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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Guest post by Shireen Santosham, GSMA Connected Women
2012 the Better Than Cash Alliance was launched at an event at the Ford Foundation in New York….
Visa Joins Global Leaders In New Partnership To Promote Electronic Payments And Improve Lives
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 …
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…
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.
Blockchain Series: Blog 5
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
Blockchain Series: Blog 1…
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Building capacity within government agencies that champion digital payments
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde is to be applauded for her recent leadership in the fight against corruption, and her recognition that there is an increasingly limited role for cash …
Across the global policy community, the jury is now in about the power of digital payments to drive financial inclusion, particularly for women and the poor; improve efficiency and transpare…
Transportation Series: Blog 3
As world leaders met at the U.N. General Assembly in New York last week, many discussions focused on how to ignite greater progress toward the SDGs.
Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
Citi helped to launch the Better Than Cash Alliance, a coalition of public, private and NGO partners.
$1.5 Million Grant Adds Momentum to Global Movement to Empower People and Grow Economies by Shifting from Cash to Electronic Payments…
Originally published on CGAP.org
The organization joins a UN-hosted alliance of governments, companies and international organizations to accelerate the move towards digitization of payments