Micro Financing Institutions (MFI are registered as Societies as per Societies Registration Act 1860 or state legislation and as Trusts as per Public Trust Act 1920 or Indian Trust Act 1882. Section 25 companies are registered as per the Companies Act (1956) with permission from central Government.)

NBFC (Other legal forms including NBFCs registered as Section 25 companies, for profit NBFCs, Cooperative Banks and Local Area Banks are regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Cooperatives are registered as per the State, National and MACS Acts and governed by the State Registrar of Cooperatives.)