Transparency and security

IWCA Endorses Responsible Digital Payments to Accelerate Women's Economic Participation in Coffee Value Chain

The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.

How to shape inclusive financial ecosystems with interoperable QR codes

Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.

UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments in action > an online learning course!

Learn about the 9 principles and earn points toward becoming a Certified Digital Finance Practitioner

Creating transformational change for tea communities through responsible digital payments

An interview with the Ethical Tea Partnership: Jenny Costelloe, Executive Director & Liberal Seburikoko, Regional Director (Africa)

India’s leading trade union of self-employed women makes bold commitment on responsible digital payments to benefit its 2.1 million women members

India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) joins the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance

LEARNING SERIES >> Institutional capacity-building on digital payments is needed if recommendations are to achieve sustainable national transformation

Building capacity within government agencies that champion digital payments

LEARNING SERIES >> What will it take for small merchants to embrace digital payments?

Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.

The International Labour Organization commits to expanding the use of responsible digital payments to advance decent work

New partnership will result in promoting digital payments as an important tool to increase security, financial inclusion and economic opportunities in the workplace.

Distributed Ledger Technology: What Is It and Why Do We Care?

Blockchain Series: Blog 1…

Distributed Ledgers: Looking Past the Hype

Blockchain Series: Blog 2…

Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Identity: Prospects and Pitfalls Ahead

Blockchain Series: Blog 4

Distributing Production: Can Distributed Ledgers Fuel a New Wave of Supply-Chain Innovation?

Blockchain Series: Blog 5

In the IMF’s Fight Against Corruption, Digital Payments are a Powerful Weapon

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde is to be applauded for her recent leadership in the fight against corruption, and her recognition that there is an increasingly limited role for cash …

Marks & Spencer Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance on International Women’s Day

This International Women’s Day, Marks & Spencer (M&S) is joining the Better Than Cash Alliance to help advance the Sustainable Development Goals.

New Key to Help Unlock the Power of Digital Payments

Across the global policy community, the jury is now in about the power of digital payments to drive financial inclusion, particularly for women and the poor; improve efficiency and transpare…

How cities will win – digital payments and the future of smart

Transportation Series: Blog 3

Accelerating the SDGs: How Digital Finance Can Ignite Faster Progress Toward the Global Goals

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.

Why cash is a problem for businesses around the globe

This blog was originally published on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business…

The Future of Supply Chains: Why Companies are Digitizing Payments

New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.

Gap Inc. sets new goal for apparel suppliers to pay garment workers digitally by 2020