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About Responsible Digital Payments

Define Digital Payments

Shifting payments from cash to digital has the potential to improve lives.

Responsible Digital Payments

By digitizing payments responsibly, we can swiftly reach financial equality.

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The Better Than Cash Alliance is a partnership of governments, companies, and international organizations that accelerates the transition from cash to digital payments in order to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Alliance Report

Scaling Responsible Digital Payments in the Indonesian Cocoa Sector

The Government of Indonesia, with the Indonesian cocoa sector and the Better Than Cash Alliance has conducted a first-of-its-kind sizing exercise to assess opportunities for digital financial inclusion for smallholder cocoa farmers.

Alliance Report

Call to Action: Responsible Digital Payments to Accelerate Climate Action

In the Media

Digital Payments Offer Enormous Opportunity for Ethiopia, Says Better Than Cash...

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We are the Better Than Cash Alliance - A video introduction to our work

Ideas & Updates

Central Bank of Jordan Launches Second National Financial Inclusion Strategy

Alliance Report

Country Diagnostic: Bangladesh (2022 edition)

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What are the challenges and opportunities of responsibly digitizing humanitarian payments?

Our latest report guides humanitarians to assess if and how digital payments can be effective

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Ideas & Updates

Generating potential government cost savings of US$1.1 billion

The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean have been severely affected by COVID-19, with a regional GDP contraction of 6.7%** according to the World Bank.

Newsletter

Ideas & Updates

Accelerating responsible digital payments for COVID-19 relief

The devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have heightened the need for proven solutions to keep the Sustainable Development Goals within reach

Newsletter

Ideas & Updates

Webinar recording > Managing Liquidity and Cash-Out for Social Payments During COVID-19

This webinar captured lessons on delivering vital government-to-person (G2P) payments that expands choice.

Newsletter

Ideas & Updates

Understanding Blockchain

Read the six-blog series that aims to foster a better understanding of the technology.

Newsletter

Ideas & Updates

Get in the fast lane through digital payments

In this 4-part blog series, we examine key aspects of the transportation sector: tolling, urban transit, and ride-sharing with a focus on emerging economies.

Newsletter

Ideas & Updates

G20 endorses the Alliance’s guidance note

G20 finance ministers call for open and inclusive digital payments infrastructures

Newsletter

Video

Responsible Digital Finance

New guidelines on Responsible Digital Financial Services will help fintech investors and digital finance innovators seize the opportunities, mitigate the risks, and ensure that digital financial services are responsible, sustainable, and profitable. Find out more in this short video interview.

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