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Digital Payments, Real Business: How Latin America and the Caribbean Is Driving Productive Inclusion

The digitalization of MSMEs is transforming the way business is done and redefining inclusion, productivity, and the economic future of the region.
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Brewing inclusion: what coffee farmers in Ethiopia are telling us about digital payments

Insights from farmers’ voices in a new 60 Decibels study with the Oromia Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Union
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Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

Building Trust in Raast Merchant Payments

Secure for users. Accountable for providers. Built to make RAAST as trusted as cash.
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Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

Scaling merchant payments on RAAST: a responsible pricing blueprint for Pakistan

Affordable for merchants. Sustainable for providers. Built for Pakistan’s instant payment system.
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Unlocking digital inclusion for women in Jordan

Jordan has improved financial inclusion, but women, youth, small businesses, and refugees still face major barriers to accessing digital financial services.
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Beyond Access: From Accounts to Opportunity

The World Bank’s Global Findex 2025 is a scorecard on how well countries, across the globe are transitioning from cash toward equitable digital payments. Headline number shows that 79 percent of adults now own an account, up 28 points since 2011. Financial exclusion for women remains significant and many accounts remain inactive.

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Expanding Opportunities for Egypt’s Women- and Youth-Led MSMEs Through Digital Trade

A new collaboration between the Better Than Cash Alliance (the Alliance), the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), and partners such as the African Union Women, Gender and Youth Directorate and AUDA-NEPAD is working to address persistent gaps in digital trade and financial inclusion.

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Transforming Ethiopia’s Health Sector: Digitizing Payments for Improved Access and Efficiency

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health launched a nationwide Digital Health Payment Initiative in August 2024, aiming to revolutionize healthcare payments by making them more efficient, transparent, and inclusive through digital financial services.
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Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

G20 Brazil Policy Options for Bridging the Last Mile

The Better Than Cash Alliance released the G20 Policy Options to Improve Last Mile Access, offering actionable public policy recommendations to tackle systemic barriers to financial inclusion.
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How to Build Trust When Using Generative AI & Chatbots To Improve Digital Financial Services?

The Better Than Cash Alliance is collaborating with partners to highlight responsible AI innovations and emerging guidelines in digital financial services.
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UNDP welcomes the Better Than Cash Alliance to accelerate financial inclusion through responsible digital payments

The Better Than Cash Alliance has transitioned from UNCDF to join UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub
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Global engagement in scaling instant payments: insights, strategies, and trust building

Over the past few months, the Alliance facilitated a series of peer exchanges, bringing together the architects of some of the world’s most dynamic digital payment platforms—systems that process billions of transactions monthly, such as India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Brazil’s rapidly evolving PIX.
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Egypt’s central bank leads financial inclusion efforts for marginalized

In an exclusive interview, the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt explains how the country spearheads its financial inclusion strategy to ensure broad access to financial services, particularly for people with disabilities.
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Empowering Every Ability: Egypt's Pioneering Journey Towards Financial Inclusion

Central Bank of Egypt advances financial inclusion for persons with disabilities through targeted regulations, accessible services, and collaborative initiative
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Our work in Bangladesh

Learn how the Alliance is advocating for inclusive digital payments for resilience and growth in Bangladesh.
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Global Resources >> Industry Reports

Advancing Women-Led MSMEs through Digital Financial Inclusion

This paper outlines enablers and examples for policymakers, financial service providers, and civil society organizations to empower women entrepreneurs in leveraging digital financial services.
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Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

2023 Annual Report

Scaling responsible digital payments to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly financial equality for women

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Alliance Reports >> Case Study

Scaling Responsible Digital Payments in the Indonesian Cocoa Sector

The Government of Indonesia, with the Indonesian cocoa sector and the Better Than Cash Alliance has conducted a first-of-its-kind sizing exercise to assess opportunities for digital financial inclusion for smallholder cocoa farmers.
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Global Resources >> Industry Reports

Financing Programs for Women's Financial Inclusion and Access to Finance for Women MSMEs

The survey identifies current public development banks practices, trends and innovations in financing programs targeting women’s financial inclusion.
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Merchant digitization emerges as one key driver for Pakistan’s inclusive economic growth in UN report

The Better Than Cash Alliance presents its most recent report, providing recommendations to support MSMEs and enable their transition into the digital payments ecosystem in Pakistan.
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