Discover the differences between microfinance and macrofinance, including their scope, purpose, and impact on individuals vs. whole economies.

Last November, two articles raised some fundamental questions about impact investing. “Impact Investing Benchmark: What’s ‘Impact Got to Do With It?’ (Paul DiLeo, Grassroots Capital Management) and ...

As Nigeria’s microfinance sector grapples with macroeconomic volatility, Lovonus Microfinance Bank is choosing a path defined ...

PTCL Group injects Rs15bn into U Microfinance Bank to boost digital banking, expand financial inclusion, and support the bank ...

In recent years, microfinance has come under the spotlight for the wrong reason. The darling of international donor agencies for at least two decades, this market-led approach to poverty alleviation ...

The RBI has flagged rising stress in microfinance loans, urging NBFCs to balance growth with sound practices, even as overall ...

Microfinance is the provision of financial services to low-income clients or solidarity lending groups including consumers and the self-employed, who traditionally lack access to banking and related ...

Boosters of microfinance claim that it can rescue people from rapacious informal lenders. That’s not the case in Cambodia. Microfinance claims to have a “double bottom line.” Lending to poor ...