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Our 2022 in 3 words...

Improving access to healthcare and decent work, reaching farmers, including merchants, equal opportunities for women and much more, through responsibly digitizing payments.

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Responsible Digital Payments for Women Merchants

Alliance’s work in action
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Learning Series > Lessons on Government-to-Person and humanitarian payments, and gender intentionality

We explore lessons from working with our member governments to design and execute G2P & humanitarian payments.
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One year on: Alliance members reaching financial equality for women

This International Women’s day, we reflect on members’ progress towards the vital goal of reaching financial equality for women.
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2021 highlights: Launching and scaling responsible digital payments

Here, we share highlights of our collaboration with members despite the continuing serious challenges of COVID-19.
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Côte d'Ivoire > Women merchants' contribution to economic recovery to be boosted by new policy guidance note

How will digitization of merchant payments improve women’s financial inclusion and economic resilience?
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Jordan's garment sector announces commitments to digitize wages responsibly

How can digital wages support decent work and inclusive economic recovery?
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Launching the UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments

Building trust, mitigating risks and driving inclusive economies
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$18 billion merchant retail digitization opportunity in India's North East region

New Report “Catalyzing Responsible Digital Payments in India’s North East Region” by UN based Better Than Cash Alliance
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What are the challenges and opportunities of responsibly digitizing humanitarian payments?

Our latest report guides humanitarians to assess if and how digital payments can be effective
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25 years since Beijing – Spotlight on women!

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.
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Celebrating Women’s Day!

This International Women’s Day, Marks & Spencer (M&S) is joining our Alliance to help advance the Sustainable Development Goals.
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First look at how garment workers are being paid globally

In a first study of its kind, data from nearly 3,000 factories across 58 countries, reveals that paying workers digitally correlates positively with better working conditions.
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Gap joins our Alliance

Gap Inc. joins the Better Than Cash Alliance with a bold digitization goal
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Unilever joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

Leading consumer goods company and sustainability champion Unilever has committed to transition away from cash throughout its value chain.
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Digital Payments and Women

International Women’s Day Edition
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Our 5 favorite recent digital payments stories

500 million Indian smartphone users in next 5 years: a huge market for digital payments
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Mexico joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

Mexico’s route to financial inclusion begins with commitment to reduce use of cash
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Launched! World’s first interoperable shared mobile payments platform

The Alliance contributed to the launch of Peru’s new mobile payment system, Bim, which plans to bring digital payments to 5 million Peruvians over 5 years.
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How women can add $12 trillion to global economy

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.