Inclusive growth

Factories paying workers digitally are five times more likely to provide good social and labor practices

Solutions for the Unbanked

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.

Financial inclusion, a driver of state building in India and Mexico?

This article situates latest trends within the evolution of Indian and Mexican social policies and discusses how on one hand financial inclusion policies allow vulnerable populations to access new rights while resulting in new ways of controlling consumer behavior.

Accelerating the SDGs: How Digital Finance Can Ignite Faster Progress Toward the Global Goals

Sierra Leone: Digitizing revenue collection is the next frontier

G20 endorses the Alliance’s guidance note

G20 finance ministers call for open and inclusive digital payments infrastructures

Achieving Development and Acceptance of an Open and Inclusive Digital Payments Infrastructure

A report by the Better Than Cash Alliance for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion.

Ethiopia: “Mobile money doubled my number of customers in just three years”

Lessons from Rwanda: Harnessing public-private partnerships to drive payment digitization

Driving to Scale: Bim’s Journey to Digital Financial Inclusion in Peru

Building inclusive payment ecosystems in Tanzania and Ghana

The Digital Payments Opportunity: A Conversation

Why cash is a problem for businesses around the globe

Why having less cash can mean a better life

Improving profitability through digital payments

McLeod Russel Uganda (MRUL) cut costs and increased financial inclusion for workers after transitioning to a secure mobile payment system in Uganda.

Regulatory Diagnostic Toolkit for DFS in Emerging Markets Toolkit

The RDT is the world’s first structured analytical framework to support regulators by using a systematic approach to assess, adapt and advance regulatory regimes for DFS.

Investing in Responsible Digital Financial Services Part I – Overview of Guidelines Toolkit

This is a first draft of the Guidelines (Overview – Part I)

Financial inclusion is making great strides

Data proves power of digital payments

Full financial inclusion is possible through digital payments

10 reasons to be optimistic that full financial inclusion is possible through digital payments

As the world gets a progress report from the World Bank, the Better Than Cash Alliance outlines 10 key reasons to be optimistic about the journey toward full financial inclusion through digital payments.