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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2012 the Better Than Cash Alliance was launched at an event at the Ford Foundation in New York….
CRS Commits to Increase Electronic Payments to Strengthen Local Economies…
Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
Digital initiative aimed at helping world’s poor…
New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.
Citi helped to launch the Better Than Cash Alliance, a coalition of public, private and NGO partners.
Alliance Accelerates Work to Transition from Cash to Electronic Payments Worldwide…
The Better Than Cash Alliance Is Out to Create a “Cash Lite” World…
As the tragic human costs of COVID-19 mount, the need for practical, scalable, quick and effective solutions is urgent. Now more than ever, it’s time to put digital payments to work.
Initiative Launched to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments for the Poor…
In joining the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute will work to increase the number of electronic transactions undertaken throughout its global membersh…
A third of adults struggle to get by without basic financial services to protect against hardship and save for the future. Ruth Goodwin-Groen, of the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance, expl…
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
Kenya has been hailed as one of the developing world’s leaders in electronic payments. So it should come as no surprise that a sparsely populated, dusty village 500 kilometres from Nairobi i…
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.
One Million Low-Income People to Reap Benefits of Digital Money
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. …