Financial Services

A new seed capital provider, Venture Lab, was recently launched in an effort to support financial inclusion start-ups around the world. Backed...

Recently, the mobile retail network, Eko, has tied up with the State Bank of India to expand mobile banking services across rural...

In promoting financial inclusion, Kerala has become the first Indian state to achieve financial inclusion when measured by the presence of a...

The IFC is investing up to $20 million in Pragati India Fund to facilitate the transfer of growth capital to small and...

A recent Mint article discusses investments made by Indian private equity firm, Aavishkaar, and Indian non-banking finance company, Tata Capital, into Vortex...

A recent New York Times article discusses the business correspondent model in India through which large numbers of unbanked populations can access...

Social venture fund Lok Capital and one of its limited partners have recently invested approximately $5 million in IFMR Rural Channels, an...

Private sector HDFC Bank and mobile operator Vodafone India have recently partnered to provide mobile banking services in India. A pilot project...

In his address at the 106th Foundation Day Celebrations of the Bank of India, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that it is...

An Economic Times article recently discussed the state of social venture capital in India over the past year. The article explains how...

The UK Government has partnered with the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) by committing £65 million to increase financial inclusion...

Co-founder of Patni Computer System, Gajendra Patni's sons Amit and Arihant, have a new interest. They are flexing their philanthropic muscle with...

The IFC has proposed to take a 20% equity stake in CapAleph Indian Millenium Fund, which plans to raise $150 million for...

Indian company Vortex Engineering has joined the UN-backed Business Call to Action (BCtA), a global initiative that supports the development of inclusive...

The Economic Times reports that The Aavishkaar Social Venture Fund recently sold its stake in Rangsutra, an artisan-owned handicrafts company providing handicrafts...

Father of microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, has partnered with India's Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad (IIM-A) to start a $10 billion seed...

A Monitor Inclusive Markets Report by Nishant Lalwani and Mike Kubzansky, December 2009. Monitor's research has examined previous and ongoing experiments with...

As part of the Business Call to Action (BCtA) – a global alliance of businesses, NGOs, governments, and multilateral organizations that encourages...

UK international development agency, DFID, is restructuring its programme with India so that it enters into no new financial aid programmes, with...

Impact investment fund Lok Capital has recently closed Lok Fund II, a $65 million fund focused on microcredit, mobile payments, remittances, small...

International telecom company Nokia recently launched Nokia Money across India. With only 10% of India’s 600K villages able to access formal financial...

Global impact investor, Omidyar Network (ON) has awarded a grant of US$2 million, over the next 3 years, to Dasra- India’s leading...

Each month Privcap focuses on a critical theme and produces a “bundle” of thought-leadership content in multiple formats – a digital report,...

A recent article discusses how the Government of India’s Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for micro, small, and medium sized enterprises has helped...

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is planning on establishing the first mortgage guarantee corporation in India, in partnership with National Housing Bank (NHB),...

In its efforts to promote financial inclusion, India’s Central Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has promoted the establishment of small...

The Inherent Conflict between Intent and Resolve They find an inherent dichotomy in the landscape for ‘social good’ between tough conditions for...