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.
Lessons from our work with members in Ghana, India, Mexico, and the Philippines
Opening new payment gateways for merchants presents risks but much greater opportunities. Striking the right balance between fostering innovative services and managing risk is crucial.
Taking stock of the digital payments ecosystem with a 7-point action plan to expand the merchant acceptance network
This highlights report captures the progress of payments digitalization in the country in 2019 and the first half of 2020.
This study presents a unique perspective, comparing concrete experiences from large companies to small- and medium-sized businesses.
The devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have heightened the need for proven solutions to keep the Sustainable Development Goals within reach
In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.
Key public and private sector players make action commitments on responsible digitization in retail, agriculture, and ready-made garment sectors, while prioritizing women
Better Than Cash Alliance organized a peer exchange learning series to highlight the central and state government initiatives and facilitate peer learning to accelerate service delivery and digital financial inclusion.
10 recommendations from civil society to unlock the impact of fintech in merchant digitization and further India’s progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Media release from the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Bank and the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD)
India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) joins the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance
The Report Responsible Practices to Address Seven Major Risks in COVID-19 Digital Financial Transfers identifies seven heightened risks resulting from the speed and scale of COVID-19 digital transfer responses.
Ingreso Solidario is a COVID-19 social protection programme in Colombia benefitting 3 million households. It shows digital payments can be rapidly dispersed across multiple channels.
The Better Than Cash Alliance hosted a webinar to highlight key lessons from Sierra Leone’s use of digital payments in their Ebola response, which shaped the outcome of the crisis in West Africa.
Lessons from digitizing the Hindustan Unilever Shakti channel
This webinar demonstrated how integrating the Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines in payment responses is possible and why it’s an important building block for recovery.