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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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.
Re-posted from the “Beyond the Transaction” Mastercard blog
By Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, UNCDF, Advisor, Better Than Cash Alliance
Guest post by Shireen Santosham, GSMA Connected Women
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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Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
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…
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 …
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.
Originally published on CGAP.org
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Lessons from developing diagnostics and strategies with Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Philippines, and Senegal
by Tidar Wald, Government and Corporate Relations Specialist at Better Than Cash Alliance…
India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) joins the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance
Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.