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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Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
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In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.
Media release from the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Bank and the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD)
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.
Rwanda to accelerate digital payments by joining the Better Than Cash Alliance
Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.
Government, private sector, mobile operators and development organizations convene to establish a plan for the future…
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
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…
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…
World Economic Forum recognises electronic payments as a driver for financial inclusion
Findings illustrate how the private and public sector could work together to modernize economies, improve transparency and support financial inclusion and growth.
PNG’s Ministries of Finance and Treasury endorse Better Than Cash Alliance membership
In key move to recover from the economic impact of the Ebola crisis, Nation joins the Better Than Cash Alliance
The study looks at how development organizations or government programs can increase the efficiency and scale of transfers, while also forming the building blocks for financial inclusion.
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…
In Addis Ababa, the vibrant Ethiopian capital, lies a busy Somali community market where Bisharo runs a small shop.
As Nigeria rolls out one of the developing world’s most ambitious policy platforms to boost digital payments and drive greater financial inclusion, it’s important to take stock of the country’s progress to date, so that policy-makers around the world can learn from Nigeria’s experiences.
Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)