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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During this year’s European Development Days (EDDs), digital technologies and the digitization of payments emerged as key enablers for the implementation of the SDGs.
As world leaders met at the U.N. General Assembly in New York last week, many discussions focused on how to ignite greater progress toward the SDGs.
Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
This report from Centre for Strategic and International Studies makes a strong case for digital payments for equity, development and security.
The brief examines specific barriers to access and sustainability in the water sector, and discusses channels through which DFS can help providers overcome those barriers.
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
Four ways our Alliance advanced progress towards Sustainable Development Goals this year!
In joining the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute will work to increase the number of electronic transactions undertaken throughout its global membersh…
Re-posted from the “Beyond the Transaction” Mastercard blog
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
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…
Empowering People One Transaction at a Time: Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form “Better Than Cash Alliance” to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments
A third of adults struggle to get by without basic financial services to protect against hardship and save for the future. Ruth Goodwin-Groen, of the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance, expl…
This blog was originally published on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business…
One Million Low-Income People to Reap Benefits of Digital Money
Pledges to Improve Access to Finance and Markets for the Poor by Supporting Shift to Electronic Payments…
Malawi Announces Commitment to Transition to Electronic Payments…
The paper presents detailed insights from 15 years of financial inclusion research to highlight the importance of fintech, including proposing product development ideas for Fintech players, to better serve developing world market.
This paper investigates the impact of mobile financial services - MFS (mobile money, and mobile credit and savings) on the informal sector using data from 101 emerging and developing countries over the period 2000-15.
Initiative Launched to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments for the Poor…