Investors are increasingly able to put their money to work creating social as well as financial returns, thanks in part to the expanding role of investment banks in globalizing the funding of ...

Cambodian Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) backed by international investors have aggressively marketed loans to Indigenous communities, targeting the value of their land as collateral for loans.

Microfinance lending is often lauded as a key tool in reducing poverty at the bottom of the income pyramid. But in Kenya, critics say it has played a part in stoking violent anti-government unrest.

Accion Microfinance Bank is to explore impact of digital lending at its seventh annual Financial Inclusion Seminar: “Digital Lending: A Path to Financial Inclusion or a Barrier for the Informal Sector ...

In a move aimed at widening access to small-ticket digital financing in Pakistan, ABHI Microfinance Bank has entered into a ...

What began as a social mission to help the poor build assets and weather shocks has become a vehicle for chasing returns.

ABHI Microfinance Bank and Finleap Financial Services (Private) Limited have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Asia Pacific Alternative Lending Market Business and Investment Opportunities Databook - 75+ KPIs on Alternative Lending Market Size, By End User, By Finance Model, By ...