Paystack has acquired Ladder Microfinance Bank, marking its entry into banking services in Nigeria. In a statement to ...

For three decades, microfinance institutions have given out small loans to the world's poor--mostly women--and amassed hundreds if not thousands of case studies showing that the loans help alleviate ...

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has urged microfinance borrowers to adopt the National Pension ...

When the rich suffer, so do the poor. Or so goes the trickle-down theory. It turns out, though, that the spreading of global financial pain is far from simple. The microfinance industry, for instance, ...

Microfinance, the practice of lending to groups of vulnerable women without collateral, continues to dominate India’s financial news. Sizable new investments in the sector come from both domestic and ...

Paystack acquires Ladder MfB gaining a banking licence to offer business lending and consumer credit, positioning itself as a ...

Stripe-owned Nigerian fintech, Paystack, has officially entered Nigeria’s banking space following its acquisition of Ladder Microfinance Bank, marking a major expansion beyond ...

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 ...

Research commissioned by the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) and carried out by the M-CRIL ratings agency signals a retreat from the claim that there is a verifiable connection between ...

At the same time,  asset quality is showing signs of improvement with the ratio of stressed assets declining in three successive quarters through September 2025.

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

Representatives of community-based financial societies have opposed the move to bring all microfinance and credit-providing ...