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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In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.
The impressive achievements of our Alliance members, working together with the Secretariat, are highlighted in our 2021 Annual Report.
The President of Tanzania, H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, as well as Ministers and other high level figures from Peru, Belgium, Bangladesh, Colombia, the Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and S…
Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
This report from Centre for Strategic and International Studies makes a strong case for digital payments for equity, development and security.
Lessons from developing diagnostics and strategies with Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Philippines, and Senegal
Here are highlights on how our global partnership ignited progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals through shifting to digital payments.
Interview with World Cocoa Foundation, Paul F. Macek, Vice President for Programs
Learn about emerging trends in development partner payments and how to make the case for digitizing payments by your organization.
Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion Key to Poverty Alleviation and Economic Growth, say World Leaders…
USAID has commissioned this study to understand the perceptions towards digital payments among consumers and merchants in low-income communities. The research provides key findings from quantitative surveys carried out in Indian cities- Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kota, Vishakhapatnam, Guntur and Jaunpur,
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The Better Than Cash Alliance Is Out to Create a “Cash Lite” World…
World Economic Forum recognises electronic payments as a driver for financial inclusion
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 Guidebook provides an easy-to-use tool to understand how digital finance is helping addressing some of the challenges faced by smallholder farmers and includes some interesting use cases from Bangladesh, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.
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.
A new animation and working paper, developed by the Alliance, seek to better explain inclusive digital payment ecosystems.