You may have heard of microfinance, but what it actually is and what the popular perception of what it is are often two different things. Microfinance began in 1974 when Muhammad Yunus started Grameen ...

Accessing microfinance bank loans can empower small business owners, entrepreneurs and farmers with the capital needed to grow operations, purchase equipment or smooth cash flow. By preparing ...

Managing Director, IBILE Microfinance Bank, Adegboyega Kazeem, operates within the intersect of financial exclusion, environmental concerns, energy challenges and other socio-economic, political ...

Microfinance has been touted as a miracle cure for poverty in the global south. The reality has been a lot messier. Illustration by Adrià Fruitós. Yabom was lucky. She heard a flat tone, then an ...

Regent Microfinance Bank (MfB) has disbursed over N10 billion in cumulative loans disbursements to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country. This achievement underscores the ...

People who invest in microcredit loans to help some of the world’s poorest people are finding that nearly all of those recipients of the loans are repaying them, making such charitable giving even ...

Western microfinance investors worried about over-indebtedness in Cambodia are losing the ability to shape the practices of an industry whose rapid growth they helped to foster. Microfinance in ...

Microfinance deposits in Togo increased by CFA11.9 billion, a 2.7% rise in the second quarter of 2025, according to BCEAO data. Outstanding microfinance loans fell by 1.9%, or CFA7 billion, making ...

Those are some of the findings from research conducted for the 2021-2022 60 Decibels Microfinance Index, aimed at assessing the effectiveness of microfinance practices—by talking to customers. Based ...

MUMBAI, April 5 (Reuters) - Indian private sector lender Development Credit Bank Ltd. plans to enter the microfinance sector and increase retail loan exposure while reducing its corporate sector focus ...

New research from Cambodia challenges the microfinance industry’s assertions that its loans help farmers to resist the impacts of climate change. In fact, the research argues, microfinance undermines ...