India’s poor are finding easier access to home loans but there is some concern that this trend echos the sub-prome crisis that...

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Given the recent negative attention being paid to the Indian microfinance sector, other base-of-the-pyramid lending models are attracting more attention. Micro-housing, providing...

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handygo Technologies and Uninor have developed and recently launched “Wellness World,” a health tool for customers throughout India, providing health advice via...

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During Intellecap’s annual Sankalp conference, Healthpoint Services won the award for Emerging Ventures in the health, water, or sanitation. Healthpoint focuses on...

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Aavishkaar India, an early-stage venture capital firm, is looking to complete the fundraising process for its fourth and largest fund, likely to...

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SKS Microfinance Ltd, The largest and only publicly listed microfinance institution (MFI), has faced a 12% reduction in its workforce for the...

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International Finance Corporation (IFC) is planning to make a $45 million equity investment in an unnamed public-listed mid-size Indian non-banking finance company...

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Indian social business and investment advisory firm, Intellecap, has recently launched the Intellecap Impact Investor Network (I3N) to help social enterprises raise...

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The North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh recently entered into a carbon credits agreement with the World Bank, in which the Bank...

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