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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Director-General says joining the Better Than Cash Alliance is part of stimulating more innovation and financial inclusion for smallholders
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Empowering People One Transaction at a Time: Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form “Better Than Cash Alliance” to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member.
In wealthy countries, most people conduct their financial activity in digital form; money and value is stored virtually and transferred instantaneously with a touch of a button.
Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
Financial inclusion is a means to an end – or many ends – rather than an end in itself.
Government of India joins the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to share success stories from the world’s largest financial inclusion programme…
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. …
One Acre Fund cut payment losses and collection costs by over 80 percent, boosting farmers’ satisfaction and economic opportunity…
PNG’s Ministries of Finance and Treasury endorse Better Than Cash Alliance membership
Findings illustrate how the private and public sector could work together to modernize economies, improve transparency and support financial inclusion and growth.
Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.
There is an urgent need and powerful opportunity to further boost the outreach, efficiency, and efficacy of digital humanitarian payments through enhanced coordination between UN agencies.
This is the fourth in a series of articles written by Maura Hart on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members. These highlights capture the innovative work by governments, businesses and development organizations to fulfill their commitment to transition from cash to digital payments.
The Republic of Moldova has joined the UN-housed Better Than Cash Alliance to make digital payments for all public services a reality by 2020. …
Crossposted from the original post that appeared in The Economist Intelligence Unit…