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 Mexican government is saving an estimated US$ 1.27 billion per year, or 3.3 percent of its total expenditure, on wages, pensions and social transfers. How? By digitizing and centralizing…
Learn about the Diploma in Financial Education of the National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Users of Financial Services (CONDUSEF) of Mexico.
This blog was originally published on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business…
Scaling digitization of payments for small and micro merchants by convening key stakeholders to co-create solutions.
Financial inclusion is a means to an end – or many ends – rather than an end in itself.
Crossposted from the original post that appeared in The Economist Intelligence Unit…
Insights from the 2023 HLPF expert roundtable
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.
Development Research Group When the Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) was formed almost three years ago, about half of the world’s adult population had some type of bank account. Last week th…
What being gender intentional has taught us about advancing digital financial equality for women.
Government of Pakistan joins the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to create inclusive economic growth and a more efficient market structure…
Conoce más sobre el exitoso Diplomado en Educación Financiera de la Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros (CONDUSEF).
A Q&A with Dr. Ruth Goodwin-Groen on the Better Than Cash Alliance’s Important New Role
Guest post by Shireen Santosham, GSMA Connected Women
Study concludes Mexico’s savings and other benefits and provides tangible lessons for other nations
Visa Joins Global Leaders In New Partnership To Promote Electronic Payments And Improve Lives
Transportation Series: Blog 3
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.
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…
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.