What began as a social mission to help the poor build assets and weather shocks has become a vehicle for chasing returns.

Economic Survey 2025-26 urges linking microfinance investor exits to social impact metrics, warning that return-driven growth risks over-lending, borrower stress, and financial instability ...

Asset quality stabilisation, tighter safeguards and digital infrastructure are expected to revive growth momentum in the sector after FY25 stress ...

NBFC and microfinance leaders urge liquidity support, credit guarantees, SARFAESI threshold cut and policy clarity for MSMEs and borrowers.

In the NBFC space, microfinance stress is easing and gold loans are expanding, according to GreenEdge Wealth’s Digant Haria.

The Karnataka government, under the stewardship of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, has turned the spotlight on Micro Finance ...

A sustained revival in vehicle sales is critical for long-term growth in the Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) and insurance sectors, according to a report by Emkay Research. While there is a ...

India’s banking and NBFC sector continues to outgrow the broader economy, supported by strong credit demand and sharply improved asset quality. With NPAs at multi-year lows and NBFC lending expanding ...

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 ...

New Delhi: The government has said that Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL), India’s first maritime focused non-banking financial company (NBFC), commenced its lending operations and ...