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UPI 2.0: The digital pigmy

One hopes that the 'digital pigmy' of UPI 2.0 might address the issue of anaemic online transaction numbers, and usher in the real potential of an economy built on a Digital India

5 min read1 Jan 2018
Opinion

How small loans can be made cheaper

An NGO that has formed 3.9 lakh self-help groups (SHGs), through continuous innovations, is revolutionizing rural bankinghanding out small loans at a much lower interest rate than what microfinance institutions are charging

10 min read27 Nov 2017
Opinion

Demonetisation’s blow to microfinance sector

Demonetisation has adversely affected the growth in clients, loans disbursed and repayment rates

4 min read10 Oct 2017
Industry

Uttar Pradesh farmers worried over farm loan waiver conditions

Uttar Pradesh's farm loan waiver plan covers small, marginal farmers with debts of up to Rs1 lakh, leaving the rest a worried lot

4 min read27 Jun 2017
Market

Has Mudra scheme been successful?

Loan disbursements under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, the government's micro loans scheme, are at only 62% of the target for 2016-17

2 min read28 Mar 2017
Industry

Lenders giving small loans hit hard by demonetization

Bandhan Bank stops disbursing new loans following withdrawal of Rs500 and Rs1000 notes and the resultant cash crunch in the country

2 min read16 Nov 2016
Industry

AU Financiers plans share sale in 2017

AU Financiers, which received in-principle approval to start a small finance bank, will go for a pure offer for sale, says managing director Sanjay Agarwal

2 min read22 Sep 2016
Companies

Muthoot Pappachan Group goes back to roots with planned microfinance unit

Loans worth Rs1,500 crore extended by group's small loans unit to be gradually transferred to new entity, which will begin operations in a few months

2 min read1 May 2015
News

Micro loan recipients decline for first time: study

Numbers slip to 195 mn in 2011 from 205 mn a year ago; purported abuses cast a shadow over industry, says study

2 min read5 Feb 2013
Politics

AP refuses to budge on microfinance legislation

AP refuses to budge on microfinance legislation

5 min read19 Jul 2011
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