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Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited (formerly known as SKS Microfinance Limited) or BFIL is a banking & finance company (NBFC), licensed by the Reserve Bank of India. It was founded in 1997 by Vikram Akula, who served as its executive chair until working. [ 3] The company's mission is to provide financial services to the poor under the premise ...
Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is [1] a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 of India, engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of shares, stock, bonds, hire-purchase insurance business or chit-fund business, but does not include any institution whose principal business is that of agriculture, industrial activity, purchase or sale of any goods (other than ...
The Microfinance Institutions Network was created to promote microfinance. The network promotes responsible lending, client protection, good governance and a supportive regulatory environment. It was established in October 2009 as a society under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act 2001. According to its bylaws, all non-banking ...
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development ( NABARD) is an All India Financial Institution (AIFI) [ 4] and an apex Supervisory Body for overall supervision of Regional Rural Banks, State Cooperative Banks and District Central Cooperative Banks in India. [ 5] It was established under the NABARD Act 1981 passed by the Parliament of ...
Bandhan Bank is present in 35 out of 36 states and union territories of India, with 6,297 banking outlets and 3.44 crore customers. [12] [13] Having received the universal banking licence from the Reserve Bank of India, Bandhan Bank started operations on August 23, 2015, with 501 branches, 50 ATMs and 2,022 Banking Units (BUs).
Having started its operations as an NGO in 1992 under the name of Evangelical Social Action Forum, ESAF Microfinance was a non-banking finance company and microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI), licensed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It became a small finance bank in March 2017 and started operating in January 2018. [2]
In 2013, VFSPL became the first microfinance institution (MFI) in eastern India to get the status of an NBFC-MFI or Non-Banking Financial Company-MFI from the RBI. [5] On 7 November 2017, the company was converted into a public company, after which the RBI granted it a fresh certificate of registration on 4 January 2018. [6]
Microfinance and refinance. Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank (or MUDRA Bank) [ 1]) is a public sector financial institution in India. It provides loans at low rates to micro-finance institutions and non-banking financial institutions which then provide credit to MSMEs. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 April ...