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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Scaling digitization of payments for small and micro merchants by convening key stakeholders to co-create solutions.
From Peru to Rwanda to India, people, governments and businesses are increasingly making their payment transactions digitally, whether by mobile phone, by card or online.
The African Union, AfCFTA, the Better Than Cash Alliance & Smart Africa, launch a call to action to drive responsible digitization for the achievement of Agenda 2063.
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Prioritizing women, deepening digital infrastructure, designing for users, and building trust drive usage of digital financial services
Empowering People One Transaction at a Time: Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form “Better Than Cash Alliance” to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments
The Better Than Cash Alliance, hosted by UNCDF, gathered with colleagues at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Council of Governors Annual Meeting last month in Urubamba, Peru….
This is the first in a series of articles on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members…
Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.
One of the largest economies in Latin America keeps growth momentum going by joining the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to foster a financially inclusive economy
Media release from the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Bank and the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD)
The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.
Government of Afghanistan Joins Better Than Cash Alliance — Pledges to Address Poverty and Grow Economy by Shifting to Electronic Payments…
Sudan Joins United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to Drive Financial Inclusion and Transparency
Read about India’s transformational journey to scale responsible digital payments
New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.
Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal
Earlier this year, we shared the story of the World Food Programme (WFP) introducing cash transfers on mobile phones at the Gihembe refugee camp in northern Rwanda. …
By Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, UNCDF, Advisor, Better Than Cash Alliance
Financial inclusion is a means to an end – or many ends – rather than an end in itself.