{
  "id": 12852962,
  "title": "Microfinance shows early recovery signs, but legacy bad loans weigh on sector",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/microfinance-shows-early-recovery-signs-but-legacy-bad-loans-weigh-on",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T11:02:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/microfinance-shows-early-recovery-signs-but-legacy-bad-loans-weigh-on-sector-11791450920201.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After two years of stress, micro-lenders tightened credit and reduced high-risk multiple borrowing, while repayment performance improved in FY26. The sector’s loan book, however shrank, and legacy defaults worsened.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}