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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The blog captures what have been done so far by international Standard Setting Bodies (SSBs) to incorporate aspects of financial exclusion and recommends a broad plan and concrete steps to move ahead for FATF and SSBs.
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.
What are the key barriers to success in the mobile phone-enabled utility space? In this report, GSMA shares key trends and insights from its work with more than 40 organizations operating primarily in our member countries in Africa and Asia.
The report establishes how the mobile industry impacts the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and provides a set of commitments that will ensure that the SDGs are an enduring influence on our industry’s roadmap.
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…
The working paper discusses critical challenges in education finance and the innovations in digital finance, which plays an important role on the Sustainable Development Goal for education.
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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.
Although cashless payment instruments have been available in Mexico for some time, their rate of adoption was not remarkably fast, until the last 15 years. This chapter seeks to document this phenomenon and discuss some hypotheses on why the adoption rate is still low.
This document describes the background and functioning of the Bank issued contactless payment card.
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…
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
The report charts the story of mobile money covering a decade of progress, industry lessons,impact and the future of the industry.
H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance…
The toolkits, available both in French and English, are designed for financial service providers (FSPs) who want to go digital.
This report provides insights from the Digital Money Index, which tracks the development of digital money readiness in 84 countries. It shows a 5.5% improvement in overall digital money readiness over the last five years.
Our Peer-Exchange to Brazil was part of the Alliance’s response to the knowledge needs of member countries…
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The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk.
The report provides evidence on role of financial inclusion in bringing efficiencies to emergency transfers through digital and mobile distribution channels.