ASHA Microfinance Bank marked International Women’s Day on March 9, 2026, with initiatives to support women-led businesses ...

Accion Microfinance Bank partners GirlLearn Africa to host digital conference to. strengthen women’s participation in the digital ...

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 ...

For three decades, microfinance institutions have given out small loans to the world's poor--mostly women--and amassed hundreds if not thousands of case studies showing that the loans help alleviate ...

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 ...

Researchers say a program combining small loans, training and peer support helped female sex workers reduce health risks and gain financial stability.

The Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill was passed into law by the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 4 March. According to Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Anil Jayantha, the main ...

NBFC-MFIs are expanding into MSME loans, LAP and affordable housing finance as political developments, regulatory changes and sector stress push lenders to diversify beyond microfinance ...

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

Mobilink Microfinance Bank Limited has announced its intention to acquire shares and gain control of Apna Microfinance Bank ...

MUMBAI: With the bad loan trouble continuing to linger, the share of the microfinance pie has steeply declined, led by banks, ...

Poverty alleviation, especially at the rural level had been a central objective of various governments that were in power.