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MFTransparency is a global initiative for fair and transparent pricing in the Microfinance industry. Our desire is to be the venue for the Microfinance industry to publicly demonstrate its commitment to pricing transparency, integrity and poverty alleviation. Our vision is a Microfinance industry operating with healthy free market conditions where consumers and other stakeholders can make informed decisions.
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Setting Standards for Microfinance
In an effort to head off a potential crisis in the fast-expanding microfinance industry, its leaders are adopting global truth-in-lending standards and creating a system for comparing loan terms offered by competing lenders
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Microcredit lenders urged to improve transparency
Lenders to the world's poor should disclose how much they charge their borrowers, a global network of microcredit agencies said on Monday, urging more transparency and greater protection of the poor. The proposal is backed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
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Recent Blog Posts
- Malawi: A Country in Need of Microfinance
- Standardization and Communication of Interest Rates
- Bolivia Transparency Part 4: How MFTransparency’s Pricing Data Complements Current Regulation
- Bolivia Transparency Part 3: Transparency in Loan Contracts & Publicity
Recent Announcements
- Transparent Pricing Initiative in India: 35 Participating Institutions To Date
- MFTransparency and the Malawi Microfinance Network to Launch the Transparent Pricing Initiative in Malawi
- Kenya Data Launch Webinar Recording Now Available!
- The Race for Transparency in Ecuador
Latest Endorsements
- N. Jeyaseelan, Belstar Investment & Finance Private Ltd
- Rajiv Bhatia, Satin Creditcare Network Ltd
- Ajay Naik, Lok Biradari Trust, Indore (M.P.)
- B.B.Singh, Cashpor Micro Credit
- Sudipta Banerjee, Sahara Utsarga Welfare Society
Recent News
- 35 Indian microfinance institutions shared complete pricing data to date: MFTransparency
- MFTransparency Transparent Pricing Initiative in Malawi Launch, August 31, 2010 in Lilongwe, Malawi
- Ecuador: D-MIRO, en la delantera por la carrera de la transparencia.
- La Carrera por la Transparencia en Ecuador
- MFTransparency Featured in e-MFP Newsletter