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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Using various global datasets, this study quantifies the effect of financial inclusion and digital payments on income and individual government tax revenues to be an additional $4.1 trillion in the world economy.
Digital payments can promote broader development goals of the G20 countries, according to a new report by the World Bank Development Research Group.
700 million new accounts since 2011: The World Bank’s 2014 Global Findex findings
A new Better Than Cash Alliance and World Bank paper outlines factors for the financial exclusion of the elderly and explores how digital financial technology can help governments better prepare for global aging challenges.
On behalf of the United Nations’ Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Controller, announced that the UN Secretariat had just jo…
Mexico has been among the forerunners in tax digitalization, starting in the 1980s when it piloted digital Point of Sale (PoS) registration and invoicing.
H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance…
Blockchain Series: Blog 1…
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…
Below are the questions we often get asked about our Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines:…
Crossposted from the original post that appeared in The Economist Intelligence Unit…
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…
Our Peer-Exchange to Brazil was part of the Alliance’s response to the knowledge needs of member countries…
The Report Responsible Practices to Address Seven Major Risks in COVID-19 Digital Financial Transfers identifies seven heightened risks resulting from the speed and scale of COVID-19 digital transfer responses.
CRS Commits to Increase Electronic Payments to Strengthen Local Economies…
2012 the Better Than Cash Alliance was launched at an event at the Ford Foundation in New York….
Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
Digital initiative aimed at helping world’s poor…
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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 …