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Perspectives on Accelerating Global Payment Acceptance

The report finds that infrastructure is one of the most critical parts of delivering electronic payments and also remains woefully lacking. At present about 43 percent of all consumer payments are made with cash.
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Industry Report

Basel standard setter: improving payments infrastructure accelerates financial inclusion

The report attempts to understand the factors that drive awareness and interest among current non-users of digital payments in India and analyzes the experience of current users and dentify potential strategies to spur the adoption among these consumers and merchants.

© © Better Than Cash Alliance
Industry Report

Finanzas digitales bien implementadas: Razones para mejorar la mitigación de los riesgos de los clientes

Well Implemented Digital Finance: Reasons to Improve Client Risk Mitigation (English translation)
Industry Report

A market-building approach to financial inclusion

The market- building approach discuses the virtous cycle tied to digital payment platforms proliferate, increase in value proposition, a broad customer base and yet more innovative services tailored to the needs of people previously unbanked.

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Industry Report

Launching a new toolkit: Digitising payments for businesses, governments and NGOs

The toolkit provides a comprehensive view of scale and nature of Mobile money opportunities; strategic considerations around interoperability and enabling third parties; further providing some insights and best practices around the same.
Industry Report

How new technologies affect small businesses – recent research findings from DCED Research

This DCED Research and Evidence Update compiles recent books, journal articles and studies that offer credible findings on the effectiveness of private sector development (PSD), reviews of c…
Industry Report

10 Better Than Cash Alliance members featured in the Brookings Scorecard on digital financial inclusion

Watch: Measuring progress on financial and digital inclusion

Kenya, a Better Than Cash Alliance Member, ranked first on [the Brookings Scorecard](http://www.broo…

© © Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Industry Report

Assessing risk in digital payments (Gates)

Since digital payments form the foundation for digital financial services, an approach to managing and regulating their risk is the first step. Significant literature exists that outlines th…
Industry Report

Elimination of blockages to financial inclusion drives economic growth

by Era Dabla-Norris, Yan Ji, Robert Townsend, and D. Filiz Unsal …
Industry Report

Federal Reserve strategies for improving the US payment system

According to the Federal Reserve’s recent paper, [“Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System”](https://fedpaymentsimprovement.org/wp-content/uploads/strategies-improving-us-payment-sy…

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Faster, cheaper and better regional payment integration

[SWIFT Institute researchers found](http://www.swiftinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/SWIFT-Institute-Working-Paper-No-2014-005-Cross-border-LVP-Regional-Integration-Lipis_v4-FINAL.pd…

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Authoritative guidance on “risk-based” banking

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global standard setter for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other threats to the financial system. Their [Risk-based Approach…
© ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Frederic Courbet
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IMF Fiscal Transparency Code aligns with BTCA goals

What do you think of the IMF’s new Fiscal Transparency Code for governments? Marco Cangiano, …

© ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Frederic Courbet
Industry Report

The Solidaridad Visa Prepaid Card Brings Relief to Dominican Citizens in Need

Millions of people in the Dominican Republic struggle with poverty and hunger. In the past, distributing food, fuel and medicine was slow, expensive and often didn’t reach the intended recip…