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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Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
The Mexican government is saving an estimated US$ 1.27 billion per year, or 3.3 percent of its total expenditure, on wages, pensions and social transfers. How? By digitizing and centralizing…
Below are the questions we often get asked about our Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines:…
This paper reviews 25 countries where digitization has had great impact and reveals 10 tangible steps, or “accelerators,” that governments and companies can take to build inclusive digital economies.
Prioritizing women, deepening digital infrastructure, designing for users, and building trust drive usage of digital financial services
New partnership will result in promoting digital payments as an important tool to increase security, financial inclusion and economic opportunities in the workplace.
The ability to make and receive payments electronically has emerged, in recent years, as a technology hero during natural disasters and health pandemics. At a time when more people than ever…
The “Digitizing Government Payments Amid COVID-19" series
Kenya is moving towards emerging market status and the government’s focused strategy of creating an electronic payments economy is contributing to its growth. During a reception hosted by th…
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.
Citi helped to launch the Better Than Cash Alliance, a coalition of public, private and NGO partners.
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. …
World Economic Forum recognises electronic payments as a driver for financial inclusion
For stakeholders engaged in the shift from cash to electronic payments, there is an ever-present appetite for data on progress.
On behalf of the United Nations’ Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Controller, announced that the UN Secretariat had just jo…
A new Center for Global Development policy paper explores the linkages between digitalization of payments and effective PFM systems.
A new animation and working paper, developed by the Alliance, seek to better explain inclusive digital payment ecosystems.
A report by the Better Than Cash Alliance for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion.
Endorsed by G20 Heads of State and Government, this guidance note supports the implementation of the G20 High-Level Principles for Digital Financial Inclusion in the context of inclusive digital payments ecosystems, reflecting lessons drawn from policy development and implementation initiatives undertaken in several countries.