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 ability to make and receive payments electronically has emerged, in recent years, as a technology hero during natural disasters and health pandemics. At a time when more people than ever…
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
By taking cash out of the equation, electronic transfers promise a faster, more secure and more transparent (so less corruptible) means of getting help.
An interview with the Ethical Tea Partnership: Jenny Costelloe, Executive Director & Liberal Seburikoko, Regional Director (Africa)
Opening new payment gateways for merchants presents risks but much greater opportunities. Striking the right balance between fostering innovative services and managing risk is crucial.
G20 EMPOWER summit ignites the vital role of digital finance in achieving gender equality
One Million Low-Income People to Reap Benefits of Digital Money
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 …
Transportation Series: Blog 3
by Tidar Wald, Government and Corporate Relations Specialist at Better Than Cash Alliance…
Globe’s subscribers can donate to the typhoon relief using their mobile phones.
Did you ever wonder why there is not an International Men’s Day? There actually is such a day, by the way—it’s on November 19th, but there aren’t too many people marking it with a night off …
A third of adults struggle to get by without basic financial services to protect against hardship and save for the future. Ruth Goodwin-Groen, of the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance, expl…
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…
Citi helped to launch the Better Than Cash Alliance, a coalition of public, private and NGO partners.
The Better Than Cash Alliance Is Out to Create a “Cash Lite” World…
From Peru to Rwanda to India, people, governments and businesses are increasingly making their payment transactions digitally, whether by mobile phone, by card or online.