The FINANCIAL — A new study from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has found that external risks, security concerns, and over-indebtedness are perceived as the most serious challenges facing the ...

IndusInd Bank reported a 90% drop in its December quarter net profit due to higher stress in its microfinance book and loan de-growth. The bank is undergoing a 'right-sizing' of its balance sheet and ...

Instead of a focus to enhance household resilience, support income stability, and enable gradual asset accumulation, microfinance became integrated with the capital markets. The latter led to the ...

India, Jan. 31 -- Over the past two decades, microfinance has emerged as a strong, robust, and sustainable means to transform the poor into self-employed mini-entrepreneurs. It has especially ...