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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Blockchain Series: Blog 2…
Re-posted from the “Beyond the Transaction” Mastercard blog
Below are the questions we often get asked about our Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines:…
Guest post by Shireen Santosham, GSMA Connected Women
ANTALYA, Turkey - How are phones and cards changing the ways the global poor access and manage their money, and what should governments and financial institutions do to ensure innovative pr…
Our Peer-Exchange to Brazil was part of the Alliance’s response to the knowledge needs of member countries…
Visa Joins Global Leaders In New Partnership To Promote Electronic Payments And Improve Lives
2012 the Better Than Cash Alliance was launched at an event at the Ford Foundation in New York….
Blockchain Series: Blog 5
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.
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 …
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
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…
Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion Key to Poverty Alleviation and Economic Growth, say World Leaders…
Budget Under-Secretary Richard Bon Moya knew he was being ambitious. The goal was to shift all the financial transactions of the Filipino Government to a digital format—and to do it in five …
World Economic Forum recognises electronic payments as a driver for financial inclusion
The World Bank expects people to send USD$581 billion in remittances in 2014, through a network of banks and money transfer operators.
Building capacity within government agencies that champion digital payments
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Blockchain Series: Blog 1…