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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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.
The participation of many underprivileged social clusters in the financial services sector has invariably been problematic in South Africa. This may be attributed to the country’s laws and p…
As the world gets a progress report from the World Bank, the Alliance outlines 10 key reasons to be optimistic about the journey toward full financial inclusion.
This paper, jointly released by the Better Than Cash Alliance and the World Bank, summarizes and analyzes the financial challenges faced by older adults.
In Addis Ababa, the vibrant Ethiopian capital, lies a busy Somali community market where Bisharo runs a small shop.
This diagnostic measures the current state of the transition from cash to electronic payments by estimating volumes and values of payments made in Nigeria, as well as assessing the likelihood of further movement by looking at payment use cases associated with each key shift stage.
This diagnostic measures the current state of the transition to electronic payments by estimating volumes and values of payments made in Colombia, as well as assessing the likelihood of further movement by looking at payment use cases associated with each key shift.
This diagnostic measures the current state of the transition to electronic payments by estimating volumes and values of payments made in Malawi, as well as assessing the likelihood of further movement by looking at payment use cases associated with each key shift.
New data gathered from the Higg Index from 3,000 factories in 58 countries
This survey examines the evolution of mobile money, its important role in widening financial inclusion, and the impact of regulation on the development of mobile money systems.
A case study on three countries Sweden, United States and India is conducted to survey variations in costs for cash and card instruments in economies that have varying extents of cash in cir…
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
This study lays the foundation for incorporating United Nations Principles for Responsible Digital Payments in the Rwandan tea sector, with the goal of increasing efficiency and improving farmers’ living incomes.
In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.
H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance…
This paper suggests pathways forward to help realize these benefits, with specific recommendations.
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Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Costa Rica are demonstrating that digital payments are an essential part of the economic recovery
There is an urgent need and powerful opportunity to further boost the outreach, efficiency, and efficacy of digital humanitarian payments through enhanced coordination between UN agencies.