All posts tagged "Microfinance India"
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869MicrofinanceMFIs as Local Area Banks : An idea experts missed in Micro-credit Summit-2011, Delhi
By Santhanam S Email : santhraj5@gmail.com Rural Ministry seeks to convert MFIs to local area banks. The news flashes in major news bulletins. Even before...
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8.6K5MicrofinanceWhy this Kolaveri…. Kolaveri …Kolaveri Di? – A Microfinance Song
By Santhanam S Email : santhraj5@gmail.com Why this Kolaveri…. Kolaveri …Kolaveri Di?. The way each actor in micro-finance Sector will sing the popular song. ...
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826MicrofinancePigs will never fly again. Courage, Guts, Gall: MFIs will.
The Regulatory Trigger By The Shakespeare Walla Abstract: Current sentiment around commercial financial inclusion (microfinance, business correspondents or anything to do with...
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674Fellowships and ScholarshipsFellowships and Scholarships in India 2012
Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships 2012 THE PROGRAMME Dr Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, is a graduate and Honorary Fellow of...
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1.1KMicrofinanceMFIs redesigning business models a year after Andhra crisis : CRISIL
RBI’s recent revision in provisioning norms unlikely to impact MFIs’ profitability A year after the Government of Andhra Pradesh (Andhra) promulgated its...
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1.7KCase StudiesM-CRIL paper on Initial Public Offerings of MFI’s
A Commissioned Workshop Paper titled Initial Public Offerings: The field’s salvation or downfall? was written by Mr Sanjay Sinha, Managing Director, Micro-Credit...
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1.6K3MicrofinanceiMicrofinance : If Steve Jobs worked in a MFI?
By S Santhanam , Consultant – Development Finance Steve Jobs, CEO, ‘iPeople microfinance Co (India) Ltd’ Late Steve Jobs of ‘Apple’ is...
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1.3KMicrofinanceAnanya Finance to expand microcredit in North India
Ananya Finance to expand microcredit to the states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa and the north-eastern states IFC,...
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1.8KMicrofinanceThe Journey of Indian Micro-Finance : Book Review by Milford Bateman
By Milford Bateman The recent events in the microfinance sector in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have shocked not just the...
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1.5KMicrofinance InterviewsInterview with Chairperson and CFO of SKS Microfinance – News Digest
Q&A: Puranam Hayagreeva Ravikumar, SKS Microfinance Puranam Hayagreeva Ravikumar, who takes over as SKS Microfinance’s new non-executive chairperson-interim with immediate effect, has...
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1.3KMicrofinance InterviewsSamit Ghosh founder of Ujjivan on present state of Microfinance in India
In this interview Samit Ghosh, CEO and Founder of Ujjivan (www.ujjivan.com), a microfinance institution based in Bangalore talks about the Urban Poor...
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1.1KMicrofinance ReportsDid 137 million of world’s poorest receive a Microloan in 2010 ?
Recently we came across a note from Microcredit Summit Campaign titled Record 137 Million of World’s Poorest Received a Microloan in 2010...
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1.0K2MicrofinanceSKS Microfinance reports loss of Rs 384 Crore – Stock closes at Rs 175
Shares of SKS Microfinance touched a new 52 week low of Rs 173.60 before closing the day at 175.55 on the Bombay...
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1.0KMicrofinanceRajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana – A non profit microfinance ngo in Uttar Pradesh
RGMVP has reached out to over 350,000 poor households in 109 blocks of 34 districts in some of the poorest areas of...
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Indian Microfinance Bill to be introduced in late Nov 2011 – News Digest
Govt likely to introduce Micro-Finance Bill in Winter Session The government is likely to introduce a Bill that seeks to make it...
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638MicrofinanceMFI’s in India : On the path to recovery ?
Mint’s Tamal Bandyopadhyay talks about SKS Microfinance’s plan to raise money and the future of the Microfinance Sector in India.
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The Journey of Indian Micro-Finance – Review
By Phil Mader Ramesh S. Arunachalam, 2011 : The Journey of Indian Micro-Finance: Lessons for the Future. Chennai: Aapti Publications. The microfinance crisis in...
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1.5KMicrofinanceRashtriya Seva Samithi gets BB- rating from CRISIL
CRISIL has assigned its ‘CRISIL BB-/Stable’ rating to the cash credit facility of Rashtriya Seva Samithi (RASS). The rating reflects RASS’s comfortable asset...
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1.7K6MicrofinanceSKS and Compartamos – Catalysts for Catastrophe
By Milford Bateman In a recent Project Syndicate publication entitled The Microfinance Catalyst, Harvard University Professor Tarun Khanna, and social entrepreneur, Jayant Sinha,...
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909Financial InclusionCiti Foundation commits US$ 1 million to Habitat for microsavings and financial education
The Citi Foundation has provided US$ 1 million to Habitat for Humanity for an innovative three-year multi-country microsavings and financial education initiative....
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RBI increases Domestic Money Transfer Limits – News Digest
RBI increases domestic money transfer limits The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has provided an impetus to financial inclusion by liberalising money...
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9211MicrofinanceWhy should poor people have to pay for their basic Human Right to Water?
Actor Matt Damon makes it sound like a great idea to give small loans to poor families so they can get access...
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938Conferences and Events.Indian Microfinance : The Way Forward – A talk by Ramesh S Arunachalam
Ramesh S Arunachalam, author of Journey of Indian Microfinance – Lessons for the Future will be delivering a talk in Mumbai on...
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1.1KMicrofinance News DigestMFI industry shrunk by Rs 10,000 cr in 11 months – News Digest
Q&A: Alok Prasad, CEO, MFIN The size of the Indian microfinance sector is shrinking fast, following the crisis the sector saw in...
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1.3KMicrofinanceGrameen Koota becomes first certified Indian MFI to use PPI
Grameen Foundation India last week announced that Indian microfinance institution (MFI) Grameen Koota, division of Grameen Financial Services Private Limited (GFSPL), is...
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1.1KFinancial InclusionIndustry optimistic on future of financial inclusion in India
Experts from the financial and digital sectors exhibited an optimistic outlook on the future of financial inclusion in India during the first...
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2.0KMicrofinanceThunderbird students conclude their study tour of MFI’s in India
Students from the Thunderbird School of Global Management recently concluded their study tour of microfinance institutions in India. The study tour took them...
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5.9KMicrofinance News DigestIndian Microfinance sector may decline 20-40 % in 2011-12 – News Digest
Microfinance sector may decline 20-40% this year According to the data available with Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) for the first five months...
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973Microfinance News DigestMFI loan restructuring in Andhra Pradesh delayed – News Digest
MFIs’ Andhra loans recast plan likely to be delayed Micro-lenders’ plans to restructure the loans of their poor customers appears to have...
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3.0KMicrofinanceInvestor interest returning to Indian Microfinance Sector
Intellecap has closed the largest private equity transaction for a MFI in 2011 and predicts a healthy trend for the Indian microfinance...