Loans above Rs 75,000 now account for 38% of microfinance disbursals, reflecting lenders' growing preference for larger ...

In the third quarter of FY26, banks' microfinance portfolios shrank by 40%, marking the steepest decline among lenders, including NBFC-MFIs and small finance banks. Despite a 22% overall industry ...

Recent revelations about the role of Nobel Prize winner Muhummad Yunus in the alleged misuse of $100 million by the Grameen Banks (and the cover-up of that misallocation) have begun to provoke overdue ...

Thirty years ago, it was widely thought that the perfect solution to unemployment and poverty in developing countries had been found in the shape of microfinance, the provision of tiny microloans used ...

Microfinance loan portfolio fell to Rs 3.14 trillion in Q3 FY26, down 7.3% sequentially, with 50 lakh borrowers losing access to formal finance even as portfolio quality showed improvement ...

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 ...

India Ratings and Research says that the proposed regulation may disrupt collections and tighten lending in the key market ...

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 ...

India’s microfinance sector sees a shift to higher-ticket loans, with loans above ₹75,000 now 38% of disbursements, says Equifax India and SIDBI report. Repayment trends improve.