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09:39 PM | October 27,2009
A WSJ report forecasts that microfinanciers are likely to lend more money than the formal banking sector a few years down the line
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Poornima Mohandas 09:29 PM | October 21,2009
Unlike in earlier other trials, mChek aims to empower the borrower rather than the loan collector, so she can maintain a bank balance and make other mobile transactions such as utility bill payments as well
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Soumendra K. Dash 09:03 PM | October 20,2009
Microfinance institutions need to have excellent systems to track the performance of their borrowers on a constant basis to reduce the probability of default
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Deepti Chaudhary 11:49 PM | October 19,2009
MFIs cite safety of their business and staff as the biggest concern; say tribal regions are dangerous to operate in
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Suresh Gurumani 08:45 PM | October 15,2009
Given issues of costs and infrastructure, RBI has also recognized that it is just impossible to have bank branches in every village of India
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Saabira Chaudhuri 02:40 PM | August 31,2009
Five innovative designs that hold the potential to change lives received awards this past weekend
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Aveek Datta 01:45 PM | July 14,2009
The microfinance lender, Bandhan has, over the past seven years, lent around Rs2,650 cr to some 1.7 million people
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Madhav A. Chanchani / VCCIRCLE 10:14 PM | July 13,2009
MFIs have seen the most active venture capital deal flow within the banking and financial sector since Jan 2008
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Micro Economics | Shanto Ghosh, Piyush Gupta, T Shraddha Rao and Abhiram V 12:53 AM | June 27,2009
There is also a need for constructive collaboration between the formal sector finance institutions and MFIs
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Prabhu Ghate 11:28 PM | April 20,2009
Following the lead of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, India needs vibrant microfinancing
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Uncommon Ground | Rohini Nilekani 09:30 PM | March 15,2009
Women self-help groups have ignited a silent revolution in the country that is bound to accelerate progress on any indicator--economic, social, or political
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Uncommon Ground | Rohini Nilekani 09:36 PM | February 26,2009
Women self-help groups have ignited a silent revolution in the country that is bound to accelerate progress on any indicator--economic, social, or political
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Eric Berglof and Raghuram Rajan 11:34 PM | October 13,2008
Leaders of developed countries shouldn’t fan the flames of anti-market sentiments. With capitalism’s roots still fragile in many nations, the backlash can be devastating
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11:03 PM | July 30,2008
Microfinance is an awfully attractive business. The World Bank estimates that microfinance institutions charged an average 28% on the loans they made in 2006
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R. Jai Krishna 11:27 PM | June 26,2008
The Indian unit of the Finnish company said in a press statement that it will study microfinance initiatives to increase market share
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