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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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.
The devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have heightened the need for proven solutions to keep the Sustainable Development Goals within reach
The organization joins a UN-hosted alliance of governments, companies and international organizations to accelerate the move towards digitization of payments
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
An interview with the Ethical Tea Partnership: Jenny Costelloe, Executive Director & Liberal Seburikoko, Regional Director (Africa)
This International Women’s Day, Marks & Spencer (M&S) is joining our Alliance to help advance the Sustainable Development Goals.
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
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
The Alliance Learning Series is developed to promote a culture of active sharing of learnings with members and other key stakeholders.
$1.5 Million Grant Adds Momentum to Global Movement to Empower People and Grow Economies by Shifting from Cash to Electronic Payments…
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…
This Guidebook provides an easy-to-use tool to understand how digital finance is helping addressing some of the challenges faced by smallholder farmers and includes some interesting use cases from Bangladesh, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.
The global economy is experiencing important technological shifts, with the rise of digital technology a key driver. This can be seen today in the rapid growth of the digital economy, broadl…
New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.
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.
Scaling digitization of payments for small and micro merchants by convening key stakeholders to co-create solutions.
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…
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority