Microfinance loans are meant for people who don’t always fit into the usual banking system. This could be someone running a ...

For millions of people without access to traditional banking, the internet is a lot more than a place to share the latest family photos. It’s an opportunity to tell their stories and gain access to ...

Muthoot Microfin CEO Sadaf Sayeed discusses the company’s dramatic turnaround from a ₹223 crore loss to a ₹170 crore profit ...

Microfinance—which started as microcredit after independence—now covers a range of financial products and services, such as savings, credit, insurance, payments, and money transfers. The core, however ...

India's microfinance portfolio rebounds to ₹3.31 lakh crore, showing 3.2% growth due to increased loan originations and ...

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Dhaka—In August, Bangladeshi police broke up a ring of human organ dealers operating in Joypurhat, a district in the north of the country. Investigators say that three local “brokers” preyed on a ...

We need a new sustainable mainstream and we need it fast. So change agents need to get smarter about how to create change. Through a series of articles I am going to look at some successful examples ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of tech and social progress in Asia. In developing economies such as Myanmar, microfinance is often ...

Pakistan’s microfinance banking sector continued to operate under pressure but showed notable improvement in 2025, with losses narrowing significantly ...