International organizations

2023 Annual Report

Scaling responsible digital payments to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly financial equality for women

Our work in Africa

Discover our action-focused advocacy work through the continent, as well as our member advisory initiatives in Africa.

Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) extends its engagement to promote the scale of responsible digital payments across its member countries

The Arab Monetary Fund, a regional financial organization, joins the United Nations-Better Than Cash Alliance.

LEARNING SERIES >> How to scale up digital wages in line with the UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments

Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal

Tea time: International Tea Day 2022

International Tea Day 2022: Coming together to create a sustainable tea sector

LEARNING SERIES >> Progress on the journey to financial equality 

What being gender intentional has taught us about advancing digital financial equality for women. 

2021 Annual Report - Responsible digital payments: accelerating progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and rebuilding inclusive economies

The impressive achievements of our Alliance members, working together with the Secretariat, are highlighted in our 2021 Annual Report.

Digitizing payments in the Ghana cocoa sector: The path to financial equality

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievements of our members one year on from Reaching Financial Equality for Women, to ensure stronger economies that build on the strengths of women and girls.

LEARNING SERIES >> Government ownership and leadership over digitization – critical to driving and scaling up digital payments

Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority

اجتماع حول توسيع نطاق رقمنة الأجور للمساعدة بحماية حقوق العمال

Jordan’s garment sector commits to digitizing wages responsibly to promote decent work

Jordan demonstrates leadership by taking on the wage digitization agenda to advance decent work and inclusive economic growth

West Africa launches new payments digitization agenda

Media release from the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Bank and the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD)

L’Afrique de l’Ouest lance un nouvel agenda de numérisation des paiements

Communiqué de presse de Better Than Cash Alliance, la Banque mondiale et l’Agence Nationale des Statistiques du Sénégal (ANSD)

FAO pledges to scale up direct use of digital financial transfers

Director-General says joining the Better Than Cash Alliance is part of stimulating more innovation and financial inclusion for smallholders

Sudan embraces digital payments to build a more inclusive economy

Sudan Joins United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to Drive Financial Inclusion and Transparency

Senegal: tech helps boost access to health to leave poverty behind

This blog post was originally published in the Action 2030 Blog on unsdg.un.org.

Paying Across Borders: Can Distributed Ledgers Bring Us Closer Together?

Blockchain Series: Blog 6

Ethiopia: “Mobile money doubled my number of customers in just three years”

In Addis Ababa, the vibrant Ethiopian capital, lies a busy Somali community market where Bisharo runs a small shop.