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.
Filtered
Digital financial services offer real hope to help the world get back on track from the severe negative impacts from COVID-19.
Los servicios financieros digitales ofrecen una esperanza real para ayudar al mundo a recuperarse de los graves impactos negativos de la pandemia de COVID-19.
Les services financiers numériques offrent l’espoir d’aider le monde à se remettre des graves répercussions de la crise de la COVID-19.
This report looks at various faster payment systems (FPS) in the world and analyze the speeds at which payments are processed and settled.
While the digitalization of payments is a global trend, payment habits still differ across countries. Interoperability of payment systems within and between countries is key to ensuring that payments can be made seamlessly.
Improving access to healthcare and decent work, reaching farmers, including merchants, equal opportunities for women and much more, through responsibly digitizing payments.
This report analyzes the role of regulators in promoting instant payments and identifies instances of payment instrument substitution.
Alliance’s work in action
An article by McKinsey that explores which digital payments models are best placed to gain momentum in emerging markets and what innovations may lie on the horizon.
Interlinking arrangements’ benefits, challenges and risks.
Lessons from digitizing the Hindustan Unilever Shakti channel
Discover our action-focused advocacy work through the continent, as well as our member advisory initiatives in Africa.
Improving social protection through public-private collaboration and responsible digital payment practices as part of COVID-19 emergency response
New Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion Advocacy Hub to Champion Equal Access to Digital Financial Services for Women.
The Arab Monetary Fund, a regional financial organization, joins the United Nations-Better Than Cash Alliance.
New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.
This IFC and We-Fi learning brief introduces how gender equality can be advanced within the distribution activities of the FMCG sector.
Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal