What are MFTransparency Sponsors?

Sponsors support our mission and financially support MFTransparency’s work to see fair and transparent pricing in the microfinance industry. This funding from Sponsors makes a significant impact by allowing MFTransparency to expand its operations to additional countries and be able to continue to work for a more efficient market that will benefit millions of poor people.

All Sponsors are recognized by MFTransparency for their efforts to improve transparency in the microfinance industry.

We are in the process of determining how to add value to Sponsors of MFTransparency. Some options we are developing include a platform for profiling, exchanging ideas, and discussing issues regarding product pricing and interest rates, as well as networking opportunities. If you have other suggestions, please contact sponsor@mftransparency.org.

Your valuable funding will allow MFTransparency to carry out its dual goals:

Provide Objective and Verifiable Information – Collect, calculate, and present information on credit products and their prices in a clear and consistent fashion so that communication is enhanced between suppliers and consumers of microcredit products, as well as for other stakeholders.

To do so globally is an ambitious task. With sufficient funding, we plan to gather information on 5,000 MFIs operating in over 75 countries around the globe. With each MFI offering an average of three credit products, we expect to collect and report pricing information on 15,000 microcredit products!

Educate Stakeholders – Develop and disseminate straightforward educational material to enable all microfinance stakeholders to better understand the concept and function of interest rates and product pricing.

An important part of MFTransparency’s role is education. With a more educated industry and public on issues surrounding interest rates and pricing we will be able to respond more consistently and clearly to unfair and misinformed criticism towards microfinance.