Including the poor into the formal financial system has been hard despite numerous and sustained efforts. The difficulty in achieving inclusion attains a whole new meaning in hills and mountainous regions where populations are sparse and connectivity is extremely low.

Given the scope of Microfinance in India, it is imperative to measure access and impact of finance to understand its benefits and challenges.

A training exercise was undertaken recently for the wealth managers (WMs) of Sahastradhara KGFS (from 18th to 20th March) and Dhanei KGFS (from 25th to 27th March).

For a company of Google’s stature that has reached the scale it has, and still regard itself to be an Internet start-up is both admirable and inspiring.

IFMR capital closed a Rs. 264.7 million securitisation transaction with Grameen Koota, introducing a new bank investor to the microfinance capital markets.

Having a coffee at other stores could be a routine affair, but at Starbucks it’s an experience altogether.

Mr. M Dandapani Reddy of Badakushastali village, Orissa underwent a traumatic night on 9th March 2010, when his daughter N Rebati Reddy had fallen down and cut her chin.

At a recent workshop on “Microfinance and Rural Development” held at Ramjas College, Delhi, Nitin Chaudhary from IFMR Rural Finance had the opportunity to chair one of the sessions that was attended by students of Ramjas College and St. Stephen's College.

Financial literacy is like asking a customer who is being wheeled into a surgery “Do you want 14 sutures or 17?” With this comment, we discovered common ground with Prof. Robert Merton, Nobel Prize winning Economist!

IFMR Finance Foundation has come out with a comprehensive manual with a detailed blueprint for commercial banks to deepen financial access in a viable manner using the Business Correspondents (BC) and Business Facilitators (BF).