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Transforming Financial Systems for the Poor: Report Shows Digital Advances Can Unlock Cost Savings of 90 Percent

In looking at ways to bring financial services to the more than two billion people outside formal financial systems, often the focus has been on piecemeal efforts to improve specific element…
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MasterCard Joins Better Than Cash Alliance

$1.5 Million Grant Adds Momentum to Global Movement to Empower People and Grow Economies by Shifting from Cash to Electronic Payments…
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Digital payments as transformative as new vaccines?

News from BTCA financial inclusion UN General Assembly week event
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Share Your Thoughts: What Are “Responsible” Digital Payments?

The Better Than Cash Alliance and UNCDF participated a meeting of the Responsible Finance Community of Practice (CoP) on June 25th 2013 in Berlin, Germany.
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Share Your Thoughts: What Are “Responsible” Digital Payments?

At the Better Than Cash Alliance Secretariat we are starting to think what responsible digital payments mean for our members and stakeholders and want to ask your opinion. 
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MEDA Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

Pledges to Improve Access to Finance and Markets for the Poor by Supporting Shift to Electronic Payments…
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Joining Central Bankers to Focus on Innovations in Consumer Payments

The World Bank and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) recently hosted the Third Meeting of the CPSS – World Bank Retail Payments Forum in Perugia, Italy.

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Grameen Foundation Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

Grameen Foundation Joins Better Than Cash Alliance; Pledges to Address Poverty by Shifting to Electronic Payments…
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ACDI/VOCA Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

ACDI/VOCA Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance — Pledges to Address Poverty and Grow the Economy by Shifting to Electronic Payments …
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ACDI/VOCA, an international development organization, joined the Better Than Cash Alliance

The Better Than Cash Alliance continues to achieve momentum in raising awareness about the benefits of digitizing cash payments to people.

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Payment Cards and Economic Growth: The Positive Economic Impact of Digital Currency

Moody’s Economy.com recently completed a study to measure the economic impact of the shift from cash and checks to digital currency in 51 economies worldwide….
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The Global Movement of Electronic Payments at WEF

At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, the Better Than Cash Alliance hosted a roundtable discussion with Juan Jiménez Mayor, Prime Minister, Republic…
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Better Than Cash Alliance Names Ruth Goodwin-Groen as Managing Director

Alliance Accelerates Work to Transition from Cash to Electronic Payments Worldwide…
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Citi Helps Launch Better Than Cash Alliance, Accelerating Transition to E-payments

Citi helped to launch the Better Than Cash Alliance, a coalition of public, private and NGO partners.
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Ruth Goodwin-Groen Named as Managing Director

Alliance Accelerates Work to Transition from Cash to Electronic Payments Worldwide…
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What’s Better than Cash?

“We are excited to be joining our partners in announcing the Better than Cash Alliance today. Committed to moving the global community onto electronic payments in place of physical cash, the…
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Initiative Launched to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments for the Poor

Initiative Launched to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments for the Poor…
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Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’

Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
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Is Cash the Enemy of the Poor?

In wealthy countries, most people conduct their financial activity in digital form; money and value is stored virtually and transferred instantaneously with a touch of a button.
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Digital initiative aimed at helping world’s poor

Digital initiative aimed at helping world’s poor…