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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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…
New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.
G20 EMPOWER summit ignites the vital role of digital finance in achieving gender equality
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Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) joins the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance
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 Tidar Wald, Government and Corporate Relations Specialist at Better Than Cash Alliance…
Transportation Series: Blog 3
Learn about emerging trends in development partner payments and how to make the case for digitizing payments by your organization.
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 …
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…
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 …
Jordan demonstrates leadership by taking on the wage digitization agenda to advance decent work and inclusive economic growth
Blockchain Series: Blog 5
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
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.
Citi helped to launch the Better Than Cash Alliance, a coalition of public, private and NGO partners.