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
Communiqué de presse du Gouvernement du Sénégal, l’Alliance Better Than Cash et MM4P
This study traces the impact of mobile money transfers on rural poverty. Migrants actively using the technology increased remittances sent by 30% in value (relative to the control group). For rural recipients, daily per capita consumption among active users increased by 7.5% and extreme poverty fell.
The 2018 Global Microscope provides a unique insight into the leading practices that governments and regulators are adopting to channel the digital revolution of financial services into greater levels of financial inclusion.
The paper outlines potential for growth for FinTech for financial inclusion while emphasising on the need for regulatory approaches , citing some successful cases from India , Kenya and China.
New data gathered from the Higg Index from 3,000 factories in 58 countries
Harvard Center for International Development (CID) hosts Better Than Cash Alliance on the CID Speaker Series Podcast.
Source: Bloomberg
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.
Wharton Business Radio hosts Better Than Cash Alliance on the “Dollars and Change” podcast.
This essay outlines the use cases of Blockchain technology for the humanitarian and development sectors and reflects on potentials and pitfalls that come with the adaptation of this new technology.
By Alfred Akibo-Betts and Tenzin Keyzom Massally
A report by the Better Than Cash Alliance for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion
By Oswell Kahonde and Angela Corbalan
Mobile money agents are a crucial asset for mobile money providers and have been key to the growth of the industry over the last decade.
Entrevista a Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, Gerente General de Pagos Digitales Peruanos (PDP)
Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)
Digital financial services (DFS) are transforming the world’s financial sectors.