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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.

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

Building Trust in Raast Merchant Payments

Secure for users. Accountable for providers. Built to make RAAST as trusted as cash.

How to digitalize the microfinance sector? Examples from the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries

Developed by the Senegalese company GSIE Technology and the Professional Association of Decentralized Financial Systems of Senegal (APSFD-Senegal), SUNU NAFA enables even the smallest microfinance institutions to serve clients in remote rural areas. Customers can now complete transactions safely from home, saving time, reducing travel costs, and avoiding exposure to physical risks.

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

Affordable for merchants. Sustainable for providers. Built for Pakistan’s instant payment system.

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.

Shaping Africa’s Digital Future: A Call for Sovereign Roadmaps

With the DPI Roadmap Playbook as a guide, Africa has a unique opportunity to shape a digital future that is people-first, inclusive, and sovereign.

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.

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

The Trust Quotient: An ASEAN Policy Toolkit for Unlocking Responsible Digital Payments for Micro-Merchants

Real-world experiences from micro-merchants across ASEAN that highlight the factors that build or erode trust in DFS.

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.

Supply-Side Gender Disaggregated Data for Advancing Financial Inclusion: Insights and Areas for Further Research

Explores the collection and use of gender-degreged data and future steps to leverage it for women’s financial inclusion.

Why Does Gender-Disaggregated Data Matter For Reaching Financial Equality?

IWCA Endorses Responsible Digital Payments to Accelerate Women's Economic Participation in Coffee Value Chain

The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.

Reaching Financial Equality for Women (2023 edition)

A 10-point action plan for governments and businesses to prioritize women’s digital financial inclusion

Igniting women-led development with inclusive digital finance: G20 EMPOWER summit resounding appeal

G20 EMPOWER summit ignites the vital role of digital finance in achieving gender equality

2022 Annual Report - Scaling responsible digital payments to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly financial equality for women

In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.

From 1% to 30%: the journey of the Philippines towards responsible digital payments

A founding member of the Better Than Cash Alliance, the Philippines has paved the path in transitioning to responsible digital payments, providing many key lessons and insights for other cou…

Scaling up Responsible Digital Payments in the Rwandan Tea Sector

This study lays the foundation for incorporating United Nations Principles for Responsible Digital Payments in the Rwandan tea sector, with the goal of increasing efficiency and improving farmers’ living incomes.

Three key findings that show that financial equality is within reach in our lifetime

New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.