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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By Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, UNCDF, Advisor, Better Than Cash Alliance
Below are the questions we often get asked about our Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines:…
Our Peer-Exchange to Brazil was part of the Alliance’s response to the knowledge needs of member countries…
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…
Visa Joins Global Leaders In New Partnership To Promote Electronic Payments And Improve Lives
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…
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
Building capacity within government agencies that champion digital payments
Blockchain Series: Blog 1…
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.
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.
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…
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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