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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New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.
Leading consumer goods company and sustainability champion Unilever has committed to transition away from cash throughout its value chain.
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…
This paper reviews 25 countries where digitization has had great impact and reveals 10 tangible steps, or “accelerators,” that governments and companies can take to build inclusive digital economies.
Initiative Launched to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments for the Poor…
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…
Digital payments can promote broader development goals of the G20 countries, according to a new report by the World Bank Development Research Group.
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.
By BTCA Communications Team…
by Tidar Wald, Government and Corporate Relations Specialist at Better Than Cash Alliance…
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
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…
International Women’s Day Edition
Gap Inc. joins the Better Than Cash Alliance with a bold digitization goal
COVID-19 is causing unprecedented health, economic and social crises and threatens the poverty and inclusion gains that have been made over the last decade.
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 …