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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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.
Scaling digitization of payments for small and micro merchants by convening key stakeholders to co-create solutions.
The Better Than Cash Alliance, hosted by UNCDF, gathered with colleagues at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Council of Governors Annual Meeting last month in Urubamba, Peru….
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.
The case studies reveal how each country developed their programme, current delivery & payment, and the costs and benefits of using e-payments.
A new animation and working paper, developed by the Alliance, seek to better explain inclusive digital payment ecosystems.
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) joins the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance
New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.
Through Red Qiubo, Grupo Bimbo provides small businesses with the necessary technology to accept digital payments in their operations.
Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
Blockchain Series: Blog 6
Blockchain Series: Blog 4
Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member.
Our Peer-Exchange to Brazil was part of the Alliance’s response to the knowledge needs of member countries…
By Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, UNCDF, Advisor, Better Than Cash Alliance