The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has urged microfinance borrowers to adopt the National Pension ...

For three decades, microfinance institutions have given out small loans to the world's poor--mostly women--and amassed hundreds if not thousands of case studies showing that the loans help alleviate ...

Paystack has acquired Ladder Microfinance Bank, marking its entry into banking services in Nigeria. In a statement to ...

India's group insurance sector is facing a second consecutive year of contraction, with the top four private life insurers ...

Stripe-owned Nigerian fintech, Paystack, has officially entered Nigeria’s banking space following its acquisition of Ladder Microfinance Bank, marking a major expansion beyond ...

At the same time,  asset quality is showing signs of improvement with the ratio of stressed assets declining in three successive quarters through September 2025.

When the rich suffer, so do the poor. Or so goes the trickle-down theory. It turns out, though, that the spreading of global financial pain is far from simple. The microfinance industry, for instance, ...

Rapid expansion led to overleveraging and rising defaults, forcing regulators to shift focus from growth to stability. The key takeaway is that unchecked lending can undermine both financial health ...

The move comes as India’s microfinance loan portfolio shrank to ₹3.34 trillion by November 2025, amid rising risks and ...

Paystack acquires Ladder MfB gaining a banking licence to offer business lending and consumer credit, positioning itself as a ...

Representatives of community-based financial societies have opposed the move to bring all microfinance and credit-providing ...