MFTransparency, in partnership with Planet Rating and under the sponsorship of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), will host the second African Microfinance Pricing Transparency Leadership Forum in Nairobi, Kenya from June 18th – 19th 2013.

Yesterday saw the launch of a worldwide effort to build momentum and commitment to financial inclusion and to responsible finance – the Global Appeal for Responsible Microfinance. Please join us in endorsing this and to committing to responsible practices within microfinance.

A question that I am regularly asked is: “Why are you negative about IPOs?”. To answer that question, I’ll need to first talk about my views on profit in microfinance.

SNS Impact Investing – Now that the fog is lift­ing on pri­cing, MFTransparency can now shift into “Phase II” – using a bet­ter under­stand­ing of pri­cing to have all stake­hold­ers make wiser decisions.

In September 2012 MFTransparency hosted a popular webinar, educating hundreds of industry stakeholders about the price curve in microfinance.

In July 2012 MFTransparency delivered a series of training sessions to European microfinance investors, one of which was Incofin. Incofin reiterated its engagement to keep on motivating MFIs to maximize transparent pricing.

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 on Pricing, Profits, Financing and Responsible Practice at the Microlumbia 5th Annual Microfinance Conference. View the presentation here.

MFTransparency presented at the 4th Annual San Diego Microfinance Summit, discussing how transparent pricing is essential for responsible finance. View this presentation here.

In April 2012, MFTransparency presented at a training webinar organized by Social Performance Task Force on understanding the prices charged by Microfinance Institutions. View the presentation here.