CPPs of Cambodian Microfinance


To Promote the Client Protection Principles for Microfinance in Cambodia The IDG Banking and Finance Cambodia conference took place on 9 - 10 February 2012. During the conference a number of microfinance topics were presented by different MFI representatives. A panel discussion was then conducted with Mr. Say Sony (Prasac), Dr. Bun Mony (Sathapana), and Mr. Rath Sarun (HKL). The panel members discussed the importance of the following Client Protection Principles:

  1. Appropriate product design and delivery

    2. Providers will take adequate care to design products and delivery channels in such a way that they do not cause clients harm. Products and delivery channels will be designed with client characteristics taken into account.

  2. Prevention of over-indebtedness

    3. Providers will take adequate care in all phases of their credit process to determine that clients have the capacity to repay without becoming over-indebted. In addition, providers will implement and monitor internal systems that support prevention of over-indebtedness and will foster efforts to improve market level credit risk management (such as credit information sharing).

  3. Transparency

    4. Providers will communicate clear, sufficient and timely information in a manner and language clients can understand so that clients can make informed decisions. The need for transparent information on pricing, terms and conditions of products is highlighted.

  4. Responsible pricing

    5. Pricing, terms and conditions will be set in a way that is affordable to clients while allowing for financial institutions to be sustainable. Providers will strive to provide positive real returns on deposits.

  5. Fair and respectful treatment of clients

    6. Financial service providers and their agents will treat their clients fairly and respectfully. They will not discriminate. Providers will ensure adequate safeguards to detect and correct corruption as well as aggressive or abusive treatment by their staff and agents, particularly during the loan sales and debt collection processes.

  6. Privacy of client data

    7. The privacy of individual client data will be respected in accordance with the laws and regulations of individual jurisdictions. Such data will only be used for the purposes specified at the time the information is collected or as permitted by law, unless otherwise agreed with the client.

  7. Mechanisms for complaint resolution

    8. Providers will have in place timely and responsive mechanisms for complaints and problem resolution for their clients and will use these mechanisms both to resolve individual problems and to improve their products and services.
More information about these principles can be found on the Smart Campaign website and here:
Detailed Guidance on the Client Protection Principles


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