Stock has sharply underperformed peers and is available at reasonable levels
R Baskar Babu, managing director & chief executive officer of Suryoday Small Finance Bank, tells Manojit Saha in an interview that the regulator wants these lenders to rebalance the portfolio
Gets $15 mn in equity from French investors, total fundraise reaches $100 mn
Reddy quit abruptly in November 2021, following differences with the private equity investor on the future of the MFI, and on selling it
While most analysts remain positive, institutional attitude will be crucial
India Ratings and Research revised upwards its credit cost estimate for microfinance institution (MFI) sector to 5-10 per cent in the current financial year compared to earlier 3-6 per cent
Estimates suggest the locked down districts account for close to 50% of microfinance business in India; banks and SFBs could also be impacted
The portfolio-at-risk (PAR) in the 1-30 due-past-date (DPD) period rose by 60 basis points (bps) to 1.9 per cent over the previous quarter
RBI sets the average base rate for NBFC-MFIs on the basis of average of base rate of the five largest commercial banks
Repayments have been severely impacted in western part of UP, pockets of Maharashtra