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.
Filtered
Scaling responsible digital payments to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly financial equality for women
Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.
In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.
New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.
India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) joins the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance
Tax digitalization, when designed and implemented effectively, can deliver major benefits for society, reduce inequalities, and contribute to the financing of the SDGs.
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Scaling digitization of payments for small and micro merchants by convening key stakeholders to co-create solutions.
A new Center for Global Development policy paper explores the linkages between digitalization of payments and effective PFM systems.
Blockchain Series: Blog 4
Joint report by the Better Than Cash Alliance, the Center for Global Development, and the Overseas Development Institute, building on work with the International Monetary Fund in 2017.
A case study on three countries Sweden, United States and India is conducted to survey variations in costs for cash and card instruments in economies that have varying extents of cash in cir…
g
Our Peer-Exchange to Brazil was part of the Alliance’s response to the knowledge needs of member countries…
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.
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
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.