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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This report examines two of China’s most far-reaching applications – WeChat and Alipay – and explores their role in the development of one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated digital payments ecosystems.
Jordan demonstrates leadership by taking on the wage digitization agenda to advance decent work and inclusive economic growth
An interview with the Ethical Tea Partnership: Jenny Costelloe, Executive Director & Liberal Seburikoko, Regional Director (Africa)
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…
Blockchain Series: Blog 5
Scaling digitization of payments for small and micro merchants by convening key stakeholders to co-create solutions.
His Excellency Jose L. Cuisia Jr., Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States of America, and Mr. Paolo Eugenio Baltao, President, G-Xchange (a subsidiary of Globe Te…
Ethical Tea Partnership is a membership organization working with tea companies, development organizations and governments to improve the lives of tea workers, farmers and their environment.
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Prioritizing women, deepening digital infrastructure, designing for users, and building trust drive usage of digital financial services
Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal
G20 EMPOWER summit ignites the vital role of digital finance in achieving gender equality
The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.
New partnership will result in promoting digital payments as an important tool to increase security, financial inclusion and economic opportunities in the workplace.
H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance…
Joint post by Camilo Tellez-Merchan of Better than Cash Alliance and Vivek Belgavi of PwC India
Did you ever wonder why there is not an International Men’s Day? There actually is such a day, by the way—it’s on November 19th, but there aren’t too many people marking it with a night off …
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. …
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.
Reposted from the original Gates Foundation blog on Impatient Optimists. Until recently, achieving financial inclusion for the world’s unbanked poor was a pressing goal with perplexing obstacles.