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 World Bank and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) recently hosted the Third Meeting of the CPSS – World Bank Retail Payments Forum in Perugia, Italy.
The Better Than Cash Alliance is introducing an occasional series on innovations that have the potential to reduce costs in digital payments. The first in this series is an article by Ryan Z…
ANTALYA, Turkey - How are phones and cards changing the ways the global poor access and manage their money, and what should governments and financial institutions do to ensure innovative pr…
Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
For the first time, new evidence from 25 countries shows how governments and companies can move away from cash, as McKinsey Global Institute reveals a potential $3.7 trillion GDP boost…
Blockchain Series: Blog 1…
Guest post by Marcos Bader…
Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)
One Acre Fund cut payment losses and collection costs by over 80 percent, boosting farmers’ satisfaction and economic opportunity…
Ms. Maha Bahou is the Executive Manager for Payment Systems & Domestic Banking Operations and Financial Inclusion Department at the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ)….
Successful digitization of P2G payments and its widespread adoption by users is achievable - but depends on the alignment of various important factors.
Blockchain Series: Blog 6
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
One Million Low-Income People to Reap Benefits of Digital Money
Forum Highlights Global Standards For Responsible Digital Finance…
This blog post was originally published in the Action 2030 Blog on unsdg.un.org.
With 37 percent of the value of all payments now made digitally, Ghana is on course to be a leader in the region, with great potential to expand economic opportunities for businesses
The World Bank expects people to send USD$581 billion in remittances in 2014, through a network of banks and money transfer operators.