MFIs rely on standardized interest rate systems that treat borrowers uniformly, regardless of the individual likelihood of ...

In May 2017, Blue Haven Initiative (BHI) Co-Founder and Principal Liesel Pritzker Simmons and Director of Private Investments Lauren Cochran were deciding whether to participate in a Series B round ...

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (Ujjivan SFB) started its operations as a Small Finance Bank in February 2017. Prior to which it had functioned as a microfinance company and was ranked among India’s top ...

8th May, 13 (Sana'a/Lahore )AlHuda Center of Islamic banking and economics (CIBE) Initiated a Islamic Microfinance research study for Yemen Microfinance Network (YMN) in Yemen. This study will be ...

Kolkata, Mar 3 (PTI) The impact of the microfinance sector on Gross Value Added (GVA) of the economy is expected to be between 2.7 and 3.5 per cent by 2025-26, according to a study report released on ...

The benefits of microcredit have been modest in field experiments, and commercial microfinance is unlikely to reach the poorest of the poor. Subsidies will likely continue to play an important role in ...

University of Cambridge provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. In 1976, a small experiment was conducted in the poverty-stricken and flood ravaged Bangladeshi village of Jobra. Professor ...