Small businesses grow with timely credit, but many borrowers lack collateral or formal credit history. Credit guarantee systems help reduce lender risk and improve access to microfinance. The Credit Guarantee Scheme for Microfinance Institutions (CGSMFI 2.0) supports responsible lending and stronger financial inclusion across India.

https://www.ncgtc.in/en/product-details/CGSMFI2/Credit-Guarantee-Scheme-for-Microfinance-Institutions--2.0-(CGSMFI-2.0)

#Microfinance #CreditGuarantee #FinancialInclusion #MSME #NCGTC #CGSMFI #IndiaFinance #SmallBusiness #Fintech #Lending

Usha Financial Services Expands UP Network to 30+ Branches for MSME Loans – Tycoon World

New Delhi, 12 April 2025: Usha Financial Services Limited (NSE SME: USHAFIN), a listed Non-Banking Financial Company registered with the Reserve Bank of

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As microfinance evolves, so do its regulations. New frameworks focus on transparency, risk management, and customer protection—ensuring long-term growth and stability in the sector.

🔗 Dive deeper: https://go-infofinance.com/blog/microfinance-sector-regulations-guide

👉 Read the complete breakdown today!

#Microfinance #Regulations #FinancialLiteracy #BusinessFinance #Compliance #FintechTrends

Flutterwave Just Got a Nigerian Banking Licence - and It Changes Everything

It’s a national microfinance banking licence, obtained through Flutterwave’s acquisition of open banking startup Mono in January. The licence allows Flutterwave to hold customer deposits and issue loans directly for the first time in its biggest market

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Government’s microfinance credit guarantee scheme to benefit 36 lakh borrowers, boosting credit flow and supporting financial inclusion across India. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/money/govt-microfinance-credit-guarantee-scheme-benefits-jqvguz1n?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Microfinance #FinancialInclusion #IndiaEconomy #NBFC
Africa: Fearless Fund Expands to Africa...Launches Microfinance Fund in Ghana: [Ghanaian Times] Fearless fund, the world's first venture capital firm built by women of colour for women of colour, and a global leader in economic inclusion, has announced its official expansion into africa with the launch of the Fearless Microfinance Fund in ghana. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQtGBD #Africa #EmpowerWomen #Microfinance #VentureCapital #EconomicInclusion

M-CRIL, an Indian consultancy which provides impact assessments to microfinance players, has published an upbeat overall view of the benefits of #microfinance to borrowers.

Their new paper says that there’s little evidence that a wave of suicides in India’s Andhra Pradesh in 2010 is attributable to microfinance borrowing because the state has shown high farmer suicide rates over the long term.

That’s a little too easy, I argue on The Dark Side of Development.

https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/microfinance-and-indian-farming-suicides

Microfinance and Indian farming suicides

M-CRIL’s assessment at odds with local research

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Understanding Microcredit: What It Is & How Microfinance Works

Many have heard of microfinance, but what is microcredit exactly? Get an easy-to-understand guide to the microcredit definition, how microfinance works, and the profound benefits of microcredit.

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Hier une farce, aujourd’hui une tragédie : le retour de l’Autorité de régulation de la microfinance et du crédit
https://mcinformactions.net/hier-une-farce-aujourd-hui-une-tragedie-le-retour-de-l-autorite-de-regulation
#microcredit #microfinance #credit #pretsabusifs
Hier une farce, aujourd'hui une tragédie : le retour de l'Autorité de régulation de la microfinance et du crédit - [mcInform@ctions]

Le projet de loi sur la réglementation de la microfinance et du crédit, qui avait été rejeté en avril 2024 par les communautés touchées par...

#Srilanka: The #Microfinance Trap, Exploitation of Women and Its Consequences

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"The 2.4 million Sri Lankan women caught in this system cannot simply be robbed—that would be theft. Instead, they are bound by contracts that make their dispossession appear voluntary, even virtuous."

@monlarsl @nyeleni

https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/11/srilanka-the-microfinance-trap-exploitation-of-women-and-its-consequences/

Srilanka: The Microfinance Trap, Exploitation of Women and Its Consequences

The 2.4 million Sri Lankan women caught in this system cannot simply be robbed—that would be theft. Instead, they are bound by contracts that make their dispossession appear voluntary, even virtuous.

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