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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A new Center for Global Development policy paper explores the linkages between digitalization of payments and effective PFM systems.
New report: Worker payments digitization for economic recovery and decent work.
An exciting update to the UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments online learning course!
A new animation and working paper, developed by the Alliance, seek to better explain inclusive digital payment ecosystems.
The Tanzanian President, Finance Ministers and high level delegates are leading SDG progress by digitizing payments and accelerating financial inclusion.
500 million Indian smartphone users in next 5 years: a huge market for digital payments
The Government of Papua New Guinea joined the Better Than Cash Alliance and committed to digitizing all government payments.
Digital payments can promote broader development goals of the G20 countries, according to a new report by the World Bank Development Research Group.
G20 leaders endorse our guidance document
International Women’s Day Edition
In this 4-part blog series, we examine key aspects of the transportation sector: tolling, urban transit, and ride-sharing with a focus on emerging economies.
News from BTCA financial inclusion UN General Assembly week event
New Report “Catalyzing Responsible Digital Payments in India’s North East Region” by UN based Better Than Cash Alliance
How are financial service providers, governments, and regulators improving recourse systems to increase trust and treat users fairly?
Improving access to healthcare and decent work, reaching farmers, including merchants, equal opportunities for women and much more, through responsibly digitizing payments.
The Alliance contributed to the launch of Peru’s new mobile payment system, Bim, which plans to bring digital payments to 5 million Peruvians over 5 years.
This case study is the first of a series of Better Than Cash Alliance case studies examining the how and why of shifting to electronic payments.
This year, members and partners, in collaboration with our Secretariat team, moved the responsible payment digitization agenda forward across sectors, from agriculture and trade to health and decent work.
The case studies reveal how each country developed their programme, current delivery & payment, and the costs and benefits of using e-payments.
A new Better Than Cash Alliance and World Bank paper outlines factors for the financial exclusion of the elderly and explores how digital financial technology can help governments better prepare for global aging challenges.