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Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

Improving Humanitarian Payments Through Digital Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities

This report assesses the challenges and opportunities of responsibly digitizing the delivery of humanitarian payments through an exploration of five key technologies.
© © International Rescue Committee / M Jacques Serbia
Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

Achieving Development and Acceptance of an Open and Inclusive Digital Payments Infrastructure

A report by the Better Than Cash Alliance for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion.
News >> Ideas & Updates

An infrastructure approach to improving Financial Inclusion

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…
Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

Innovative Digital Payment Mechanisms Supporting Financial Inclusion Stocktaking Report

A report by the World Bank Group’s Payment System Development Group, the Better Than Cash Alliance, and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion.
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Distributing Production: Can Distributed Ledgers Fuel a New Wave of Supply-Chain Innovation?

Blockchain Series: Blog 5
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Colombia: Innovations in the delivery of Ingreso Solidario

Learning webinar highlights #highlights
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Leading global experts priotize key measures to optimize digital finance for world's poorest people

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…
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Global Resources >> Industry Reports

Basel standard setter: improving payments infrastructure accelerates financial inclusion

The report attempts to understand the factors that drive awareness and interest among current non-users of digital payments in India and analyzes the experience of current users and dentify potential strategies to spur the adoption among these consumers and merchants.

© Anjali Banthia
News >> Ideas & Updates

A Fine Balance: Regulation & Greater Economic Opportunity in the Case of Payment Gateways for Merchants

Opening new payment gateways for merchants presents risks but much greater opportunities. Striking the right balance between fostering innovative services and managing risk is crucial.

News >> Ideas & Updates

How to shape inclusive financial ecosystems with interoperable QR codes

Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.
© ©Better Than Cash Alliance
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World Bank Report: Digital payments vital to economic growth

Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps
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Media Briefing - Making cash history

Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
© ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Frederic Courbet
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New United Nations Study Maps Top 10 Ways Governments and Companies Can Create Digital Economies

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…
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Distributed Ledger Technology: What Is It and Why Do We Care?

Blockchain Series: Blog 1…
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For whom the cash tolls

Transportation Series: Blog 2…
News >> Media Release

Looking Ahead - Ethiopia launches new digital payments strategy to catalyze inclusive growth

To speed up Ethiopia’s journey towards digital transformation, the Government of Ethiopia is launching today the first-ever digital payments strategy.
© ©Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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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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Sierra Leone: Digitizing revenue collection is the next frontier

By Alfred Akibo-Betts and Tenzin Keyzom Massally

© © Tenzin Keyzom Massally
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How cities will win – digital payments and the future of smart

Transportation Series: Blog 3
© © Better Than Cash Alliance
News >> Ideas & Updates

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.

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