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 ...

A lot of people are chasing returns in barefoot banking. Here's what you should know before you follow. Maria Guadalupe Licona, of Tulancingo, Mexico needed to expand her herd. So she borrowed $100 ...

New York, United States , July 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Microfinance Market Size is to Grow from USD 215.68 Billion in 2023 to USD 590.74 Billion by 2033, at a Compound Annual Growth ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

To attain middle income status, the government was set to ride on the back of microfinance institutions spread across the country to deliver households and communities from the biting poverty, ...

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