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Visa Joins Global Leaders In New Partnership

Visa Joins Global Leaders In New Partnership To Promote Electronic Payments And Improve Lives

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ACDI/VOCA: Why Electronic Payments are Game-Changing for Development Practitioners

At ACDI/VOCA we see firsthand how technological innovations are revolutionizing approaches to global economic development. This is particularly true for electronic payments. Around 2.5 billi…
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Joining Central Bankers to Focus on Innovations in Consumer Payments

The World Bank and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) recently hosted the Third Meeting of the CPSS – World Bank Retail Payments Forum in Perugia, Italy.

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MEDA Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

Pledges to Improve Access to Finance and Markets for the Poor by Supporting Shift to Electronic Payments…
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Share Your Thoughts: What Are “Responsible” Digital Payments?

At the Better Than Cash Alliance Secretariat we are starting to think what responsible digital payments mean for our members and stakeholders and want to ask your opinion. 
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WSBI contributes its expertise to the Better Than Cash Alliance in shifting cash to electronic payments

In joining the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute will work to increase the number of electronic transactions undertaken throughout its global membersh…
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Catholic Relief Services Joins Better Than Cash Alliance

CRS Commits to Increase Electronic Payments to Strengthen Local Economies…
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Davos Shines a Light on Financial Inclusion Via Electronic Payments

World Economic Forum recognises electronic payments as a driver for financial inclusion
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Women’s World Banking Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

One Million Low-Income People to Reap Benefits of Digital Money
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BTCA Becomes an Implementing Partner of the G20′s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion

A Q&A with Dr. Ruth Goodwin-Groen on the Better Than Cash Alliance’s Important New Role
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Is Cash the Enemy of Financial Inclusion?

The Better Than Cash Alliance, hosted by UNCDF, gathered with colleagues at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Council of Governors Annual Meeting last month in Urubamba, Peru….
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USAID ePayments Toolkit Toolkit

A Toolkit for USAID Implementing Partners and Development Organizations
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Paving the Way for Responsible Digital Finance

By Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, UNCDF, Advisor, Better Than Cash Alliance
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World Bank Report: Digital payments vital to economic growth

Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
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Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance

Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
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What Apple Pay Adds to the Electronic Payments Landscape

Guest post by Marcos Bader…
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Twitter Chat: Digital Payments in Developing Countries

Join the Better Than Cash Alliance and our partners for an online discussion about safety and transparency in digital payments.
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The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance

The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance to bring financial inclusion to rural communities
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Electronic transfers in humanitarian response: Good news, bad news and how-to

By taking cash out of the equation, electronic transfers promise a faster, more secure and more transparent (so less corruptible) means of getting help.
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Two challenges to help two billion reach financial security

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.