New Delhi, June 13 -- The Indian microfinance (MFI) sector is showing early signals of abating stress, due to the positive outlook based on improving portfolio quality data from CRIF Highmark for Q4 FY25 and April 2025, as revealed in a recent report from Macquarie.

CRIF Highmark, with its extensive database, is one of India's leading credit information providers, certified and licensed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Macquarie's call with the CRIF Highmark revealed that top microfinance institutions (MFIs) have undertaken aggressive write-offs and cleaned their books, leading to better portfolio selection through improved origination data. This is expected to result in a downward trend for FY26 delinquencies and credit costs.

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