O lançamento da Iniciativa para Preços Transparentes em Moçambique teve lugar no dia 23 de Agosto de 2011 em Maputo. Durante este evento, Alexandra Fiorillo, Vice Presidente & COO da MicroFinance Transparency, apresentou uma palestra técnica sobre a fixação de preços transparentes como elemento fundamental para a competitividade da indústria e da protecção dos clientes.

Microfinance Focus: Widespread adoption of the declining balance interest rate calculation method is better for microfinance borrowers, and the market as a whole.

BlueOrchard: “Pricing transparency is indispensable to improve MFI performance, attract capital and most importantly, protect the client and allow them to choose the best services for their needs.”

In October 2011, MFTransparency presented to social investors at a Credit Suisse Investor Conference. The problems of non-transparent pricing were highlighted together with the need for the investment community to take an active role in promoting pricing transparency.

Earlier this month MFTransparency hosted the African Microfinance Pricing Transparency Leadership Forum in Nairobi Kenya. This was the first event of its kind, bringing together policymakers, regulators, networks and a host of industry experts to discuss issues related to pricing transparency in African microfinance markets.

Oikocredit USA: This is a continuation of Oikocredit USA’s Microfinance Investor Education Series. Alexandra Fiorillo at MicroFinance Transparency presents her second installation of MFTransparency’s three-part series on pricing transparency. This installation will take us deeper into the lack of a single price for micro-loans.

MFTransparency’s financial education team in Rwanda has been learning a lot about the client perspective as we complete the first phase of our financial education pilot program. Through interviews and focus groups, we are learning directly from clients about the experience of making borrowing decisions based on price, and learning about what approaches to education are effective and which may be less effective.

FINCA: A new Microfinance CEO Working Group has been formed to promote strong consumer protection, meaningful transparency and development of industry standards of social performance management and measurement. The group supports MFTransparency as a critical component of this work.

Center for Financial Inclusion Blog: Last week, MFTransparency hosted the first “African Microfinance Pricing Transparency Leadership Forum” in Nairobi. The meeting was one of the more unique and encouraging microfinance events I’ve ever attended.

View the presentations from the MFTransparency ‘s African Microfinance Pricing Transparency Leadership Forum here