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 report looks at various faster payment systems (FPS) in the world and analyze the speeds at which payments are processed and settled.
While the digitalization of payments is a global trend, payment habits still differ across countries. Interoperability of payment systems within and between countries is key to ensuring that payments can be made seamlessly.
This report analyzes the role of regulators in promoting instant payments and identifies instances of payment instrument substitution.
An article by McKinsey that explores which digital payments models are best placed to gain momentum in emerging markets and what innovations may lie on the horizon.
Interlinking arrangements’ benefits, challenges and risks.
This IFC and We-Fi learning brief introduces how gender equality can be advanced within the distribution activities of the FMCG sector.
This paper explores factors that have driven the adoption of digital payments in India by beneficiaries of PMGKY, the large-scale COVID-19 relief program.
The World Economic Forum and IDB Lab explore how digital payments in Latin America & the Caribbean can continue to evolve in an open, inclusive and safe manner.
Co-led by the Digital Public Goods Alliance and DIAL, the Charter aims to secure cross-sector commitments to safe, inclusive digital public infrastructure.
This WEF report explores how redefining and measuring the way digital payments interact with one another can help drive economic growth and financial inclusion.
Project Kirana is currently training 3,000 women shop owners and managers in the cities of Lucknow and Kanpur.
The 2022-2025 strategy envisages a secure, fast, efficient and collaborative payments system that supports financial inclusion and innovations for all Kenyans.
This IPA study from the Philippines, Colombia & Bangladesh explores consumers’ experience with digital G2P cash transfers during COVID-19.
This guidance note examines key aspects of central bank digital currency (CBDC) design and implementation, and implications for financial systems worldwide.
The twelfth annual Financial Access Survey (FAS) reveals considerable expansion in the usage of digital financial services during COVID-19.
Innovating Digital Financial Services for Posts
HERproject’s research charts progress towards wage digitization in Bangladesh; three plausible alternative futures to what wage digitization may look like ten years from now; and recommendations to strengthen digital payment systems that empower workers.
Catalyzing an ecosystem for action to address the impacts of climate change among the world’s most vulnerable
This inaugural study from the Tech for Good Institute presents data-based insights and public-private perspectives on how to support the platform economy’s growth in Southeast Asia while mitigating its risks.
This report from Centre for Strategic and International Studies makes a strong case for digital payments for equity, development and security.