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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Urgent measures needed to address climate vulnerability impacting 3.6 billion people, particularly women and marginalized groups.
G20 leaders endorse our guidance document
This resource, comprising 9 overarching principles, serves as a guide for governments, companies & international orgs embracing responsible digital payments.
Building trust, mitigating risks and driving inclusive economies
This playbook discusses the various potential Value Added Services that could increase uptake of mobile retail payments in Tanzania and similar emerging markets.
The presentation provides ideas for digital payments to replace cash as the most used mode of retail merchants worldwide.
This report identifies critical barriers to the expansion of electronic payment acceptance and effective ways to address the challenges of building the ecosystem for payment acceptance among SMBs.
The Global Payment Systems Survey (GPSS) covers cross-country comparisons and assess progress in national payments system development. The latest iteration (2018) shows the number of cashless transactions per capita per year (globally) increased by 25% as compared to 2015.
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Successful digitization of P2G payments and its widespread adoption by users is achievable - but depends on the alignment of various important factors.
Interview with World Cocoa Foundation, Paul F. Macek, Vice President for Programs
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
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
Guest post by Marcos Bader…
This WEF report explores how redefining and measuring the way digital payments interact with one another can help drive economic growth and financial inclusion.