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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Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
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 1 (Introduction)
With 37 percent of the value of all payments now made digitally, Ghana is on course to be a leader in the region, with great potential to expand economic opportunities for businesses
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Transportation Series: Blog 2…
The Better Than Cash Alliance, hosted by UNCDF, gathered with colleagues at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Council of Governors Annual Meeting last month in Urubamba, Peru….
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)
In Addis Ababa, the vibrant Ethiopian capital, lies a busy Somali community market where Bisharo runs a small shop.
Media release by the Government of Senegal, the Better Than Cash Alliance and MM4P…
Transportation Series: Blog 3
The government joins the United Nations-based alliance of governments, companies and international organizations that works to accelerate the move toward digitization of payments…
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…
By Alfred Akibo-Betts and Tenzin Keyzom Massally
Communiqué de presse du Gouvernement du Sénégal, l’Alliance Better Than Cash et MM4P…
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This report presents a powerful new demonstration of how digital payments can transform millions of lives for the better.
Building an inclusive financial ecosystem is critical to accelerating the shift away from cash in Colombia and Latin America…