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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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…
Tax digitalization, when designed and implemented effectively, can deliver major benefits for society, reduce inequalities, and contribute to the financing of the SDGs.
Scaling digitization of payments for small and micro merchants by convening key stakeholders to co-create solutions.
Visa Joins Global Leaders In New Partnership To Promote Electronic Payments And Improve Lives
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…
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.
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
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.
Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
The Alliance Learning Series is developed to promote a culture of active sharing of learnings with members and other key stakeholders.
Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member.
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
Blockchain Series: Blog 5
Blockchain Series: Blog 3…
Interview with World Cocoa Foundation, Paul F. Macek, Vice President for Programs
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This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
By taking cash out of the equation, electronic transfers promise a faster, more secure and more transparent (so less corruptible) means of getting help.