Top 50 Microfinance Institutions in India
In late 2009, CRISIL which is India’s leading ratings, research and risk advisory company released its list of top 50 microfinance institutions in India....
Top 100 Microfinance Institutions in the World
For the third year running, MIX has released it’s Composite Ranking of the performance of microfinance institutions and Grameen Financial Services Pvt Ltd is the...
Ministry of Tourism’s Hunar Se Rozgar program successful
The number of beneficiaries under the Hunar Se Rozgar programme of the Ministry of Tourism has already exceeded the target set for the current...
Milford Bateman on the Andhra Pradesh Microfinance Crisis in South India
THE DISTRESSING AND ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE SITUATION IN ANDHRA PRADESH
A personal comment by Milford Bateman.
Milford Bateman can be contacted by email at Milford Bateman (at the...
Microfinance Risks – Operational Risk – Part 2
Operational Risk
Operational risk relates to the risks emanating from the failure of internal systems, processes, technology and humans or from external factors such as...
ESAF Microfinance
Evangelical Social Action Forum society was established by Mr. K Paul Thomas in Thrissur, Kerala in 1992. The society commenced its microfinance operations in...
RGVN Microfinance
Rashtriya Grameen Vikas Nidhi Society (RGVN Society) is a leading non-governmental organization, founded in April 1990. The society operating in the northeastern states of...
Ujjivan Financial Services
Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd (Ujjivan), set up by Mr. Samit Ghosh, is among the first few MFIs in the country to design and...
Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project
Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) is a charitable trust established in 1982, aimed at undertaking rural development activities in various parts of...
Free Mambu Microfinance Software for small MFI’s
Free Mambu Microfinance Software for All the Little Guys
Finally, all the small MFIs, NGOs, and microfinance do-gooder’s out there can have access to technology...
ThoughtWorks to help scale up Grameen’s Mifos Software Platform
ThoughtWorks, Inc a leader in Agile methods of software development, today announced a global initiative to provide software engineering services for Grameen Foundation’s Mifos...
At Crossroads – Forbes article on Microfinance
Name: Vikram Akula
Age: 41
WHO: Founder of SKS Microfinance. The man who took the benefit of banking to 4.7 million poor families. Named by TIME as one...
The Microfinance Bubble and Repayment Revolt in parts of India
Does the Wall Street Journal seem to have done a hatchet job on the microfinance sector of India?
A Global Surge in Tiny Loans Spurs...
MicroSave Update on Andhra Pradesh Microfinance Crisis
MICROSAVE UPDATE – COMPENDIUM OF NEWS ON ANDHRA CRISIS
The Turn of Events and Current Status
There are times when “I told you so” is the least desirable outcome but...
Aspada invests Rs 10 Crore in NeoGrowth NBFC
Aspada Investment Company has made an investment of INR 10 Crore (USD $1.62 million) in Mumbai based NeoGrowth Credit, a nonbank financial company (NBFC) that extends short...