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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2 out of 3 Mexicans now have access to formal financial products yet most of them still prefer cash. This insights2impact report suggests that to sway consumers, you have to provide them with the same convenience, flexibility, and sense of belonging as informal and social alternatives.
Cross-agency collaboration, national and digital identity and having common templates and taxonomies in place can help governments on their digital journeys. Read the new Citi publication on digitizing governments that also features case studies from Pakistan and India.
Over the past five years, mobile money has gained traction in South Asia, which is experiencing an average annual growth rate of 46 percent in mobile money accounts—the highest across all regions. For more details check out IMF’s 2019 Financial Access Survey that was released last week
In this report, Mastercard combines insights from industry players and shares 5 ‘markers’ to help with strategies to promote adoption of formal financial services.
What four factors determine the digital money readiness of an economy? What measures can our member governments take to improve their ability to adopt digital payments widely? Read the lates…
This work provides a systematic literature review of blockchain-based applications across mul-tiple domains. The aim is to investigate the current state of blockchain technology and its appl…
How can we gainfully engage the private sector to strengthen digital finance ecosystems? New USAID Playbook shares 5 objectives and 10 illustrative plays, including examples, that are extrem…
Section 1 of this handbook provides essential background on the humanitarian sector and cash and voucher assistance (CVA) programmes. Section 2 outlines the operational steps involved in delivering CVA
The new Stanford Business “Blockchain for Social Impact" report is out! The most common use case among its sample of organizations is records and verification, whereas the challenges cited most often are regulatory. The interviewees reported that launching the project was harder than anticipated.
This report discusses Tienda Pago’s Digital Solution for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods.
This paper identifies and discusses principles and applications of Blockchain that enhance trust, transparency, and auditability in Social Business (SB) activities. It outlines the challenges related to creating a native cryptocurrency for SB, and barriers to infrastructure and technology adoption by different SB stakeholders.
“Purpose This paper aims to identify, analyse and organise the literature about blockchains in supply chain management (SCM) context (blockchain–SCM integration) and proposes an agenda for …
Read the University of Cambridge and UNSGSA report on how regulators are innovating to better respond to financial innovation….
This USAID guide aims to: 1) illustrate how investments in ID systems impact individuals and their households; and 2) provide specific how-to guidance to help donors, program managers, and M&E specialists get started in thinking about ID ecosystems.
Women face additional constraints because of their gender that affect their economic performance. New Oxford University Press paper suggests that specific design features - repeated micro-lending, variation in loan terms, private savings accounts, etc - in financial services can yield more positive economic outcomes for women.
Based on surveys from 566 business leaders, a new VISA report finds that the top 3 (payments-related) fraud concerns are ID verification, data privacy, and transaction monitoring. It calls for taking a more holistic approach to fraud management which involves a mix of new technologies and new skills.
In this report, McKinsey Global Institute discusses the opportunities and challenges in setting up a good digital ID system. It also features case studies on Nigeria, Ethiopia and India. …
IFC report aggregates responses from 114 SME banking executives serving more than 17.5 million small businesses.
The UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation released this report. It highlights the need for inclusivity and protection of human rights to ensure a safe digital future for all and shares 5 key recommendations.
What roles do financial services play in enabling youth education and employment? This CGAP working paper, for policy-makers and funders, outlines the existing evidence and highlights important questions about how to deliver comprehensive and broad-reaching interventions at scale.