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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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…
World Economic Forum recognises electronic payments as a driver for financial inclusion
Digital payments can promote broader development goals of the G20 countries, according to a new report by the World Bank Development Research Group.
This study examines the three shifts to electronic payments and aggregates the findings of a range of studies about the benefits of electronic payment adoption.
Grameen Foundation became the newest member of the Better Than Cash Alliance by committing to continue transitioning to electronic payments through its mobile financial services and mobile agriculture efforts
As the world gets a progress report from the World Bank, the Alliance outlines 10 key reasons to be optimistic about the journey toward full financial inclusion.
Urgent measures needed to address climate vulnerability impacting 3.6 billion people, particularly women and marginalized groups.
Are you shifting from cash to electronic payments - or thinking about doing so?
This Guidebook provides an easy-to-use tool to understand how digital finance is helping addressing some of the challenges faced by smallholder farmers and includes some interesting use cases from Bangladesh, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
This paper identifies and discusses principles and applications of Blockchain that enhance trust, transparency, and auditability in Social Business (SB) activities. It outlines the challenges related to creating a native cryptocurrency for SB, and barriers to infrastructure and technology adoption by different SB stakeholders.
Water providers are shifting to digital payments to reduce expenses and streamline delivery. In this report, CGAP and GSMA share lessons learned from 25 organizations, including the challeng…
The global economy is experiencing important technological shifts, with the rise of digital technology a key driver. This can be seen today in the rapid growth of the digital economy, broadl…
Based on a sample of 62 developing countries, the paper provides empirical analysis showing increase in the use of FinTech has a positive effect on the level of financial inclusion, which in turn advance sustainable economic development.
New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.
Everything from the range of goods and services we buy to how we buy them has drastically shifted toward digital, bringing significant benefits to consumers, businesses and economies. As the…
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.
Les services financiers numériques offrent l’espoir d’aider le monde à se remettre des graves répercussions de la crise de la COVID-19.
Wharton Business Radio hosts Better Than Cash Alliance on the “Dollars and Change” podcast….