microfinance
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Aviator Emerging Market Fund leads investment in Dhanvarsha Finvest
Aviator Emerging Market Fund, focused on Indian non-banking financial companies, has led a Rs 65.8 crore ($8.8 million) infusion into ......
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Serum Institute chief exec, others pump more money in Svasti Microfinance
Svasti Microfinance, which focuses on women, has raised Rs 31 crore (around $4.3 million) from existing investors, it said on ......
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Aavishkaar Group-promoted Arohan Financial files for IPO
Aavishkaar Group-promoted Arohan Financial Services Pvt Ltd has filed for an initial public offering (IPO). The Kolkata-based microlender’s public offer will ......
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Japan's Gojo doubles down on Satya MicroCapital
Satya MicroCapital Ltd, focused on self-employed rural women, has raised fresh equity of Rs 153 crore ($21 million) from Japan-based ......
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CX Partners scores neat returns in partial exit from financial services firm
Private equity firm CX Partners has scored neat returns by selling a little over a third of its stake in ......
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Bandhan Bank's Chandra Shekhar Ghosh on credit growth, NPA outlook and more
Bandhan Bank received a banking licence in 2014, beating out many large conglomerates in the process. In the last five ......
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New York-based Kora gets sharp haircut on exit from microfinance firm
US-based investment firm Kora Management, focussed on internet and financial services, has exited its maiden India bet on a listed ......
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Annapurna Finance to raise funding as coronavirus roils MFIs
Microfinance institution Annapurna Finance Pvt. Ltd is in advanced discussions to raise equity funding from a few institutional investors, two ......
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Small finance banks predict six-month recovery from corona, MSME loans to reel most
As the country relaxes the lockdown and permits agricultural, construction and industrial activity in rural red zones, small finance banks ......
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India's $28-bn microfinance sector braces for turmoil as third crisis hits in a decade
Gagan Kumar, who runs a small hair salon in Mumbai’s Borivali suburb, is a worried man these days. Kumar had ......