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 Q&A with Dr. Ruth Goodwin-Groen on the Better Than Cash Alliance’s Important New Role
The World Bank expects people to send USD$581 billion in remittances in 2014, through a network of banks and money transfer operators.
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
Earlier this year, we shared the story of the World Food Programme (WFP) introducing cash transfers on mobile phones at the Gihembe refugee camp in northern Rwanda. …
By Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, UNCDF, Advisor, Better Than Cash Alliance
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
Guest post by Marcos Bader…
Rwanda to accelerate digital payments by joining the Better Than Cash Alliance
At the invitation of the government of China, Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited the country from 24 to 28 November in her capacity as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adv…
Ghana joins Better Than Cash Alliance for greater financial transparency
The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance to bring financial inclusion to rural communities
Building an inclusive financial ecosystem is critical to accelerating the shift away from cash in Colombia and Latin America…
The Mexican government is saving an estimated US$ 1.27 billion per year, or 3.3 percent of its total expenditure, on wages, pensions and social transfers. How? By digitizing and centralizing…
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.
Government aims for economic growth and women’s empowerment through digital payments initiative…
Financial inclusion is a means to an end – or many ends – rather than an end in itself.
The Better Than Cash Alliance is introducing an occasional series on innovations that have the potential to reduce costs in digital payments. The first in this series is an article by Ryan Z…
In key move to recover from the economic impact of the Ebola crisis, Nation joins the Better Than Cash Alliance
Bangladesh commits to further national financial inclusion by accelerating the transition to digital payments…