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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Blockchain Series: Blog 5
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
An interview with the Ethical Tea Partnership: Jenny Costelloe, Executive Director & Liberal Seburikoko, Regional Director (Africa)
Interview with World Cocoa Foundation, Paul F. Macek, Vice President for Programs
Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member.
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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…
In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.
Blockchain Series: Blog 3…
This blog was originally published on BSR.org…
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.
From Peru to Rwanda to India, people, governments and businesses are increasingly making their payment transactions digitally, whether by mobile phone, by card or online.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance to bring financial inclusion to rural communities
The organization joins a UN-hosted alliance of governments, companies and international organizations to accelerate the move towards digitization of 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…
Building capacity within government agencies that champion digital payments
The report identifies eight good practices for engaging with clients who are sending or receiving digital payments and who have previously been financially excluded or underserved.
Guest post by Marcos Bader…
In a significant step towards integrating social benefits into business strategy, the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance announced its newest member: Unilever.