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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Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member.
The Coca-Cola Company and IFAD join the Alliance as members, Senegal shifts to electronic payments to promote economic growth and fight poverty.
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…
New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.
The organization joins a UN-hosted alliance of governments, companies and international organizations to accelerate the move towards digitization of payments
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…
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.
Leading consumer goods company and sustainability champion Unilever has committed to transition away from cash throughout its value chain.
Interview with World Cocoa Foundation, Paul F. Macek, Vice President for Programs
As world leaders met at the U.N. General Assembly in New York last week, many discussions focused on how to ignite greater progress toward the SDGs.
In a significant step towards integrating social benefits into business strategy, the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance announced its newest member: Unilever.
In wealthy countries, most people conduct their financial activity in digital form; money and value is stored virtually and transferred instantaneously with a touch of a button.
The World Bank and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) recently hosted the Third Meeting of the CPSS – World Bank Retail Payments Forum in Perugia, Italy.
Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
This paper reviews 25 countries where digitization has had great impact and reveals 10 tangible steps, or “accelerators,” that governments and companies can take to build inclusive digital economies.
As the world gets a progress report from the World Bank, the Alliance outlines 10 key reasons to be optimistic about the journey toward full financial inclusion.
This resource, comprising 9 overarching principles, serves as a guide for governments, companies & international orgs embracing responsible digital payments.
A 10-point action plan for governments and businesses to rebuild stronger after COVID-19 by prioritizing women’s digital financial inclusion
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
Reposted from the original Gates Foundation blog on Impatient Optimists. Until recently, achieving financial inclusion for the world’s unbanked poor was a pressing goal with perplexing obstacles.