Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), a governmental loan wholesaler to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in India, has reportedly required that SKS Microfinance Limited (SKS), an Indian MFI, use proceeds of a recent SIDBI loan for on-lending outside of the state of Andhra Pradesh [1].
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: SKS Microfinance Borrows $20m from Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), Focuses Efforts Outside Andhra Pradesh
SKS Microfinance Limited (SKS), an Indian microfinance institution (MFI), reportedly has obtained a loan of INR 1 billion (USD 20.1 million) from the government-backed Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), a loan wholesaler to MFIs in India.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: SKS Microfinance Founder Vikram Akula Says “Yunus Was Right” About Dangers of Private Investment to Microborrowers
Vikram Akula, the founder of Indian for-profit microfinance institution (MFI) SKS Microfinance Limited, reportedly acknowledged that Dr Muhammad Yunus was “right” about the challenges of “bringing private capital into social enterprise.”
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: SKS Microfinance Completes Securitization Deals Totaling $122m
SKS Microfinance Limited (SKS), a non-banking finance company (NBFC) regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), reportedly has raised INR 354 crore (USD 72 million) from an undisclosed public-sector bank and INR 243 crore (USD 49.6 million) from an undisclosed source.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: 76 Criminal Cases Pending Over Alleged Role of Microlenders in Borrower Suicides in India’s Andhra Pradesh
In India’s Andhra Pradesh state, the government is pushing ahead with 76 criminal cases against employees of Indian microlenders, accusing them of pushing poor debt-ridden residents to suicide.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Internal Documents Collected by Associated Press Implicate SKS Microfinance Staff in Borrower Suicides in Andhra Pradesh, India
Data collected by the Associated Press, a US-based news agency, reportedly implies that top officials of Indian microlender SKS Microfinance have had information implicating company employees in some of the approximately 200 suicides that were reported among poor and debt-ridden residents of the Andhra Pradesh region of India in late 2010.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: SKS Suffers $85m Loss as Norway’s Government Pension Fund – Global Buys 1% Stake
During the quarter that ended on December 31, 2011, Indian commercial microfinance institution SKS Microfinance Limited (SKS) suffered net losses of INR 4.28 billion (USD 85.3 million), 11 percent higher than net losses in the previous quarter.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Women Enterprise Fund Loans $2m to Jamii Bora Microfinance Bank in Kenya
Jamii Bora Bank of Kenya recently received KES 200 million (USD 2 million) in loans from the Kenya-based Women Enterprise Fund (WEF), a government agency that provides credit to support the start-up and expansion of women-owned businesses.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Finance Corporation (IFC), ACCION Support Swadhaar in Expanding Microfinance for Women in Urban India
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-investment arm of the World Bank Group, and ACCION International, a private, US-based nonprofit organization, will advise Swadhaar FinServe Private Limited (SFPL), an Indian microfinance institution, on its expansion of financial services for women in urban slums of the following Indian states: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: SKS Microfinance to Further Downsize Workforce, Cap Return on Assets at 3%
SKS Microfinance, a microfinance institution (MFI) in India, reportedly will continue to downsize its workforce as it has been since the enactment of the Regulation of Microlending Act in October 2010 in the state of Andhra Pradesh, which requires government approval of each microloan.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Incofin Lends $6m to Microfinance Institutions Vision Banco of Paraguay, Lazika Capital of Georgia, Credit Mongol of Mongolia, Forus Bank of Russia
Belgian company Incofin Investment Management (Incofin IM) has disbursed loans through microfinance investment funds it manages to four microfinance institutions (MFIs): USD 3 million to Vision Banco of Paraguay, USD 1 million to Lazika Capital of Georgia, USD 1 million to Credit Mongol LLC of Mongolia and USD 1 million to Forus Bank of Russia [1, 2, 3, 4].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Vikram Akula Resigns from Board of India’s SKS Microfinance
Vikram Akula, the Founder and Chairman of the Indian microfinance institution (MFI) SKS Microfinance, has resigned from its board of directors.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Incofin Invests $3m in Equity in Arman Financial Services Limited of India
Arman Financial Services Limited (Arman), a non-bank finance company based in India, has announced that its board has approved a proposed equity investment from Belgian company Incofin Investment Management (Incofin).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Sustainable Enterprise Fund, Oikocredit, Grace Foundation Invest in Barefoot Power to Support Renewable Energy in Remote Indian Communities
The Sustainable Enterprise Fund, an Austrian impact venture fund managed by Ennovent, along with Oikocredit, a Dutch cooperative investment fund, and Grace Foundation, a Christian organization in Australia that invests in social enterprise-based solutions to poverty, have made an investment in Barefoot Power, an Australian for-profit enterprise that manufactures and sells lighting products, solar phone chargers and business development services for low-income populations.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Shares of India’s SKS Microfinance Fall 10% Following Announcement of $78m Loss During Quarter Ending September 2011
SKS Microfinance, an India-based microfinance institution, has reported a loss of INR 3.8 billion (USD 78.4 million) for the quarter ending September 30, 2011 [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: India’s SKS Microfinance to Raise $184m via Share Sale
The board of Indian microfinance institution (MFI) SKS Microfinance reportedly has approved plans to raise INR 900 crore (approximately USD 184 million) through a qualified institutional placement (QIP), whereby newly-issued shares will be sold to institutional investors [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Supreme Court of India Sends SKS Back to Andhra Pradesh High Court to Challenge Microfinance (Regulation of Moneylending) Act of 2010
SKS Microfinance, an Indian microfinance institution (MFI), recently was directed by the Supreme Court of India, the country’s apex court, to plead its case against the enforcement of the Regulation of Microlending Act of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP), in front of the AP High Court, the state’s apex court.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: LeapFrog to Invest $15m in India’s Shriram Group to Expand Microinsurance, Savings Offerings
LeapFrog Investments, a US-based private equity fund focusing on microinsurance activities, will invest USD 15 million in the Shriram Group, an India-based provider of financial services to low-income individuals, to help the organization expand its offering of microinsurance and savings products for up to 10 million clients.