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 report provides key findings from the mobile money workshops conducted by Electronic Cash Transfer Learning Action Network (ELAN) in January 2016- one in Dakar (Senegal) and other one in Gisenyi (Rwanda).
The ability to make and receive payments electronically has emerged, in recent years, as a technology hero during natural disasters and health pandemics. At a time when more people than ever…
Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.
L'expérience de la Sierra Leone montre qu'il est crucial de se préparer tôt aux paiements numériques avant l'émergence d'une crise.
This report discusses significant data points from the Financial Inclusion Insights Surveys in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Ghana.
Many Ivoirians were concerned that the 2015 presidential elections would lead to renewed conflict, particularly after the violence surrounding the elections of 2010. …
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,
This report is based on primary research on agriculture mobile payments initiatives in Ghana, Uganda and Zambia with the aim of understanding the potential of mobile finance for the agricultural sector and how these barriers might be overcome.
Farmers are adapting mobile technology to meet market needs and drive progress on their own terms rather than waiting for telecommunications companies to deliver solutions…
This is the fourth in a series of articles written by Maura Hart on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members. These highlights capture the innovative work by governments, businesses and development organizations to fulfill their commitment to transition from cash to digital payments.
This is the third in a series of articles written by Maura Hart on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members.
This is the second in a series of articles written by Maura Hart on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members. These highlights capture the innovative work by governments, businesses and development organizations to fulfill their commitment to transition from cash to digital payments.
In key move to recover from the economic impact of the Ebola crisis, Nation joins the Better Than Cash Alliance
Government, private sector, mobile operators and development organizations convene to establish a plan for the future…
PNG’s Ministries of Finance and Treasury endorse Better Than Cash Alliance membership
When a family member first told Mary that she could use her mobile phone to store her money, she felt that she had finally found a safe place to keep the earnings from her vegetable sales….
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.
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December 24 , 2014. Sierre Leone: Marion Sesay gossiped with her two work colleagues while they waited in the shade of a local money handler for their names to be called….
There is growing consensus in the humanitarian community that cash (digital or physical) – as opposed to delivery of food and materials – is often the best way to help communities bounce back from crisis.