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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Around 40 companies and organizations share insights and lessons on how digitizing supply chain payments has a profound impact on global businesses, economies, and individuals.
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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…
New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.
Grupo Bimbo identified digitization as a key element to help merchants remain competitive against modern retail stories in Mexico….
The National Dairy Development Board digitized its payments to dairy farmers – unlocking significant business and social benefits.
Gap Inc. has helped improve factory performance and promoted worker well-being by digitizing salaries for factory workers in India.
Unilever partnered with Mastercard and Kenya Commercial Bank to develop a digital working capital platform helping small merchants grow sale in Kenya, called Jaza Duka.
Interview with World Cocoa Foundation, Paul F. Macek, Vice President for Programs
Gap Inc. joins the Better Than Cash Alliance with a bold digitization goal
Joins UN-based Better than Cash Alliance to Promote Financial Inclusion and Greater Supply Chain Transparency and Efficiency…
The use of digital cards for government safety net transfers enhanced women’s decision-making power in the household and led to a 92% increase in women’s likelihood of participating in the l…
A water payment’s digitization project resulted in tripling water utility payments and reducing water collection waiting time from 3 hour to 10 minutes on average within a year, benefitting …
The handbook emphasizes the financial opportunities made possible by digital banking, such as financial inclusion and impact investing and summaries standard models of various new technologies.
This paper includes an extensive literature review on Mobile financial Services (MFS)and provides an overview of existing MFS landscape.
Finance Ministers of the economies of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) endorsed the new Better Than Cash Alliance report on the role of digital payments in sustainable agriculture on 21st October, in Viet Nam.
On creating loyalty programs for customers….
The influence of digital in FMCG is often understated—India is severely lagging behind in digital spends despite a massive online population. By 2020, approximately $45 billion of the FMCG s…