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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Discover our action-focused advocacy work through the continent, as well as our member advisory initiatives in Africa.
Alliance Accelerates Work to Transition from Cash to Electronic Payments Worldwide…
One Million Low-Income People to Reap Benefits of Digital Money
Jordan demonstrates leadership by taking on the wage digitization agenda to advance decent work and inclusive economic growth
New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
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. …
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
by Tidar Wald, Government and Corporate Relations Specialist at Better Than Cash Alliance…
An interview with the Ethical Tea Partnership: Jenny Costelloe, Executive Director & Liberal Seburikoko, Regional Director (Africa)
Learning webinar highlights #highlights
India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) joins the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance
Did you ever wonder why there is not an International Men’s Day? There actually is such a day, by the way—it’s on November 19th, but there aren’t too many people marking it with a night off …
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.
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
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A third of adults struggle to get by without basic financial services to protect against hardship and save for the future. Ruth Goodwin-Groen, of the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance, expl…
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde is to be applauded for her recent leadership in the fight against corruption, and her recognition that there is an increasingly limited role for cash …