India's group insurance sector is facing a second consecutive year of contraction, with the top four private life insurers ...

Rapid expansion led to overleveraging and rising defaults, forcing regulators to shift focus from growth to stability. The key takeaway is that unchecked lending can undermine both financial health ...

Microfinance is getting big in India–so big, in fact, it’s having its first growing pains. Concerns have been raised about fair lending processes, standardized rates, and a lack of transparency in ...

The move comes as India’s microfinance loan portfolio shrank to ₹3.34 trillion by November 2025, amid rising risks and ...

DJT Microfinance has secured funding of Rs 130 crore from public sector banks and leading non-banking financial companies to expand its len.

Since the 2010 microfinance crisis in Andhra Pradesh, India has turned the industry up-side down. One thing is sure: microfinance institutions (MFIs) that survive the crisis will have to make drastic ...

India's nearly four billion dollar microfinance industry is facing collapse after politicians in one of the country's largest states called on borrowers to stop paying back their loans. More than five ...

In early March, 30-year-old Pinky Devi took out her latest small loan in the densely populated state of Bihar, where she lives with her husband and two sons. Like the other sums of rural credit Devi ...

Small loans help rural women boost their incomes Loan sharks traditionally dominate village credit markets Microfinance, financial literacy fight informal lenders NARELA, India, Dec 7 (Thomson Reuters ...

Dublin, Feb. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "India Microfinance Market, by Type (Bank, Non-Banks), by Bank Type (Small Finance Companies, Commercial Banks, Regional Rural Banks, and Cooperative ...

MUMBAI, July 15 (Reuters) - Small loan specialists in India that typically cater to people without bank accounts are facing a jump in pandemic-related defaults that could force some of them out of ...