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 ...

Microfinance claims to have a “double bottom line.” Lending to poor populations in developing countries needs to be profitable to be sustainable, while social impact in terms of achieving “financial ...

The most recent crisis to hit microfinance began in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh, where allegations of widespread over-indebtedness, heavy-handed collection tactics and borrower suicides ...

For millions of people without access to traditional banking, the internet is a lot more than a place to share the latest family photos. It’s an opportunity to tell their stories and gain access to ...

India's microfinance sector must prioritise savings and insurance over credit to prevent recurring crises, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran said, warning that excessive lending and ...

IIM Bangalore's MS Sriram warns that India's microfinance sector must slow its rapid growth and adopt responsible lending. He ...

Research commissioned by the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) and carried out by the M-CRIL ratings agency signals a retreat from the claim that there is a verifiable connection between ...

With the Bank of Ghana’s September 30 deadline having recently passed for microfinance institutions to have submitted fully ...