Investors are increasingly able to put their money to work creating social as well as financial returns, thanks in part to the expanding role of investment banks in globalizing the funding of ...

Cambodian Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) backed by international investors have aggressively marketed loans to Indigenous communities, targeting the value of their land as collateral for loans.

Vijay Mahajan’s morning walks are interrupted by neighbours who question him about the recent controversy around MFIs. They want the man regarded as the father of microfinance in India to explain why ...

Katherine Hunt advises GlobalSisters on social impact measurement from their enterprise training programs. The Grameen Bank, a pioneer in lending to the financially vulnerable in the developing world, ...

Cloud Lending Solutions, an end-to-end lending solution built natively on salesforce.com, announced the appointment of Harold Rosen to the company’s Advisory Board, bringing his more than 30 years of ...

Lovonus Microfinance Bank has said that it has continued to preserve the quality of its loan portfolio despite economic pressure.

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Microfinance lending is often lauded as a key tool in reducing poverty at the bottom of the income pyramid. But in Kenya, critics say it has played a part in stoking violent anti-government unrest.

Accion Microfinance Bank is to explore impact of digital lending at its seventh annual Financial Inclusion Seminar: “Digital Lending: A Path to Financial Inclusion or a Barrier for the Informal Sector ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. According to KPMG, the microfinance industry has played a vital role in ...