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Ideas & Updates

The Better Than Cash Journey: Colombia & Malawi

This is the second in a series of articles written by Maura Hart on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members. These highlights capture the innovative work by governments, businesses and development organizations to fulfill their commitment to transition from cash to digital payments.
Ideas & Updates

Grupo Bimbo joins the Better Than Cash Alliance to help small businesses in Mexico boost profits

Through Red Qiubo, Grupo Bimbo provides small businesses with the necessary technology to accept digital payments in their operations.
© CGAP
Industry Report

DaviPlata: Taking Mobile G2P Payments to Scale in Colombia

This CGAP research paper describes the key challenges Davivienda, a Colombian bank faced through the journey to delivery G2P payments over mobile: how the service delivery model had to be ad…
© ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Frederic Courbet
Ideas & Updates

Toward a cash-free world with the Global Findex

Development Research Group When the Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) was formed almost three years ago, about half of the world’s adult population had some type of bank account. Last week th…
Ideas & Updates

Saving $15.5 million by replacing cash with cards for Colombian coffee farmers

Two case studies from the Better Than Cash Alliance present innovations from Colombia’s digital payments ecosystem
Ideas & Updates

Digitization of payments in Mexico saves billions

The Mexican government is saving an estimated US$ 1.27 billion per year, or 3.3 percent of its total expenditure, on wages, pensions and social transfers. How? By digitizing and centralizing…
Ideas & Updates

Build on progress made in Colombia’s shift to electronic payments, says Better Than Cash study

Building an inclusive financial ecosystem is critical to accelerating the shift away from cash in Colombia and Latin America…
Ideas & Updates

Event: Achieving an Ecosystem Approach to Digital Payments in Colombia

On Tuesday, January 27th, the Better Than Cash Alliance along with the Departamento para la Proseridad and MINHACIENDA hosted an event in Bogota
Alliance Report

Country Diagnostic: Colombia

This diagnostic measures the current state of the transition to electronic payments by estimating volumes and values of payments made in Colombia, as well as assessing the likelihood of further movement by looking at payment use cases associated with each key shift.
Alliance Report

Colombia’s Coffee Growers’ Smart ID Card: Successfully Reaching Rural Communities with Digital Payments

This case study is the first to examine a shift to electronic payments in a large-scale rural business-to- business context.

Alliance Report

Colombia’s Online E-Payments Platform: Private Sector Innovation Inspired by Government Vision

This case study draws on interviews with ACH Colombia’s management as well as representatives of PSE’s stakeholders and users.
© © Visa Mexico City
Ideas & Updates

Digitization Helps Small Merchants Keep Jobs and Profits in Mexico

Guest post by Alicia Rendon Contro, Grupo Bimbo
Ideas & Updates

Towards a Stronger Digital Financial Ecosystem in Peru

The Better Than Cash Alliance supports a unique initiative of the Peruvian Banker’s Association (ASBANC) that brings together banks and major telecom operators…
© ©Colin Crowley, Creative Commons
Ideas & Updates

Is Cash the Enemy of Financial Inclusion?

The Better Than Cash Alliance, hosted by UNCDF, gathered with colleagues at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Council of Governors Annual Meeting last month in Urubamba, Peru….