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Fight for light: Report on SDG-7

How digital payments can alleviate energy poverty
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Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

Building Inclusive Digital Payments Ecosystems: G20 Guidance Note for Governments

Endorsed by G20 Heads of State and Government, this guidance note supports the implementation of the G20 High-Level Principles for Digital Financial Inclusion in the context of inclusive digital payments ecosystems, reflecting lessons drawn from policy development and implementation initiatives undertaken in several countries.
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines

Below are the questions we often get asked about our Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines:…
Global Resources >> Industry Reports

The Global Findex Database 2017

The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk.
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UN report: Social network payments now reach nearly US $3 trillion in China

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Exchanging notes on one of the biggest ‘digital’ conditional cash transfer programs

Our Peer-Exchange to Brazil was part of the Alliance’s response to the knowledge needs of member countries…
Global Resources >> Toolkits

Digital Financial Services Toolkit Toolkit

The toolkits, available both in French and English, are designed for financial service providers (FSPs) who want to go digital.

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To improve the lives of nearly 2 million workers, H&M group will encourage suppliers to pay workers digitally

H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance…
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How Digital Payments Are Connecting People With Opportunities To Improve Their Lives

This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
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Watch: Making Digital Payments Safe for All

At today’s webinar, experts from Paytm in India, Tigo in Tanzania and the Banking Superintendency from Peru revealed key insights on how to responsibly navigate the transition from cash to d…
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Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines

The report identifies eight good practices for engaging with clients who are sending or receiving digital payments and who have previously been financially excluded or underserved.
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As Development Aid Evolves, Digitizing Tax Payments Can Have Dramatic Benefits for Emerging Economies

This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
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Newsflash: How can digital finance lead to a $3.7 trillion GDP boost by 2025?

New reports by McKinsey Global Institute and the Better Than Cash Alliance
Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

Accelerators to an Inclusive Digital Payments Ecosystem

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.
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New United Nations Study Maps Top 10 Ways Governments and Companies Can Create Digital Economies

For the first time, new evidence from 25 countries shows how governments and companies can move away from cash, as McKinsey Global Institute reveals a potential $3.7 trillion GDP boost…
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Responsible Digital Payments: Reducing the risks that come with new opportunities

From Peru to Rwanda to India, people, governments and businesses are increasingly making their payment transactions digitally, whether by mobile phone, by card or online.

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Global Resources >> Industry Reports

Alliance featured in Anatalya outcome document

This review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme shares best practices and challenges from initiatives implemented in areas related to productive capacity, infrastructure and energy, agriculture, food security and nutrition and rural development, economy, trade, etc
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Done Right, Digital Finance Could Transform Humanitarian Response

Originally published on CGAP.org
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Global Resources >> Industry Reports

Basel standard setter: improving payments infrastructure accelerates financial inclusion

The report attempts to understand the factors that drive awareness and interest among current non-users of digital payments in India and analyzes the experience of current users and dentify potential strategies to spur the adoption among these consumers and merchants.

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In the hands of women: A reflection on the gender gap in financial inclusion

Did you ever wonder why there is not an International Men’s Day? There actually is such a day, by the way—it’s on November 19th, but there aren’t too many people marking it with a night off …
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