We consider a holomorphic (singular) foliation F on a projective manifold X and a group G of birational transformations of X which preserve F (i.e. it permutes the set of leaves). We say that the transverse action of G is finite if some finite index subgroup of G fixes each leaf of F.In a joint work with J. V. Pereira, E. Rousseau and F. Touzet, we show finiteness for the group of birational transformations of general type foliations with tame singularities and transverse finiteness for (non-virtually euclidean) transversely projective foliations. In this talk I will focus on the latter result, time permitting, I will show how the presence of a transverse structure (projective, hyperbolic, spherical...) and the analysis of the resulting monodromy representation allow to reduce to the case of modular foliations on Shimura varieties and to conclude.[-]