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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Study concludes Mexico’s savings and other benefits and provides tangible lessons for other nations
At ACDI/VOCA we see firsthand how technological innovations are revolutionizing approaches to global economic development. This is particularly true for electronic payments. Around 2.5 billi…
Citi helped to launch the Better Than Cash Alliance, a coalition of public, private and NGO partners.
Ghana has made significant gains, including almost 100 percent government payments to people and payments within the government now processed digitally.
Mexico’s route to financial inclusion begins with commitment to reduce use of cash
This report provides insights from the Digital Money Index, which tracks the development of digital money readiness in 84 countries. It shows a 5.5% improvement in overall digital money readiness over the last five years.
The report finds that infrastructure is one of the most critical parts of delivering electronic payments and also remains woefully lacking. At present about 43 percent of all consumer payments are made with cash.
The toolkit provides a comprehensive view of scale and nature of Mobile money opportunities; strategic considerations around interoperability and enabling third parties; further providing some insights and best practices around the same.
Millions of people in the Dominican Republic struggle with poverty and hunger. In the past, distributing food, fuel and medicine was slow, expensive and often didn’t reach the intended recip…
In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.
This diagnostic report shows that Senegal has a strong potential for digitizing payments.
The purpose of this working paper is to set out the key components and stakeholders in a digital payments ecosystem (DPE).
The study looks at how development organizations or government programs can increase the efficiency and scale of transfers, while also forming the building blocks for financial inclusion.
Government, private sector, mobile operators and development organizations convene to establish a plan for the future…
Government aims for economic growth and women’s empowerment through digital payments initiative…
PNG’s Ministries of Finance and Treasury endorse Better Than Cash Alliance membership