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New York, United States , July 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Microfinance Market Size is to Grow from USD 215.68 Billion in 2023 to USD 590.74 Billion by 2033, at a Compound Annual Growth ...

Microfinance portfolios fall for the sixth straight quarter despite improved asset quality, as credit access tightens ...

Veena Mankar, a banker in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India, looked at the slums in her city and wondered why needy people in urban areas could not benefit from the same access to loans and other ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of tech and social progress in Asia. In developing economies such as Myanmar, microfinance is often ...

The Bank of Russia has revised regulatory relief and support measures for microfinance organizations in 2023. This is stated in the message of the Central Bank. In the third quarter of 2022, the ...

To attain middle income status, the government was set to ride on the back of microfinance institutions spread across the country to deliver households and communities from the biting poverty, ...

The most famous microfinance institution, the Grameen Bank, grew strong in the unregulated markets of Bangladesh. Nimble and flexible, the model built by the Grameen Bank proved to be an effective ...

State legislators in India have implemented strict new microfinance laws due to allegations that as many as 30 people committed suicide because of coercive lending methods, the AP reports. Lenders ...

Speaking at Hotel Africana on December 5, 2025, during the 3rd Annual Microfinance and SACCOS Governance Forum, Hofokam Ltd managing director Charles Isingoma said savings and credit co-operatives (SA ...