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Secretariat for Microfinance Lenders’ Forum (2015-19)

ASSIST was the secretariat of the Microfinance Lenders’ Forum on behalf of SIDBI. ASSIST convened the 10th meeting of the Lenders’ Forum in November 2015. Presentations made in the meeting by ASSIST, MFI associations Sa-dhan and MFIN, CRIF High Mark and MIX Market on the overview of the status of MFI sector, current and emerging issues being faced by MFIs, and credit bureau data on saturated geographies. This was followed by feedback and suggestions from lenders on specific issues as also suggestions for Lenders’ forum on next steps.

ASSIST continued to support SIDBI Foundation for Microcredit (SFMC) in managing the Secretariat for the Lenders’ Forum – a forum of banks and institutional investors that provide funding to MFIs. The 11th meeting of Lenders’ Forum conducting in January 2019 took stock of the status of MFI portfolio in post-demonetization scenario, reviewed strategies of the two MFI networks in supporting MFIs and solicited support from lenders in the time of crisis.

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