Explore the complexities of microfinance, its benefits, challenges, and the need for better regulation and financial ...

When the rich suffer, so do the poor. Or so goes the trickle-down theory. It turns out, though, that the spreading of global financial pain is far from simple. The microfinance industry, for instance, ...

I spent the first five years of my career trying to understand everything about the Grameen Bank and its founder, Professor Muhammad Yunus, who would go on to share the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. I spent ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of tech and social progress in Asia. In developing economies such as Myanmar, microfinance is often ...

In a major step toward strengthening Nigeria’s digital payment ecosystem, Strowallet Digital Services Limited has unveiled its card issuing infrastructure, designed for fintech startups, microfinance ...

The growing digitisation helped the country’s microfinance industry grow over 16 times in the last decade, and this presents an opportunity for the fintech players Fintech startups have the capability ...

Cambodian Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) backed by international investors have aggressively marketed loans to Indigenous communities, targeting the value of their land as collateral for loans.

For Saccos and microfinance institutions, accreditation has provided a pathway into the formal credit reporting ecosystem, ...

Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Vol. 4, No. 2 (11) (May 2009), pp. 112-133 (22 pages) AbstractThe main focus of this research is to critically evaluate the sustainability ...

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Microfinance financial institutions have been allowed to provide assistance to the families of clients ...