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 Better Than Cash Alliance is introducing an occasional series on innovations that have the potential to reduce costs in digital payments. The first in this series is an article by Ryan Z…
Blockchain Series: Blog 5
The working paper discusses critical challenges in education finance and the innovations in digital finance, which plays an important role on the Sustainable Development Goal for education.
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…
This paper suggests policymakers and other stakeholders should leverage trends toward financially-inclusive e-payments as a means to achieve multiple potential objectives for bringing financial inlcusion to adolescent girls.
Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
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…
Blockchain Series: Blog 1…
Transportation Series: Blog 3
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…
Blockchain Series: Blog 4
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
Originally published on CGAP.org
Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
Blockchain Series: Blog 2…
The World Bank expects people to send USD$581 billion in remittances in 2014, through a network of banks and money transfer operators.
Our Peer-Exchange to Brazil was part of the Alliance’s response to the knowledge needs of member countries…
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 …