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LEARNING SERIES >> Our learnings from digitizing P2G payments in a customer-centric way

Successful digitization of P2G payments and its widespread adoption by users is achievable - but depends on the alignment of various important factors.

Colombia’s Ingreso Solidario: Public-private Collaboration In Covid-19 Emergency Payments Response

Ingreso Solidario is a COVID-19 social protection programme in Colombia benefitting 3 million households. It shows digital payments can be rapidly dispersed across multiple channels.

Sudan embraces digital payments to build a more inclusive economy

Sudan Joins United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to Drive Financial Inclusion and Transparency

In the IMF’s Fight Against Corruption, Digital Payments are a Powerful Weapon

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde is to be applauded for her recent leadership in the fight against corruption, and her recognition that there is an increasingly limited role for cash …

New Key to Help Unlock the Power of Digital Payments

Across the global policy community, the jury is now in about the power of digital payments to drive financial inclusion, particularly for women and the poor; improve efficiency and transpare…

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The Digital Payments Opportunity: A Conversation

This blog was originally published on BSR.org…

'Unprecedented Opportunities' For Reaching The Unbanked

Insights from the World Bank's 2017 Global Findex database

Governments can fight corruption by joining the digital payment revolution

A Case Study on Monetary Fraud in a Cashless Economy

A case study on three countries Sweden, United States and India is conducted to survey variations in costs for cash and card instruments in economies that have varying extents of cash in cir…

UN report: Social network payments now reach nearly US $3 trillion in China

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To improve the lives of nearly 2 million workers, H&M group will encourage suppliers to pay workers digitally

H&M group becomes the first global fashion brand to join the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance…

How Digital Payments Are Connecting People With Opportunities To Improve Their Lives

This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…

Accelerators to an Inclusive Digital Payments Ecosystem

This paper reviews 25 countries where digitization has had great impact and reveals 10 tangible steps, or “accelerators,” that governments and companies can take to build inclusive digital economies.

G20 High Level Principles for Digital Financial Inclusion

The principles, endorsed in 2016 during the G20 Chinese Presidency, catalyzes the adoption of digital approaches to achieve G20’s goals of financial inclusion, inclusive growth and increasing women’s economic participation.

Our 5 favorite recent digital payments stories

500 million Indian smartphone users in next 5 years: a huge market for digital payments

Mexico joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

Mexico’s route to financial inclusion begins with commitment to reduce use of cash