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 ...

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

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

A new High Level Committee on Banking is proposed in the Union Budget. This committee will align the banking sector with India's future growth. It will also ensure financial stability, inclusion, and ...

IIFL Finance’s board could consider planning an initial public offering (IPO) for its housing finance company (HFC), IIFL ...

PUNE, India, Feb. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Microfinance Market size was valued at USD 235.21 Billion in 2025 and is ...

Investors should focus on policy continuity and stability. The finance ministry will endeavour to avoid any disruptive tax moves that could rattle sentiment or strain the fiscal framework.

Global Microfinance Market size was valued at USD 235.21 Billion in 2025 and is projected to grow at a robust CAGR of 12.5% from 2025 to 2032, reaching ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Indian gold-loan financier Manappuram Finance reported a third-quarter profit drop on Thursday, as a slowdown in its struggling microfinance segment and higher financing costs ...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her ninth consecutive Union Budget speech, retained the new income tax regime slabs ...