Borrowers who take out microloans, according to Rao, lack the type of collateral that lenders desire.
Industry leaders are hopeful of recovery by Durga Puja time as the repayment has gone up sharply to 90% on an average in July.
MFIN is an industry association comprising 58 NBFC-MFIs and 39 associates including banks, small finance banks (SFBs), and NBFCs.
More MFIs are likely to opt for permitting restructuring under the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Resolution Framework 2.0
Microfinance institutions further the cause of financial inclusion as they lend to those who are often too poor to get loans according to conventional
MFIs could again see credit costs in the range of 3-6% in FY22, if the early trends of the collection performance were to persist, according to India
However, good on-balance sheet liquidity and sizeable provisions created by most MFIs in FY2021 will provide a cushion to them for absorbing further s