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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Media release by the Government of Senegal, the Better Than Cash Alliance and MM4P…
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.
Guest post by Marcos Bader…
This case study sets out key lessons from Sierra Leone’s experience using digital payments to help combat Ebola.
Lessons from digitizing the Hindustan Unilever Shakti channel
In a significant step towards integrating social benefits into business strategy, the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance announced its newest member: Unilever.
The World Bank and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) recently hosted the Third Meeting of the CPSS – World Bank Retail Payments Forum in Perugia, Italy.
An inclusive digital payment ecosystem is a key enabler to make Digital Ethiopia a reality by 2025 and advance the Sustainable Development Goals
The purpose of this working paper is to set out the key components and stakeholders in a digital payments ecosystem (DPE).
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…
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
Government, private sector, mobile operators and development organizations convene to establish a plan for the future…
On 19 August 2015, the Reserve Bank of India approved licenses for eleven institutions to set up payment banks. The purpose was to have these banks further financial inclusion by providing s…
Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal
Transportation Series: Blog 1 (Introduction)
Payday can be an ordeal for women garment workers in Bangladesh. Often, they must wait in long lines, carry wads of cash through crowded streets, or encounter a mother-in-law demanding money…
By Jeffrey Bower, Digital Finance Specialist, Better Than Cash Alliance …
This case study explores the factors both supporting and impeding the widespread adoption of Person-to-Government (P2G) and Business-to-Government (B2G) payments in Tanzania, focusing on the period from 2012 to 2016.
This study examines the three shifts to electronic payments and aggregates the findings of a range of studies about the benefits of electronic payment adoption.
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…