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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Millions of people in the Dominican Republic struggle with poverty and hunger. In the past, distributing food, fuel and medicine was slow, expensive and often didn’t reach the intended recip…
The Better Than Cash Alliance Is Out to Create a “Cash Lite” World…
ACDI/VOCA Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance — Pledges to Address Poverty and Grow the Economy by Shifting to Electronic Payments …
Grameen Foundation Joins Better Than Cash Alliance; Pledges to Address Poverty by Shifting to Electronic Payments…
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…
Pledges to Improve Access to Finance and Markets for the Poor by Supporting Shift to Electronic Payments…
In joining the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute will work to increase the number of electronic transactions undertaken throughout its global membersh…
CRS Commits to Increase Electronic Payments to Strengthen Local Economies…
Banks are closing MTO accounts as risks increase amid a shifting regulatory environment.
The Alliance is supporting ASBANC to help launch the platform as soon as possible with the endorsement of the National Financial Inclusion Commission.
Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
According to the Federal Reserve’s recent paper, [“Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System”](https://fedpaymentsimprovement.org/wp-content/uploads/strategies-improving-us-payment-sy…
by Era Dabla-Norris, Yan Ji, Robert Townsend, and D. Filiz Unsal …
Since digital payments form the foundation for digital financial services, an approach to managing and regulating their risk is the first step. Significant literature exists that outlines th…
700 million new accounts since 2011: The World Bank’s 2014 Global Findex findings
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…
Crossposted from the original post that appeared in The Economist Intelligence Unit…
Watch: Measuring progress on financial and digital inclusion
Kenya, a Better Than Cash Alliance Member, ranked first on [the Brookings Scorecard](http://www.broo…
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…