India's group insurance sector is facing a second consecutive year of contraction, with the top four private life insurers ...

At the same time,  asset quality is showing signs of improvement with the ratio of stressed assets declining in three successive quarters through September 2025.

Last November, two articles raised some fundamental questions about impact investing. “Impact Investing Benchmark: What’s ‘Impact Got to Do With It?’ (Paul DiLeo, Grassroots Capital Management) and ...

Sadaf Sayeed, CEO of Muthoot MicroFin, said the company is increasingly tapping the bond market to support growth and strengthen its funding profile.

The proposed guarantee cover is expected to be larger than the ₹7,500 crore package offered during the pandemic. To be ...

The RBI has flagged rising stress in microfinance loans, urging NBFCs to balance growth with sound practices, even as overall ...

Micro entrepreneurs in developing countries who take out loans from microfinance organizations as members of a group are more satisfied with their experience than individual borrowers. And ...

PTCL Group injects Rs15bn into U Microfinance Bank to boost digital banking, expand financial inclusion, and support the bank ...

Boosters of microfinance claim that it can rescue people from rapacious informal lenders. That’s not the case in Cambodia. Microfinance claims to have a “double bottom line.” Lending to poor ...

Microfinance loans have become a lifeline for many in India, especially those who don't have access to traditional banking ...

THE corporate social responsibility arm of Citibank and Microfinance Council of the Philippines Inc. (MCPI) announced awarding Filipino micro-entrepreneurs and microfinance institutions (MFIs) at the ...

The move comes as India’s microfinance loan portfolio shrank to ₹3.34 trillion by November 2025, amid rising risks and ...