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 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.
This report discusses Tienda Pago’s Digital Solution for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods.
Introduction: Framing of our blog series on distributed ledger technology…
Blockchain Series: Blog 2…
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…
G20 finance ministers call for open and inclusive digital payments infrastructures
This blog was originally published on BSR.org…
This blog was originally published on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business…
Leading consumer goods company and sustainability champion Unilever has committed to transition away from cash throughout its value chain.
How digital payments can alleviate energy poverty
H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance…
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…
This DCED Research and Evidence Update compiles recent books, journal articles and studies that offer credible findings on the effectiveness of private sector development (PSD), reviews of c…
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…
Guest post by Marcos Bader…
The Better Than Cash Alliance, hosted by UNCDF, gathered with colleagues at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Council of Governors Annual Meeting last month in Urubamba, Peru….
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…