Digital payments

Tax Digitalization in Rwanda: Success Factors and Pathways Forward

Rwanda’s impressive economic and social record in recent decades has become one of the success stories of modern African development.

Tax Digitalization in Mexico: Success Factors and Pathways Forward

Mexico has been among the forerunners in tax digitalization, starting in the 1980s when it piloted digital Point of Sale (PoS) registration and invoicing.

Success Factors in Tax Digitalization

This report presents a powerful new demonstration of how digital payments can transform millions of lives for the better.

Leveraging Digital Financial Solutions to Promote Formal Business Participation

Can digital financial services help bring them into the tax net? The answer is not simple, but quality infrastructure based on RDPGs is an integral part of the puzzle. Read the new World Bank working paper that also includes learnings from Uruguay on this topic.

The Role of Digital Financial Inclusion in Preparing for Older Age and Retirements

As populations age and birth rates decline in many parts of the world, digital solutions have an important role to play in ensuring financial well-being for older adults. Globally, the number of people aged 60 years or over has more than doubled since 1980, and the share of older adults is projected to double again by 2050.

Lessons from implementing P2G payments strategies

This GSMA study shares lessons from Orange's work in West and Central Africa on implementing Person-to-Government (P2G) payment strategies. It calls for having unifying policies and champions to help promote coordinated and effective P2G payment platforms.

Public Financial Management and the Digitalization of Payments

Joint report by the Better Than Cash Alliance, the Center for Global Development, and the Overseas Development Institute, building on work with the International Monetary Fund in 2017.

The Ups and Downs of India’s Digital Transformation

This Harvard Business Review article discusses, among other things, how digital transformation has made tax collection more efficient.

Testing the Waters: Digital Payments for Water and Sanitation

Water providers are shifting to digital payments to reduce expenses and streamline delivery. In this report, CGAP and GSMA share lessons learned from 25 organizations, including the challenges they encountered while digitizing payments.

Mobile banking in the government-to-person payment sector for financial inclusion in Pakistan

Through an interpretive case study of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Pakistan, this paper critically examines mobile banking usage by women beneficiaries and technology's effects on the institutional properties of their households.

Is mobile payment still relevant in the fintech era?

This study analyzes whether mobile payments are still relevant for the fintech industry by comparing three mobile payment projects – Oi Paggo in Brazil, TCASH in Indonesia, and M-PESA in Kenya.

Next Steps for the Digital Revolution in Africa: Inclusive Growth and Job Creation Lessons from Kenya

This paper provides examples of how digitization in Kenya has supported the economy via a retail electronic payments system, financial inclusion, increased financial sector vibrancy, and pushed GDP growth with it.

Senegal: Digitizing payments could add FCFA 104 billion to GDP every year

Senegal: Digitizing payments could add FCFA 104 billion to GDP every year (CNBC)

Bridging the Digital Divide and Supporting Increased Digital Trade: Scoping Study

The global economy is experiencing important technological shifts, with the rise of digital technology a key driver.

Digitizing Uganda’s Education Sector with Mobile Payment Platform

A new payment platform launched by Mastercard, UNICEF and the Ministry of Education in Uganda is gaining traction, reaching over 130,000 registered students in just one year.

Digital systems hasten service delivery

Governments can fight corruption by joining the digital payment revolution

Governments can use digital financial technologies to fight corruption