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Future plans to repay Rs 1.1 bn loan

Future plans to repay Rs 1.1 bn loan

G Dasaratha Reddy, Managing Director of Future Financial Services informed that the microfinance institution (MFI) plans to repay Rs 110 crore of loans restructured in 2011 and it is discussing the same with banks. If the plan materialises, this would be the first MFI in the country to opt out of corporate debt restructuring (CDR), nearly two years after it agreed to the exercise

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SKS gets Rs 31 bn funding inflow in FY13

SKS gets Rs 31 bn funding inflow in FY13

The total incremental funding inflow received by SKS Microfinance in 2012-13 more than doubled to Rs 3,150 crore from Rs 1,434 core in 2011-12. The funding inflow in 2012-13 includes Rs 1,207 crore received through 12 securitisation transactions with seven funding partners, an incremental debt of Rs 1,68

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Loan book of SKS may double in 2013-14

Loan book of SKS may double in 2013-14

Some analysts expect the loan book of SKS Microfinance to double to Rs 3,000 crore by the end of 2013-14 from Rs 1,500 crore levels in 2012-13 even in the absence of fresh lending in Andhra Pradesh. The loan book of the company is expected to double on the back of its geographical expansion. The company has increased its presence in states such as UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat, amongst others and this may drive growth

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Loan book of SKS may double in 2013-14

Loan book of SKS may double in 2013-14

Some analysts expect the loan book of SKS Microfinance to double to Rs 3,000 crore by the end of 2013-14 from Rs 1,500 crore levels in 2012-13 even in the absence of fresh lending in Andhra Pradesh. The loan book of the company is expected to double on the back of its geographical expansion. The company has increased its presence in states such as UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat, amongst others and this may drive growth

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Court allows SKS Microfin to resume business in AP

Court allows SKS Microfin to resume business in AP

In an interim order, the Supreme Court allowed SKS Microfinance to resume microlending operations in Andhra Pradesh without securing a no-objection certificate from the state government. MFI operations in the state, by and large, came to a standstill after the state government introduced the Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institution (Regulation of Money Lending) Ordinance 2010

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SKS Microfinance to focus on profitability

SKS Microfinance to focus on profitability

In 2013-14, SKS Microfinance, the first and only listed microfinance institution (MFI) in India, hopes to post profit. MR Rao, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the firm said the focus of the company was on profitable growth with efficiency and not just on scaling up.

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Grameen Koota in talks to raise capital

Grameen Koota in talks to raise capital

Bangalore-based micro-finance company Grameen Financial Services (Grameen Koota) is reportedly in talks with a few financial institutions to raise around $10 million capital. According to media reports, the company may raise the fund through private equity investors. It may be recalled that Grameen Koota raised capital earlier from Aavi