An infrastructure approach to improving Financial Inclusion

The Better Than Cash Alliance is introducing an occasional series on innovations that have the potential to reduce costs in digital payments. The first in this series is an article by Ryan Z…

A means to an end: The post-2015 future of financial inclusion

Financial inclusion is a means to an end – or many ends – rather than an end in itself.

World Bank finds electronic payments a key driver of financial inclusion

700 million new accounts since 2011: The World Bank’s 2014 Global Findex findings

Business Toolkit

Learn about how businesses like yours are benefiting from digital payments and how you can cut costs and improve efficiency.

Digital payments can empower women

Re-posted from the “Beyond the Transaction” Mastercard blog

Two challenges to help two billion reach financial security

Reposted from the original Gates Foundation blog on Impatient Optimists. Until recently, achieving financial inclusion for the world’s unbanked poor was a pressing goal with perplexing obstacles.

Going digital: keeping postal services as relevant as ever

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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…

Steering post offices globally towards digital financial services

The Universal Postal Union (UPU), the UN’s agency for postal services, has joined the Better Than Cash Alliance.

Elimination of blockages to financial inclusion drives economic growth

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

Electronic transfers in humanitarian response: Good news, bad news and how-to

By taking cash out of the equation, electronic transfers promise a faster, more secure and more transparent (so less corruptible) means of getting help.

The IRC joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is pleased to join the Better Than Cash Alliance, in support of our commitment to provide essential services within the first 72 hours of crisis.

Federal Reserve strategies for improving the US payment system

President Obama & PM Modi recognise Better Than Cash Alliance

In their joint statement, US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recognised India’s intent to join the Better Than Cash Alliance.

The Coca-Cola Company joins Better Than Cash Alliance to give more people access to electronic payments

Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance

The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance to bring financial inclusion to rural communities