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 discussion focused on the critical elements of Kenya’s successful transition process, the challenges and benefits of the shift.
For stakeholders engaged in the shift from cash to electronic payments, there is an ever-present appetite for data on progress.
It’s hard to imagine a more explosive, transformative, and empowering trend than the growth of the mobile phone sector in Africa.
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…
One Acre Fund cut payment losses and collection costs by over 80 percent, boosting farmers’ satisfaction and economic opportunity…
The Better Than Cash Alliance Is Out to Create a “Cash Lite” World…
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is pleased to join the Better Than Cash Alliance, in support of our commitment to provide essential services within the first 72 hours of crisis.
Blockchain Series: Blog 4
New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.
This blog post was originally published in Next Billion…
Ghana will aim to reach 80 percent financial inclusion for its citizens in 5 years.
This report examines the successful lessons from Kenya, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Thailand case studies of “gazelles", that leapt from limitation to innovation by successfully enabling the deployment of e-money technology.
The paper presents detailed insights from 15 years of financial inclusion research to highlight the importance of fintech, including proposing product development ideas for Fintech players, to better serve developing world market.
The paper outlines potential for growth for FinTech for financial inclusion while emphasising on the need for regulatory approaches , citing some successful cases from India , Kenya and China.
The report charts the story of mobile money covering a decade of progress, industry lessons,impact and the future of the industry.