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Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’

Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…

Senegal: tech helps boost access to health to leave poverty behind

This blog post was originally published in the Action 2030 Blog on unsdg.un.org.

Jordan’s garment sector commits to digitizing wages responsibly to promote decent work

Jordan demonstrates leadership by taking on the wage digitization agenda to advance decent work and inclusive economic growth

Development Partners Toolkit

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

Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion Key to Poverty Alleviation and Economic Growth, say World Leaders…

Malawi Joins Better Than Cash Alliance

Malawi Announces Commitment to Transition to Electronic Payments…

New United Nations study finds digital payments to Ebola response workers saved lives and $10 million

Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.

New United Nations Study: Digital payments could boost tax revenue by nearly US$500 million each year and drive economic modernization in Tanzania

Findings illustrate how the private and public sector could work together to modernize economies, improve transparency and support financial inclusion and growth.

West Africa launches new payments digitization agenda

Media release from the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Bank and the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD)

Interview with Maha Bahou, Central Bank of Jordan “Our strategy is national, not institutional”

Ms. Maha Bahou is the Executive Manager for Payment Systems & Domestic Banking Operations and Financial Inclusion Department at the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ)….

Driving to Scale: Bim’s Journey to Digital Financial Inclusion in Peru

Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)

FAO pledges to scale up direct use of digital financial transfers

Director-General says joining the Better Than Cash Alliance is part of stimulating more innovation and financial inclusion for smallholders

Davos Shines a Light on Financial Inclusion Via Electronic Payments

World Economic Forum recognises electronic payments as a driver for financial inclusion

Guide to the Use of Digital Financial Services in Agriculture

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.

The Future of Supply Chains: Why Companies are Digitizing Payments

New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.

L’Afrique de l’Ouest lance un nouvel agenda de numérisation des paiements

Communiqué de presse de Better Than Cash Alliance, la Banque mondiale et l’Agence Nationale des Statistiques du Sénégal (ANSD)

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First There Was Cash-for-Assets – Could WFP’s New E-Payments Model be Scaled Up Too?

Kenya has been hailed as one of the developing world’s leaders in electronic payments. So it should come as no surprise that a sparsely populated, dusty village 500 kilometres from Nairobi i…

Malawi takes key step to advance digital payments and drive inclusive growth

Government, private sector, mobile operators and development organizations convene to establish a plan for the future…