microfinance
8 ARTICLES
Ittira Davis nurses Ujjivan SFB back to health. Now he must find his replacement
To protect the turnaround of the last few years and have a shot at a universal banking licence, the small finance bank needs to quickly find a successor to its current chief who retires in under a year.
26 Feb 2024
RBI sets a tough test for Slice-NESFB merger
The central bank’s approval is contingent on the fintech and the ailing lender fulfilling a number of conditions stipulated by it for the deal to pass muster.
12 Oct 2023
Sachin Bansal’s Navi has a microfinance headache
RBI’s refusal of a banking licence for Chaitanya India Fin Credit seems to be forcing him to either cut his stake in the business or cash out.
11 Apr 2023
The silent microfinance crisis facing Punjab’s Dalit women
Overlending by microfinance institutions with next to zero self-regulation has sent indebtedness and defaults soaring in the border state.
14 Feb 2022
Putting women in charge of their money
Three fintech startups are looking to shake off the biases inherent in finance and offer women-focused products. Will they make a difference?
25 Nov 2021
Is Bandhan banking too much on microfinance?
The pandemic seems to have exposed chinks in what was seen as the best banking story this decade
17 Sept 2020
Decoding TTK Prestige’s rural surge
A durables manufacturer stumbled on a large rural demand, thanks to a microfinance company. It could be just the beginning.
18 Mar 2020