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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New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.
Blockchain Series: Blog 5
The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
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In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.
Reposted from the original Gates Foundation blog on Impatient Optimists. Until recently, achieving financial inclusion for the world’s unbanked poor was a pressing goal with perplexing obstacles.
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.
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…
Learn about the 9 principles and earn points toward becoming a Certified Digital Finance Practitioner
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…
Building capacity within government agencies that champion digital payments
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.
Guest post by Marcos Bader…
Use existing data sources and plan new research to estimate payment flows by government, businesses and individuals.
The challenges, opportunities, and priorities in designing effective tax and non-tax revenue payment digitization solutions.
For stakeholders engaged in the shift from cash to electronic payments, there is an ever-present appetite for data on progress.
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.
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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 …