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$18 billion merchant retail digitization opportunity in India's North East region

New Report “Catalyzing Responsible Digital Payments in India’s North East Region” by UN based Better Than Cash Alliance
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Responsible Digital Payments during COVID-19

This webinar demonstrated how integrating the Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines in payment responses is possible and why it’s an important building block for recovery.
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Launched! World’s first interoperable shared mobile payments platform

The Alliance contributed to the launch of Peru’s new mobile payment system, Bim, which plans to bring digital payments to 5 million Peruvians over 5 years.
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What Can Experiences in Haiti, Kenya, the Philippines & Uganda Teach Us About G2P & D2P E-Payments?

The case studies reveal how each country developed their programme, current delivery & payment, and the costs and benefits of using e-payments.
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Lessons on accelerating responsible digital payments globally

A compilation of what we have learnt from supporting country diagnostic reports and national strategies, merchant payments (P2B) and Person to Government (P2G) payments.
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Why are global brands digitizing payments?

Around 40 companies and organizations share insights and lessons on how digitizing supply chain payments has a profound impact on global businesses, economies, and individuals.
© © Pagos Digitales Peruanos (PDP)
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What are the challenges and opportunities of responsibly digitizing humanitarian payments?

Our latest report guides humanitarians to assess if and how digital payments can be effective
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Digital payments and Public Financial Management

A new Center for Global Development policy paper explores the linkages between digitalization of payments and effective PFM systems.
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Data proves power of digital payments

Full financial inclusion is possible through digital payments
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Senegal’s Prime Minister launches new payment digitization agenda

The Prime Minister made this announcement at the Council of Ministers last week, where he presented a new study on payment digitization to His Excellency the President of the Republic, Macky Sall.
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West Africa launches new payments digitization agenda

New report: Worker payments digitization for economic recovery and decent work.
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Our 5 favorite recent digital payments stories

500 million Indian smartphone users in next 5 years: a huge market for digital payments
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What is an inclusive approach to digital payments ecosystems?

A new animation and working paper, developed by the Alliance, seek to better explain inclusive digital payment ecosystems.
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Governments using digital payments to drive Sustainable Development Goals

The Tanzanian President, Finance Ministers and high level delegates are leading SDG progress by digitizing payments and accelerating financial inclusion.
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Papua New Guinea commits to digitizing all government payments

The Government of Papua New Guinea joined the Better Than Cash Alliance and committed to digitizing all government payments.
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World Bank Report: Digital Payments Vital to Economic Growth

Digital payments can promote broader development goals of the G20 countries, according to a new report by the World Bank Development Research Group.

© Deepti KC and Mudita Tiwari
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Learning Series > Lessons on Government-to-Person and humanitarian payments, and gender intentionality

We explore lessons from working with our member governments to design and execute G2P & humanitarian payments.
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Webinar recording > Managing Liquidity and Cash-Out for Social Payments During COVID-19

This webinar captured lessons on delivering vital government-to-person (G2P) payments that expands choice.
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Share Your Thoughts: What Are “Responsible” Digital Payments?

At the Better Than Cash Alliance Secretariat we are starting to think what responsible digital payments mean for our members and stakeholders and want to ask your opinion. 
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From 1% to 30% > The Philippines' digital payment transformation

The success story of the Philippines and the key decisions made by the government and private sector in accelerating the adoption of responsible digital payments.
© © Better Than Cash Alliance/Erwin Nolido