Its active borrowers in July-September was 2.4m, showing a market share of 27.6pc. It was followed by Khushhali Microfinance Bank (8.7pc), National Rural Support Programme (8.2pc), Akhuwat Islamic Microfinance (8pc) and Kashf Foundation (6.9pc). The portfolio of microfinance banks was Rs361bn while that of non-bank microfinance companies remained Rs109bn. The number of active borrowers of microfinance banks was 5.6 million while those of the non-bank microfinance companies was 3.1m. Khushhali Microfinance Bank is the largest provider of microcredit among microfinance banks with 18.5pc of the industry-wide GLP, followed by HBL Microfinance Bank (16.9pc), U Microfinance Bank (9.7pc), Mobilink Micro­finance Bank (9.6pc) and National Rural Support Programme (7pc). The microfinance industry disbursed 5.6m loans in the three-month period under review, up 3.6pc from the preceding quarter. The average loan size in July-September dropped 11.4pc to Rs25,050 from Rs28,270 in the preceding quarter.