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Indian microfinance sector growth

Finance · 2 updates

Microfinance firms grow as banks pull back

Kolkata: Large microfinance companies have drawn up plans to grow faster this year, revising their earlier projections upwards, as cautious lending by private banks and smaller lenders create more space for them.Publicly listed Muthoot Microfin and Satin Creditcare Network -- the third and fourth in ranking in terms of assets under management -- have both raised growth projections by around 500 basis points, with the microfinance market getting more consolidated in favour of large non-banking financial companies-microfinance institutions (NBFC-MFIs)."Since banks including small finance banks a

As banks shrink microfinance books, bigger MFIs prepare to grab the gap

Kolkata: Large microfinance companies have drawn up plans to grow faster this year, revising their earlier projections upwards, as cautious lending by private banks and smaller lenders create more space for them.Publicly listed Muthoot Microfin and Satin Creditcare Network -- the third and fourth in ranking in terms of assets under management -- have both raised growth projections by around 500 basis points, with the microfinance market getting more consolidated in favour of large non-banking financial companies-microfinance institutions (NBFC-MFIs)."Since banks including small finance banks a

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