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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Government of Pakistan joins the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to create inclusive economic growth and a more efficient market structure…
In Addis Ababa, the vibrant Ethiopian capital, lies a busy Somali community market where Bisharo runs a small shop.
The impressive achievements of our Alliance members, working together with the Secretariat, are highlighted in our 2021 Annual Report.
Measuring progress to scale: Responsible digital payments in Bangladesh
Learn more in our new report launched with ILO, Better Work and GIZ on supporting the responsible scaling of digital wages to advance decent work in Jordan.
An inclusive digital payment ecosystem is a key enabler to make Digital Ethiopia a reality by 2025 and advance the Sustainable Development Goals
Digital financial services offer real hope to help the world get back on track from the severe negative impacts from COVID-19.
Including more women in the informal sector specifically leads to countless benefits besides increased economic growth. Studies show that when a woman controls her own finances, she invests …
The National Digital Payments Roadmap provides a high-level plan to expand the adoption of responsible digital payments in a way that is agile, inclusive, and helps achieve the SDGs.
Improving social protection through public-private collaboration and responsible digital payment practices as part of COVID-19 emergency response
Una de las economías más grandes de América Latina mantiene el ritmo de crecimiento al unirse a la Alianza Better Than Cash de las Naciones Unidas para fomentar una economía de inclusión financiera
A founding member of the Better Than Cash Alliance, the Philippines has paved the path in transitioning to responsible digital payments, providing many key lessons and insights for other cou…
Case studies from The Philippines, Ghana, and Mexico to demonstrate how recourse has been improved
MIT Technology Review Editor-in-Chief Gideon Lichfield talks with Wole Coaxum, MoCaFi founder and chief executive officer, Shamina Singh, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth president; and Tidhar Wald, Better Than Cash Alliance head of government relations and public policy, at the Bloomberg Sooner Than You Think technology summit in Brooklyn.
As the world gets a progress report from the World Bank, the Alliance outlines 10 key reasons to be optimistic about the journey toward full financial inclusion.
Scaling Digital Wages: An Opportunity for Garment Employees and Manufacturers…
Leading brands call on other companies and suppliers in Bangladesh to grasp the opportunity to drive inclusion, efficiency, and transparency through wage digitization…
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.
Le Gouvernement ivoirien dévoile son nouveau guide d’orientation pour stimuler les paiements marchands digitaux de manière responsable, l’inclusion financièrej et la croissance
90% des marchands ivoiriens estiment que la gestion du cash est une entrave au bon développement de leurs activités et sont favorables aux paiements digitaux