Thursday, June 12, 2014

Muhammad Yunus backs MFIs for special banking licence

.......... At present, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regulations do not allow MFIs to collect deposits from the public. Yunus, however, welcomed RBI’s decision to give a licence to microlender Bandhan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd to start a new bank. But he expressed reservation on the wisdom of giving a full banking licence to microlenders. “If you give the full banking licence then you will be tempted to move into other direction. So, you give a limited banking licence allowing taking deposits only for the purpose of lending money to poor,” Yunus said..........

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