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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This is the third in a series of articles written by Maura Hart on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members.
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…
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.
One Acre Fund cut payment losses and collection costs by over 80 percent, boosting farmers’ satisfaction and economic opportunity…
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
Kenya is moving towards emerging market status and the government’s focused strategy of creating an electronic payments economy is contributing to its growth. During a reception hosted by th…
The Government of Senegal has joined the Better Than Cash Alliance, signaling its commitment to growing the economy and improving security and transparency through the shift to electronic pa…
For stakeholders engaged in the shift from cash to electronic payments, there is an ever-present appetite for data on progress.
During this year’s European Development Days (EDDs), digital technologies and the digitization of payments emerged as key enablers for the implementation of the SDGs.
Findings illustrate how the private and public sector could work together to modernize economies, improve transparency and support financial inclusion and growth.
Le Gouvernement ivoirien dévoile son nouveau guide d’orientation pour stimuler les paiements marchands digitaux de manière responsable, l’inclusion financièrej et la croissance
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…
Earlier this year, we shared the story of the World Food Programme (WFP) introducing cash transfers on mobile phones at the Gihembe refugee camp in northern Rwanda. …
Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)
Malawi Announces Commitment to Transition to Electronic Payments…
One of the most important tools on Everline Wakhungu’s farm is her mobile phone….
Blockchain Series: Blog 4
This blog post was originally published in Next Billion…
Entrevista a Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, Gerente General de Pagos Digitales Peruanos (PDP)
Communiqué de presse de l’Agence de la Couverture Maladie Universelle du Sénégal (ACMU)…