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Sanjay Garyali was appointed as the CEO of Fusion Finance on March 14. (LinkedIn)

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Former L&T Finance official Sanjay Garyali appointed as CEO of Fusion Finance

1 min read . 15 Mar 2025

The ordinance looks to penalize only unregulated MFIs and lenders for their coercive loan recovery practices. (Mint)

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Karnataka ordinance does exactly what microlenders feared

4 min read . 26 Feb 2025

The share of borrowers availing loans from four or more lenders increased from 3.6% to 5.8% during the last three years from September 2021 to September 2024. (HT)

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Share of stressed MFI assets, borrower indebtedness rises in H1: RBI report

3 min read . 30 Dec 2024

“We continue to engage with the entities wherever we see any outlier behaviour. At the system level it is still not a big concern and about 20-30 bps (basis points) uptick in stress is something which we are confident that the entities will be able to handle,” said Swaminathan J, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India. (Bloomberg)

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Microfinance stress not alarming, says RBI deputy governor Swaminathan

3 min read . 06 Dec 2024

At the end of June, 2.5 million microfinance borrowers had loans from five or more lenders, up 17.2% from the same period last year.

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Credit binge by small borrowers leaves bitter aftertaste

4 min read . 26 Nov 2024

MFI collections fell in the June quarter, leading to higher delinquencies and a slowdown in the growth of assets under management.

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Microfinance risk: Small loans can spell big trouble for Indian banks

1 min read . 14 Nov 2024

Equitas SFB not only has a modest share in microfinance but also holds robust provision buffers. (Image: Nathan G/Mint)

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Equitas takes a big knock. Does the small finance bank deserve it?

4 min read . 13 Nov 2024

Microfinance seems to be entering yet another phase of stress, this time primarily because of overleveraging and inflation. (REUTERS)

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Microfinance in doldrums. Will this company outperform, again?

6 min read . 11 Nov 2024

The hit on provisioning and credit costs has prompted some lenders to consciously slow down microfinance advances.

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Banks go slow on microloans as asset quality stress weighs

5 min read . 29 Oct 2024

Utkarsh Small Finance Bank MD and CEO said lenders will disburse less now and as rejection rates go up, banks will have to relook at their growth. (istockphoto)

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MFI stress to weigh on small finance banks’ loan growth, asset quality

3 min read . 04 Oct 2024

Udaya Kumar Hebbar, managing director, CreditAccess Grameen.

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Largest micro-lender CreditAccess Grameen joins peers in flagging stress pockets

3 min read . 02 Aug 2024

This comes two years after the regulator removed pricing caps from MFI (microfinance institution) loans, instead relying on these lenders to formulate policies that are approved by their boards. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

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RBI cautions micro lenders, NBFCs against high, 'usurious' interest rates

3 min read . 07 Jun 2024

The MFI sector has recovered from back-to-back asset quality shocks.

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Microfinance sector set for a new growth wave, say analysts

3 min read . 04 Jul 2023

Hitting a 52-week high is often considered significant in the stock market and can have several implications for investors and traders (AFP)

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Why 52-week high level is important for a stock - Explained

2 min read . 31 May 2023

s of March-end, its deposit book increased 45% y-o-y, but on a sequential basis, it grew only 4%. In Q3 and Q2, sequential growth was 9% and 16%, respectively (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Rising competition can put a spoke in Bajaj Finance’s wheel

1 min read . 06 Apr 2023

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