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 assesses the challenges and opportunities of responsibly digitizing the delivery of humanitarian payments through an exploration of five key technologies.
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By Jeffrey Bower, Digital Finance Specialist, Better Than Cash Alliance …
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
In looking at ways to bring financial services to the more than two billion people outside formal financial systems, often the focus has been on piecemeal efforts to improve specific element…
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:…
Prioritizing women, deepening digital infrastructure, designing for users, and building trust drive usage of digital financial services
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…
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…
To speed up Ethiopia’s journey towards digital transformation, the Government of Ethiopia is launching today the first-ever digital payments strategy.
Join the Better Than Cash Alliance and our partners for an online discussion about safety and transparency in digital payments.
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.
The challenges, opportunities, and priorities in designing effective tax and non-tax revenue payment digitization solutions.
At today’s webinar, experts from Paytm in India, Tigo in Tanzania and the Banking Superintendency from Peru revealed key insights on how to responsibly navigate the transition from cash to d…
Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion Key to Poverty Alleviation and Economic Growth, say World Leaders…
A report by the World Bank Group’s Payment System Development Group, the Better Than Cash Alliance, and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion.
Our latest report guides humanitarians to assess if and how digital payments can be effective
This report outlines how mobile channels can support sanitation services delivery while building new engagement models and emphasizes the need of a collaborative approach to mobile technology integration, grant support for developing and piloting.
At the Better Than Cash Alliance Secretariat we are starting to think what responsible digital payments mean for our members and stakeholders and want to ask your opinion.