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 Accelerates Work to Transition from Cash to Electronic Payments Worldwide…
This paper reviews 25 countries where digitization has had great impact and reveals 10 tangible steps, or “accelerators,” that governments and companies can take to build inclusive digital economies.
A round-up of some of our biggest successes in 2016
500 million reasons to digitize tax payments
New reports by McKinsey Global Institute and the Better Than Cash Alliance
500 million Indian smartphone users in next 5 years: a huge market for digital payments
A new animation and working paper, developed by the Alliance, seek to better explain inclusive digital payment ecosystems.
700 million new accounts since 2011: The World Bank’s 2014 Global Findex findings
Over the past five years, mobile money has gained traction in South Asia, which is experiencing an average annual growth rate of 46 percent in mobile money accounts—the highest across all regions. For more details check out IMF’s 2019 Financial Access Survey that was released last week
Digital payments can promote broader development goals of the G20 countries, according to a new report by the World Bank Development Research Group.
Banks are closing MTO accounts as risks increase amid a shifting regulatory environment.
Are you shifting from cash to electronic payments - or thinking about doing so?
Exciting study results on the Mexican government’s shift to e-payments
News from BTCA financial inclusion UN General Assembly week event
This paper follows a quasi-experimental research design to assess the impact of the electronic payment system of Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera (POP) programme.
It sets a model for an enabling environment for financial inclusion across five domains: 1. Government and Policy Support; 2. Stability and Integrity; 3. Products and Outlets; 4. Consumer Pr…
In December 2017, there were over 2.9 million active agents and 690 million registered customer accounts worldwide. Primarily responsible for registering customer accounts, mobile money agen…
The mobile money industry is now processing a billion dollars a day and generating direct revenues of over $2.4 billion. With 690 million registered accounts worldwide, mobile money has evol…
Governments can capture about 20% of leakages over several years of concentrated effort using digital payment data, alternative data sources, and advanced analytics. Worldwide, that represe…
This is the fourth 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.