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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Similar to the RDPGs, this Smart Campaign publication identifies standards for responsible digital financial services, especially credit. It aims to guide the practices of both fintechs and traditional financial service providers undergoing digital transformation.
The UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation released this report. It highlights the need for inclusivity and protection of human rights to ensure a safe digital future for all and shares 5 key recommendations.
Prepared at the request of the G7 French Presidency, this Gates Foundation report aims to be “a blueprint for improving digital financial inclusion in Africa.”
This IMF brief takes a first stab at tackling the questions surrounding the rise of new forms of digital money.
This report by GSMA and UNHCR looks at the ways in which refugees are using mobile phones to help guide digital interventions by humanitarian organizations and mobile network operators.
This IPA study from the Philippines, Colombia & Bangladesh explores consumers’ experience with digital G2P cash transfers during COVID-19.
The World Bank analyzes how COVID-19 is affecting emerging economies and how to mitigate interconnected financial risks to achieve an equitable recovery.
Co-led by the Digital Public Goods Alliance and DIAL, the Charter aims to secure cross-sector commitments to safe, inclusive digital public infrastructure.
This report explores implications of financial services’ digital transformation for market outcomes - and regulation and supervision - and how these interact.
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.
Robust digital infrastructure, including internet connectivity and identification, encourages digital financial transactions.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) analyzed the retail payments markets of Jordan to identify pain points that retail Central Bank Digital Currency (rCBDC) could address.
Report on Paraguay’s COVID-19 policy response, digital financial services, and women’s financial inclusion.
Monetary policy implications of CBDCs in diverse banking systems.
The paper provides an overview of digital payment systems’ types, benefits, and challenges for tax collection in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Lists the benefits of open finance: increased competition, transparency, inclusion; and the challenges of ensuring privacy, security, and consumer rights.
This brief reviews the use of digital technology in G2P payments to women in India.
Digital financial services (DFS) are held out as key financial solutions for improving financial inclusion. However, targeted end users often offer little in the way of obvious profitable op…
This document analyzes the enhancement of social protection systems in the Caribbean through inclusive digital payments, focusing on user-centered design and extensive consultations with local populations.