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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Our Peer-Exchange to Brazil was part of the Alliance’s response to the knowledge needs of member countries…
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
Study concludes Mexico’s savings and other benefits and provides tangible lessons for other nations
Visa Joins Global Leaders In New Partnership To Promote Electronic Payments And Improve Lives
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Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
Ghana joins Better Than Cash Alliance for greater financial transparency
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.
Government aims for economic growth and women’s empowerment through digital payments initiative…
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…
The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.
G20 EMPOWER summit ignites the vital role of digital finance in achieving gender equality
Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
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.
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Bangladesh commits to further national financial inclusion by accelerating the transition to digital payments…
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…
As Nigeria rolls out one of the developing world’s most ambitious policy platforms to boost digital payments and drive greater financial inclusion, it’s important to take stock of the country’s progress to date, so that policy-makers around the world can learn from Nigeria’s experiences.
Crises of all sorts, from conflicts to natural disasters to health emergencies, are happening at unprecedented rates around the world — so much so that the United Nations convened the first World Humanitarian Summit this week.