PUNE, India, Feb. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Microfinance Market size was valued at USD 235.21 Billion in 2025 and is ...

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 ...

The surge in unregulated and predatory microfinance practices has made many individuals at the grassroots level vulnerable to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Indian gold-loan financier Manappuram Finance reported a third-quarter profit drop on Thursday, as a slowdown in its struggling microfinance segment and higher financing costs ...

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 ...

The ordinance creates a new category of institution – the microfinance bank – allowing licensed operators to mobilise deposits from low-income clients while bringing them under the prudential ...