The Citi Foundation today expressed its commitment to fair and transparent pricing in microfinance with a grant to MicroFinance Transparency (MFTransparency), the industry leader in collecting and publishing complete and comparable data on the interest rates and fees charged to microfinance clients.

The Cambodia microfinance industry is known for its commitment to transparency in financial reporting, and the industry has now strongly embraced the practice of transparent pricing.

We greet you and are pleased to present you the thirty first issue of AMFA Monthly Newsletter to improve our communication effectiveness. We hope you will find this Newsletter informative and relevant.

MFTransparency collects data country-by-country. In each country where we facilitate the transition to transparent pricing, we follow a systematic process, and our process in BiH provides a good example for understanding our procedure.

Oikocredit: Oikocredit has renewed its support of transparency in the microfinance industry, sponsoring MFTransparency for the second year running.

Microfinance Focus: MicroFinance Transparency (MFTransparency) will host a training workshop in Nairobi on oct. 19 in association with the 2009 AMT Microfinance Investor’s Fair to train industry professionals on pricing transparency and consumer protection. It will also mark the launch of MFTransparency’ s Transparent Pricing Initiative in Kenya.

MFTransparency will have a phased rollout of data from our first three countries over the three-week data launch period. More countries will be coming on-line in the coming months.

Gestión: MFTransparency has been featured in Peru’s leading daily business newspaper, Gestión, for providing a portal of pricing information on microfinance institutions in the country. Featuring quotes from Founder Chuck Waterfield, this article highlights MFTransparency’s contribution to consumer protection efforts and its upcoming data launch.

MFTransparency will host a training workshop in Nairobi at the InterContinental Hotel on the 19th of October, 2009 in conjunction with the 2009 AMT Microfinance Investor’s Fair. The workshop will train industry professionals on issues related to pricing transparency and consumer protection and will mark the launch of MFTransparency’s Transparent Pricing Initiative in Kenya.

On October 8th 2009 MFTransparency co-hosted a training workshop with the Azerbaijani Micro-finance Association (AMFA). The workshop trained industry professionals on issues related to pricing transparency and consumer protection and marked the launch of MFTransparency’s Transparent Pricing Initiative in Azerbaijan. View the presentation here.