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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New Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion Advocacy Hub to Champion Equal Access to Digital Financial Services for Women.
India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) joins the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance
A 10-point action plan for governments and businesses to prioritize women’s digital financial inclusion
As we approach International Women’s Day on March 8th, Women’s World Banking reflects on a learning exchange with three African banks committed to serving low-income women….
This two-minute video from the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance is about Romita, a widow in the North East of India who opened a bank account to receive a government loan for a power loom.
In a six-month pilot, mStar Project used awareness tools, local youth, and behavior change agents to teach women farmers how to use and gain trustin digital payments. 500 women were trained and 353 opened digital accounts.
The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.
This International Women’s Day, Marks & Spencer (M&S) is joining the Better Than Cash Alliance to help advance the Sustainable Development Goals.
A 10-point action plan for governments and businesses to rebuild stronger after COVID-19 by prioritizing women’s digital financial inclusion
Report by the Better Than Cash Alliance, Women’s World Banking, and the World Bank Group for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion under the Saudi G20 Presidency
A report by the World Bank Development Research Group, the Better Than Cash Alliance, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Women’s World Banking to the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion.
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…
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
How will digitization of merchant payments improve women’s financial inclusion and economic resilience?
In this edition of the newsletter, we applaud the leadership of Alliance members in the Philippines, Ghana and India who are ensuring that women can gain economic independence through digitization.
International Women’s Day Edition
A new report by the World Bank, the Better Than Cash Alliance, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Women’s World Banking provides insights on how digital financial services can help close the gender gap.
In 10 years, the Better Than Cash Alliance has spurred a global movement towards the responsible digitization of payments.
We design each Better Than Cash Alliance initiative with the unique needs of women in mind - be it users of digital payments, entrepreneurs, or policymakers who can make the financial system more equal for women.
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 …
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