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 following is a guest post by Sara Murray, Electronic Payments Program Manager at Mercy Corps, a Better Than Cash Alliance member….
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 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
Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
The Better Than Cash Alliance supports a unique initiative of the Peruvian Banker’s Association (ASBANC) that brings together banks and major telecom operators…
A new study by IRC analyzed the spending of 90,000 Syrian refugee families who received $1…
Guest post by Alicia Rendon Contro, Grupo Bimbo
Le Rwanda accélère l’adoption des paiements numériques en rejoignant l’Alliance Better Than Cash
Rwanda to accelerate digital payments by joining the Better Than Cash Alliance
For stakeholders engaged in the shift from cash to electronic payments, there is an ever-present appetite for data on progress.
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 Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) is supporting the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) work with the authorities in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to coordinate payments for thousands of treatment centre staff, lab technicians, contacts tracers and burial teams.
Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member.
There is growing consensus in the humanitarian community that cash (digital or physical) – as opposed to delivery of food and materials – is often the best way to help communities bounce back from crisis.
December 24 , 2014. Sierre Leone: Marion Sesay gossiped with her two work colleagues while they waited in the shade of a local money handler for their names to be called….
This case study draws on interviews with ACH Colombia’s management as well as representatives of PSE’s stakeholders and users.
This diagnostic measures the current state of the transition to electronic payments by estimating volumes and values of payments made in Colombia, as well as assessing the likelihood of further movement by looking at payment use cases associated with each key shift.