharply to 2.77% from 5.39% in September and 8.45% in April ...

Explore the complexities of microfinance, its benefits, challenges, and the need for better regulation and financial ...

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Microfinance financial institutions have been allowed to provide assistance to the families of clients ...

Microfinance in Karnataka shows recovery signs despite rising delinquency, with loan outstanding at ₹12,128 crores by ...

For several years, the private sector has had cause to complain incessantly about sky-high lending rates in the banking ...

Microfinance can provide tangible commercial opportunities for banks in the region notably if they partner with a microfinance institution, said Debbie Arnold, VP of Emerging Markets at Visa ...

Hit by the credit crunch, lenders anticipate fewer loans to the poor. When Mama Atiya’s husband died in 2006, her in-laws claimed the family property, a patriarchal tradition in the Democratic ...

With better data, wider reporting, and smarter lending, Uganda can turn financial access into affordable credit for all ...

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 ...