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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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.
From Peru to Rwanda to India, people, governments and businesses are increasingly making their payment transactions digitally, whether by mobile phone, by card or online.
With 37 percent of the value of all payments now made digitally, Ghana is on course to be a leader in the region, with great potential to expand economic opportunities for businesses
The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance to bring financial inclusion to rural communities
The organization joins a UN-hosted alliance of governments, companies and international organizations to accelerate the move towards digitization of payments
Across the global policy community, the jury is now in about the power of digital payments to drive financial inclusion, particularly for women and the poor; improve efficiency and transpare…
Building capacity within government agencies that champion digital payments
Ingreso Solidario is a COVID-19 social protection programme in Colombia benefitting 3 million households. It shows digital payments can be rapidly dispersed across multiple channels.
Rwanda to accelerate digital payments by joining the Better Than Cash Alliance
Building an inclusive financial ecosystem is critical to accelerating the shift away from cash in Colombia and Latin America…
Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.
Guest post by Marcos Bader…
In a significant step towards integrating social benefits into business strategy, the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance announced its newest member: Unilever.
The World Bank and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) recently hosted the Third Meeting of the CPSS – World Bank Retail Payments Forum in Perugia, Italy.
Government, private sector, mobile operators and development organizations convene to establish a plan for the future…
On 19 August 2015, the Reserve Bank of India approved licenses for eleven institutions to set up payment banks. The purpose was to have these banks further financial inclusion by providing s…
Transportation Series: Blog 1 (Introduction)
By Jeffrey Bower, Digital Finance Specialist, Better Than Cash Alliance …
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
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…