{
  "id": 12788611,
  "title": "Govt urges microfinance sector to shift to cashflow-based lending",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/govt-urges-microfinance-sector-to-shift-to-cashflow-based-lending",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T04:41:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1564077/govt-urges-microfinance-sector-to-shift-to-cashflow-based-lending/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday urged the microfinance sector to shift towards cashflow-based lending and make greater use of alternative data and digital credit scoring to expand access to finance for small businesses and farmers. “Within the context of microfinance as well, we need to move towards cashflow-based lending, rather than always focused on […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}