Announcing the start of the 2013 Transparent Pricing Initiative in Kenya. Inviting all Kenyan MFIs to promote transparency of microfinance pricing in Kenya.

Moroccan newspaper Aujourd’hui hails MFTransparency as a new champion for client protection in Morocco. Read the article on MFTransparency’s launch event of the Transparent Pricing Initiative in Morocco, in French, here.

In April 2013 MicroFinance Transparency launched the Transparent Pricing Initiative in Morocco, sponsored by NPM and delivered in partnership with Planet Rating and CMS. Morocco will be the first country in the MENA region in which MFTransparency has worked.

Helping to strengthen the microfinance market and improve consumer protection in Tanzania – we are pleased to announce the start of year’s Transparent Pricing Initiative in Tanzania.

Price caps are increasingly common in microfinance. Whether price caps have the intended impact of lowering microfinance prices and preventing the exploitation of borrowers is a hotly debated topic.

We are an independent NGO which promotes transparent pricing in the microfinance industry. We deliver positive solutions to the better the practices and impact of the microfinance industry.

Tanzania Daily News: Banks told to charge declining interest rates by Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society, using MicroFinance Transparency method of calculating interest rate.

MFTransparency presented on the topic of ”Transparency in Microfinance – The Client Perspective” at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management Microfinance Workshop. View this presentation here.

In June 2012, Chuck Waterfield presented on ‘How much is too much” as part of a discussion panel on growth, profit and compensation levels organized by Social Performance Task Force in Jordan. View the power point presentation here.

MFTransparency presented at the 6th Annual Penn Microfinance Conference on ‘’The Need for Policies to Motivate Responsible Practice in Microfinance”. View this presentation here.