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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G20 EMPOWER summit ignites the vital role of digital finance in achieving gender equality
Across the global policy community, the jury is now in about the power of digital payments to drive financial inclusion, particularly for women and the poor; improve efficiency and transpare…
Building capacity within government agencies that champion digital payments
Ingreso Solidario is a COVID-19 social protection programme in Colombia benefitting 3 million households. It shows digital payments can be rapidly dispersed across multiple channels.
Building an inclusive financial ecosystem is critical to accelerating the shift away from cash in Colombia and Latin America…
Joint post by Camilo Tellez-Merchan of Better than Cash Alliance and Vivek Belgavi of PwC India
The report identifies eight good practices for engaging with clients who are sending or receiving digital payments and who have previously been financially excluded or underserved.
Guest post by Marcos Bader…
Government, private sector, mobile operators and development organizations convene to establish a plan for the future…
Transportation Series: Blog 1 (Introduction)
By Jeffrey Bower, Digital Finance Specialist, Better Than Cash Alliance …
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
Prioritizing women, deepening digital infrastructure, designing for users, and building trust drive usage of digital financial services
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.
Use existing data sources and plan new research to estimate payment flows by government, businesses and individuals.
The challenges, opportunities, and priorities in designing effective tax and non-tax revenue payment digitization solutions.
For stakeholders engaged in the shift from cash to electronic payments, there is an ever-present appetite for data on progress.
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 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.