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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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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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.
By Oswell Kahonde and Angela Corbalan
This blog was originally published on BSR.org
This blog was originally published on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business
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.
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
H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance
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.
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
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.
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
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!
by Leora Klapper and Ruth Goodwin-Groen
by Tidar Wald, Government and Corporate Relations Specialist at Better Than Cash Alliance
Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
by Emilia Klimiuk and Lisa Kienzle of Grameen Foundation
Guest post by Shireen Santosham, GSMA Connected Women
This is the first in a series of articles on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members