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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The government joins the United Nations-based alliance of governments, companies and international organizations that works to accelerate the move toward digitization of payments…
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
Insights from the 2023 HLPF expert roundtable
In looking at ways to bring financial services to the more than two billion people outside formal financial systems, often the focus has been on piecemeal efforts to improve specific element…
Financial inclusion is a means to an end – or many ends – rather than an end in itself.
Building an inclusive financial ecosystem is critical to accelerating the shift away from cash in Colombia and Latin America…
Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.
Government of Afghanistan Joins Better Than Cash Alliance — Pledges to Address Poverty and Grow Economy by Shifting to Electronic Payments…
Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal
The Better Than Cash Alliance, hosted by UNCDF, gathered with colleagues at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Council of Governors Annual Meeting last month in Urubamba, Peru….
Guest post by Alicia Rendon Contro, Grupo Bimbo
Interview with Gustavo Vega, President of the clearing house ACH Colombia
Transportation Series: Blog 1 (Introduction)
Transportation Series: Blog 3
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.
Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)
Ms. Maha Bahou is the Executive Manager for Payment Systems & Domestic Banking Operations and Financial Inclusion Department at the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ)….
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This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…