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Call to action: Digitizing workers’ payments in the garment sector in Bangladesh

Leading brands call on other companies and suppliers in Bangladesh to grasp the opportunity to drive inclusion, efficiency, and transparency through wage digitization
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Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Identity: Prospects and Pitfalls Ahead

Blockchain Series: Blog 4
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New Key to Help Unlock the Power of Digital Payments

Across the global policy community, the jury is now in about the power of digital payments to drive financial inclusion, particularly for women and the poor; improve efficiency and transparency in business and government; and support new economic opportunities. However, there is no consensus around the specific policy mix that will enable this potential to be fully realized.
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Ethiopia: “Mobile money doubled my number of customers in just three years”

By Oswell Kahonde and Angela Corbalan
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The Digital Payments Opportunity: A Conversation

This blog was originally published on BSR.org
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Why cash is a problem for businesses around the globe

This blog was originally published on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business
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Why having less cash can mean a better life

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, explains why moving from cash to digital payments can help reduce poverty and drive inclusive growth.
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UN report: Social network payments now reach nearly US $3 trillion in China

Payments on messaging and e-commerce platforms set to increase China’s GDP by $236 billion by 2025, unlocking new economic opportunities for people and small businesses
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To improve the lives of nearly 2 million workers, H&M group will encourage suppliers to pay workers digitally

H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance
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Why Women Workers and Managers Prefer Electronic Wage Payments in Bangladesh

Payday can be an ordeal for women garment workers in Bangladesh. Often, they must wait in long lines, carry wads of cash through crowded streets, or encounter a mother-in-law demanding money.
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How Digital Payments Are Connecting People With Opportunities To Improve Their Lives

This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
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Responsible Digital Payments: Reducing the risks that come with new opportunities

It’s all at our fingertips. The possibility to make a payment. The delight of receiving one. 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.

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Mexico’s route to financial inclusion begins with commitment to reduce the use of cash

One of the largest economies in Latin America keeps growth momentum going by joining the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to foster a financially inclusive economy
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In the hands of women: A reflection on the gender gap in financial inclusion

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 cooking or cleaning or childcare for the guys!

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Digital Financial Services Can Help Bring Millions of Women Into the Workforce

by Leora Klapper and Ruth Goodwin-Groen
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Going the distance: How harnessing digital payments can help deliver on the SDGs

by Tidar Wald, Government and Corporate Relations Specialist at Better Than Cash Alliance
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Media Briefing - Making cash history

Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
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Three ways financial providers can improve digital financial services for women

by Emilia Klimiuk and Lisa Kienzle of Grameen Foundation
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Closing the gender gap in mobile phone access and use

Guest post by Shireen Santosham, GSMA Connected Women
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The Better Than Cash Journey: Mercy Corps & Women’s World Banking

This is the first in a series of articles on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members
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