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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The Better Than Cash Alliance released the G20 Policy Options to Improve Last Mile Access, offering actionable public policy recommendations to tackle systemic barriers to financial inclusion.
The Better Than Cash Alliance has transitioned from UNCDF to join UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub
Despite global technological advancements, healthcare costs continue to push millions into extreme poverty every year. …
Real-world experiences from micro-merchants across ASEAN that highlight the factors that build or erode trust in DFS.
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.
Learn how the Alliance is advocating for inclusive digital payments for resilience and growth in Bangladesh.
The OECD Digital Government Index benchmarks the efforts made by governments to establish the foundations necessary for a coherent and human-centred digital transformation of the public sector.
Scaling responsible digital payments to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly financial equality for women
The Government of Indonesia, with the Indonesian cocoa sector and the Better Than Cash Alliance has conducted a first-of-its-kind sizing exercise to assess opportunities for digital financial inclusion for smallholder cocoa farmers.
We are the Better Than Cash Alliance, a UN-based partnership of over 80 members - governments, companies, and international organizations- committed to responsible digital payments to advance the SDGs.
We urge governments, humanitarian actors, international financial institutions, and financial service providers to utilize responsible digital payments for prompt emergency response and preventive action.
The Central Bank of Jordan commits to adopting the UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments
How are financial service providers, governments, and regulators improving recourse systems to increase trust and treat users fairly?
Learn about how the Alliance advocates for responsible payment digitization in agriculture
Case studies from The Philippines, Ghana, and Mexico to demonstrate how recourse has been improved
The IWCA endorses UN Responsible Digital Payments as a game-changer for women at every step of the coffee supply chain.
Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.
Urgent measures needed to address climate vulnerability impacting 3.6 billion people, particularly women and marginalized groups.