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The Reserve Bank of India has set a cap on the lending rate of microfinance institutions at 26 per cent per year and a margin cap of 12 per cent over their cost of funds. Currently, the network member organizations consist of 55 [ 3 ] of the leading non-banking financial companies and microfinance institutions, whose combined businesses ...
Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is [1] a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 of India, engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of shares, stock, bonds, hire-purchase insurance business or chit-fund business, but does not include any institution whose principal business is that of agriculture, industrial activity, purchase or sale of any goods (other than ...
Microfinance services including Easy Paisa by Telenor and Temeer Microfinance Bank, Jazz Cash by Jazz Telecom, and Zindigi have all been introduced by various telecom companies in Pakistan. These services provide lending services, retailer services, and online money transfer capabilities.
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Grameen Bank in Bangladesh is the oldest and probably best-known microfinance institution in the world. Grameen Bank launched their US operations in New York in April 2008. [ 21 ] Bank of America has announced plans to award more than $3.7 million in grants to nonprofits to use in backing microloan programs. [ 22 ]
In 1987 [1] a Grameen program opened up in a country other than Bangladesh – Malaysia – and soon micro-credit banks based on the Grameen bank appeared in countries such as the Philippines, India, Nepal, Vietnam, China, Latin America, Africa, the United States, and Europe. The micro-finance model of Grameen has proved versatile and has ...
CreditAccess Grameen Limited (CA Grameen) is an Indian microfinance institution, headquartered in Bengaluru, which serves customers predominantly in rural areas. [5] [6] [7] The company is engaged in providing microfinance services to women from low-income households who are enrolled as members and organized in Joint Liability Groups.
The microfinance business was originally established as a division of Muthoot Fincorp Limited in 2010. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In December 2011, the Muthoot Pappachan Group acquired Pancharatna Securities Ltd, a non-banking financial company (NBFC) based in Mumbai, and subsequently rebranded it as Muthoot Microfin Limited (MML).