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 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.
The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk.
Moody’s Economy.com recently completed a study to measure the economic impact of the shift from cash and checks to digital currency in 51 economies worldwide….
Today, over half of the world population lives in cities. By 2050, this number will increase to two-thirds. In this context, this study looks at the net benefits associated with adopting digital payments at the city-level.
In looking at ways to bring financial services to the more than two billion people outside formal financial systems, often the focus has been on piecemeal efforts to improve specific element…
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
On behalf of the United Nations’ Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Controller, announced that the UN Secretariat had just jo…
In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.
Mexico has been among the forerunners in tax digitalization, starting in the 1980s when it piloted digital Point of Sale (PoS) registration and invoicing.
H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance…
A Toolkit for USAID Implementing Partners and Development Organizations
A compilation of what we have learnt from supporting country diagnostic reports and national strategies, merchant payments (P2B) and Person to Government (P2G) payments.
Blockchain Series: Blog 1…
New Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion Advocacy Hub to Champion Equal Access to Digital Financial Services for Women.
Blockchain Series: Blog 4
Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Les services financiers numériques offrent l’espoir d’aider le monde à se remettre des graves répercussions de la crise de la COVID-19.
Digital financial services offer real hope to help the world get back on track from the severe negative impacts from COVID-19.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance to bring financial inclusion to rural communities
The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.