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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By taking cash out of the equation, electronic transfers promise a faster, more secure and more transparent (so less corruptible) means of getting help.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is pleased to join the Better Than Cash Alliance, in support of our commitment to provide essential services within the first 72 hours of crisis.
Building an inclusive financial ecosystem is critical to accelerating the shift away from cash in Colombia and Latin America…
There is growing consensus in the humanitarian community that cash (digital or physical) – as opposed to delivery of food and materials – is often the best way to help communities bounce back from crisis.
Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member.
The Government of Senegal has joined the Better Than Cash Alliance, signaling its commitment to growing the economy and improving security and transparency through the shift to electronic pa…
The Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) is supporting the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) work with the authorities in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to coordinate payments for thousands of treatment centre staff, lab technicians, contacts tracers and burial teams.
Ghana joins Better Than Cash Alliance for greater financial transparency
Join the Better Than Cash Alliance and our partners for an online discussion about safety and transparency in digital payments.
The Better Than Cash Alliance supports a unique initiative of the Peruvian Banker’s Association (ASBANC) that brings together banks and major telecom operators…
Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
By Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, UNCDF, Advisor, Better Than Cash Alliance
The World Bank expects people to send USD$581 billion in remittances in 2014, through a network of banks and money transfer operators.
The following is a guest post by Sara Murray, Electronic Payments Program Manager at Mercy Corps, a Better Than Cash Alliance member….
Kenya has been hailed as one of the developing world’s leaders in electronic payments. So it should come as no surprise that a sparsely populated, dusty village 500 kilometres from Nairobi i…
Study concludes Mexico’s savings and other benefits and provides tangible lessons for other nations
His Excellency Jose L. Cuisia Jr., Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States of America, and Mr. Paolo Eugenio Baltao, President, G-Xchange (a subsidiary of Globe Te…
Budget Under-Secretary Richard Bon Moya knew he was being ambitious. The goal was to shift all the financial transactions of the Filipino Government to a digital format—and to do it in five …
Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion Key to Poverty Alleviation and Economic Growth, say World Leaders…