Microfinance institutions (MFIs) across East Africa have been warned that they face growing exposure to financial crime and mounting regulatory pressure even as artificial intelligence (AI) opens new ...

The Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill that was defeated by communities affected by microfinance, women victims and community credit providers in April 2024, has reincarnated. The one ...

The microfinance textbook doesn’t have much to say about state regulatory capacity. The idea that small loans to very poor people is effective in pulling them out of poverty is so simple and appealing ...

NEW DELHI, May 10 (Reuters) - The Indian cabinet has approved a bill aimed to bring microlenders under the central bank's oversight, a minister, who declined to be named as the parliament is in ...

Stressed assets in India’s microfinance sector rose sharply, with 31–180 days past due payment increasing from 4.3 per cent ...

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The cabinet has approved a bill aimed to bring microlenders under the Reserve Bank of India's oversight, a minister, who declined to be named as the parliament is in session, ...