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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Media release from the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Bank and the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD)
Director-General says joining the Better Than Cash Alliance is part of stimulating more innovation and financial inclusion for smallholders
Digital payments can help make the sector more efficient, transparent, and secure for companies and people alike.
New report reveals the cocoa sector in Ghana faces avoidable costs and inefficiencies representing 19% of revenues.
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Ms. Maha Bahou is the Executive Manager for Payment Systems & Domestic Banking Operations and Financial Inclusion Department at the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ)….
Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.
This is the first in a series of articles on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members…
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2015 —Between 2011 and 2014, 700 million people became account holders at banks, other financial institutions, or mobile money service providers, and the number of “unb…
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….
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…
The Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) is supporting the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) work with the authorities in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to coordinate payments for thousands of treatment centre staff, lab technicians, contacts tracers and burial teams.
For stakeholders engaged in the shift from cash to electronic payments, there is an ever-present appetite for data on progress.
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…
Eighteen-year-old Djélika Haïdara was pregnant when she fled her home in northern Mali to escape the violent aftermath of a military coup. She and her extended family were among more than 2…
It’s hard to imagine a more explosive, transformative, and empowering trend than the growth of the mobile phone sector in Africa.
Malawi Announces Commitment to Transition to Electronic Payments…
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…