Microlending was one of the biggest parties in finance in recent years—an era of many parties. A new report out from the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) details how things have ...

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 ...

If you are confused by personal finance terms, jargon and calculations, here’s a series to simplify and deconstruct these for ...

Microfinance has always been about opening doors for people excluded from formal banking. Today, digital finance is transforming how that mission is delivered. In my recent publication “FinTech as a ...

India's microfinance sector is at an inflection point, poised for growth over FY26-28E. A JM Financial report notes this will ...

May 2 (Reuters) - Microfinance institutions in Africa hope to emulate the success and growth of the industry in Asia, and could offer a lifeline and escape from poverty for millions of people living ...

The Microfinance Bill of 2025 is a product of a lawmaking process that has excluded the very communities it claims to protect. This article reflects on a practice that disconnects the law from lived ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - An initial public offer by India's SKS Microfinance is likely to set the stage for more such offers in the world's largest microlending market, but it has also sparked a debate on ...

Advans Nigeria has emerged the winner of the ‘Microfinance Bank of the Year’ prize at the BusinessDay Bank and Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards. The organisers stated that the award ...

Dr. Johnson Asiama The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has disclosed a sharp decline in the microfinance sector’s share of the country’s overall banking sector from 15 percent in 2017 to 8 percent in 2024.The ...