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About Responsible Digital Payments

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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

Call to Action: Responsible Digital Payments to Accelerate Climate Action

Urgent measures needed to address climate vulnerability impacting 3.6 billion people, particularly women and marginalized groups.

In the Media

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

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Accelerating responsible digital payments for COVID-19 relief

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Queen Maxima gives speech about financial equality for International Women’s Day

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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

In the Media

Digitising tax could raise $300bn annually for developing counties, says report

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BETTER THAN CASH: Ruth Goodwin-Groen is inspiring social change with digital financial inclusion

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Role of digital finance in an aging world

A new Better Than Cash Alliance and World Bank paper outlines factors for the financial exclusion of the elderly and explores how digital financial technology can help governments better prepare for global aging challenges.

Newsletter

Ideas & Updates

Understanding Blockchain

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

Newsletter

Ideas & Updates

Celebrating Women’s Day!

This International Women’s Day, Marks & Spencer (M&S) is joining our Alliance to help advance the Sustainable Development Goals.

Newsletter

In the Media

The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2019

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Ideas & Updates

How UN organizations can boost their impact

In a new report, the Better Than Cash Alliance shows how improved digitization and harmonization can help UN agencies and partners make an even greater impact.

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In the Media

Is cash still relevant?

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Ideas & Updates

2018 highlights!

Here are highlights on how our global partnership ignited progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals through shifting to digital payments.

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In the Media

Cash Digitization: UN Collaboration, Coordination, and Harmonization Opportunities

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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.

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In the Media