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title: "Finance Minister urges microfinance sector to adopt cashflow-based lending"
description: "Most outlets reported the Finance Minister's call for the microfinance sector to shift toward cashflow-based lending and use alternative data and digital credit scoring. Business Recorder added context about the goal of expanding access to finance, while Profit focused on the broader aim of expanding financing for SMEs and farmers."
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# Finance Minister urges microfinance sector to adopt cashflow-based lending

business · updated 8 Oct 2026, 9:41 AM PKT · 7–8 Oct 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the Finance Minister's call for the microfinance sector to shift toward cashflow-based lending and use alternative data and digital credit scoring. Business Recorder added context about the goal of expanding access to finance, while Profit focused on the broader aim of expanding financing for SMEs and farmers.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Times** — [Govt urges microfinance sector to shift to cashflow-based lending](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1564077/govt-urges-microfinance-sector-to-shift-to-cashflow-based-lending/) · 8 Oct 2026, 9:41 AM PKT
  > 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 […]
- **Profit** — [Aurangzeb urges shift to cashflow-based microfinance lending](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/10/07/aurangzeb-urges-shift-to-cashflow-based-microfinance-lending) · 7 Oct 2026, 10:57 PM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Finance minister calls for greater use of alternative data and digital credit scoring to expand financing for SMEs and farmers
- **Business Recorder** — [Aurangzeb urges microfinance sector to shift to cashflow-based lending](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40443087/aurangzeb-urges-microfinance-sector-to-shift-to-cashflow-based-lending) · 7 Oct 2026, 2:58 PM PKT · 96% identical wording to the newest filing
  > 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 collateral,” said Aurangz...

3 articles from 3 outlets, 7–8 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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