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  • Jornada Iniciativa de Transparencia de Precios en Ecuador

    Published on November 10, 2010

    Portal de Microfinanzas: El proximo 30 de noviembre se celebrará en el Hotel Dann Carlton en Quito la Jornada Iniciativa de Transparencia de Precios en Ecuador organizada por MFTransparency, una iniciativa a escala mundial a favor de la asignación de precios transparentes y responsables en la industria de las microfinanzas.

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    Countries: Ecuador
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Data Collection, Pricing Initiative
  • MFTransparency to launch transparent pricing data in Ecuador

    Published on November 10, 2010

    Microfinance Focus: MFTransparency will host a conference for launching the data of the Transparent Pricing Initiative in Ecuador on November 30, 2010 in Quito, Ecuador. The event is organized in collaboration with the local microfinance network Red Financiera Rural (RFR)

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    Countries: Ecuador
    Category: External Media
    Tags: MFT Event, Pricing Initiative
  • Indian State Tightens Microcredit Rules Amid Suicide Scare

    Published on November 8, 2010

    Voice of America: Chuck Waterfield, the CEO of the U.S.-based MFTransparency says the questionable practices in Andhra Pradesh are affecting only a small percentage of India’s 50 million microfinance clients. But he says these loan-shark tactics are a byproduct of the increasing competition among microfinance lenders.

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    Countries: India
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Consumer Protection, Responsible Finance
  • MFTransparency to launch pricing data for microloans in Bolivia

    Published on October 21, 2010

    Microfinance Focus: MFTransparency will be hosting a conference on October 21, 2010 in La Paz, Bolivia to launch the pricing data it collected during the Transparent Pricing Initiative in the country as well as the progress of its other initiatives Latin America.

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    Countries: Bolivia
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Consumer Protection, MFT Event, Pricing Initiative, Responsible Finance
  • Microfinance sector advised to work on transparency

    Published on October 8, 2010

    Fast Company “The Latin American and Caribbean microfinance industry…will have to work hard to ensure transparency in its operations and its clients’ welfare,” Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno said today at Foromic 2010. MFTransparency spoke on the high profile panel on Consumer Protection and Responsible Finance that followed.

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    Countries: Uruguay
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Consumer Protection, Responsible Finance
  • MFTransparency partners with African Microfinance Network

    Published on September 30, 2010

    Microfinance Focus: MFTransparency and The Africa Microfinance Network (AFMIN) have announced their partnership to promote pricing transparency in microfinance throughout Africa.

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    Countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Data Collection, enab APR&EIR, MFT Event, Pricing Initiative
  • Can micro-finance help Africa meet the MDGs?

    Published on September 21, 2010

    Gender Links: Although microfinance has done a lot to help women in Africa, Vice President of MicroFinance Transparency, Alexandra Fiorillo, outlines certain concerns over lending.

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    Countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Consumer Protection, Responsible Finance
  • Expert calls for openness in micro-finance lending

    Published on September 2, 2010

    Daily Times Malawi: Alexandra Fiorillo, Vice President of an international organization called MicroFinance Transparency, said in Lilongwe on Tuesday that transparency among the microfinance institutions could also earn them confidence among the public, government and donors.

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    Category: External Media
    Tags: Consumer Protection, Responsible Finance
  • Entrevista entre MFTransparency y Banco FIE en Bolivia

    Published on August 20, 2010

    Portal de Microfinanzas: MFTransparency conversó con Katya Collao Grandi, Jefe de Responsabilidad Socia Empresarial y Andrés Urquidi Selich, Gerente Nacional Comercial de Banco FIE sobre la situación actual con respecto a la transparencia de precios en Bolivia, el Código de Etica de Banco FIE y su compromiso social, así como los beneficios y desafíos de la Iniciativa de MFTransparency en Bolivia.

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    Countries: Bolivia
    Category: External Media
    Tags: Consumer Protection, Responsible Finance