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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The President of Tanzania, H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, as well as Ministers and other high level figures from Peru, Belgium, Bangladesh, Colombia, the Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and S…
As world leaders met at the U.N. General Assembly in New York last week, many discussions focused on how to ignite greater progress toward the SDGs.
Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
Governments Leading the Way: Digitizing Payments and Advancing Inclusive Finance to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Saturday 26 September, 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST, United Nations Head…
Development Research Group When the Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) was formed almost three years ago, about half of the world’s adult population had some type of bank account. Last week th…
The organization joins a UN-hosted alliance of governments, companies and international organizations to accelerate the move towards digitization of payments
Harvard Center for International Development (CID) hosts Better Than Cash Alliance on the CID Speaker Series Podcast. …
by Tidar Wald, Government and Corporate Relations Specialist at Better Than Cash Alliance…
By BTCA Communications Team…
H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance…
Crossposted from the original post that appeared in The Economist Intelligence Unit…
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…
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
ANTALYA, Turkey - How are phones and cards changing the ways the global poor access and manage their money, and what should governments and financial institutions do to ensure innovative pr…
Empowering People One Transaction at a Time: Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form “Better Than Cash Alliance” to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments
Around the world, 2.5 billion people lack access to formal financial services….
Did you ever wonder why there is not an International Men’s Day? There actually is such a day, by the way—it’s on November 19th, but there aren’t too many people marking it with a night off …
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…
This blog was originally published on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business…
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…