The World Bank - 'Model Law for Best Practice in Financial Consumer Protection': An important driver for Universal Financial Access

New Perimeter worked in collaboration with the Microfinance CEO Working Group and published Client Protection Principles: Model Law and Commentary for Financial Consumer Protection, which provides a framework of suggested legislation for financial consumer protection in the microfinance and broader financial inclusion industry. The World Bank comments that it has "... potential to be a useful resource for the many developing and emerging economies that are seeking to design and implement international best practices in financial consumer protection..."

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