During the past few months MFTransparency, has been offering direct trainings and technical assistance to MFIs participating in The Transparent Pricing Initiative in West Africa.

RESULTS: An interesting recent initiative that is opening up the interest rates charged in the sector to greater scrutiny is MicroFinance Transparency. Data is currently being collected for India, with 80 MFIs (including SKS) having provided data so far.

This short article presents the main points of the Philippine’s updated guidelines on the Truth in Lending Act to Enhance Pricing Transparency, released in July 2011.