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.
Joins UN-based Better than Cash Alliance to Promote Financial Inclusion and Greater Supply Chain Transparency and Efficiency…
On April 15-16, 2014 the Better Than Cash Alliance presented at the First High Level Meeting for Effective Development Cooperation in Mexico City, Mexico.
Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance to bring financial inclusion to rural communities
The organization joins a UN-hosted alliance of governments, companies and international organizations to accelerate the move towards digitization of payments
Financial inclusion is a means to an end – or many ends – rather than an end in itself.
By BTCA Communications Team…
Key public and private sector players make action commitments on responsible digitization in retail, agriculture, and ready-made garment sectors, while prioritizing women
An interview with the Ethical Tea Partnership: Jenny Costelloe, Executive Director & Liberal Seburikoko, Regional Director (Africa)
Interview with World Cocoa Foundation, Paul F. Macek, Vice President for Programs
The Arab Monetary Fund, a regional financial organization, joins the United Nations-Better Than Cash Alliance.
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…
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Government of India joins the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to share success stories from the world’s largest financial inclusion programme…
Dhaka, November 20, 2019 - Media release by Government of Bangladesh: Building on what has been achieved so far, the government and the private sector have committed to working together to…
At ACDI/VOCA we see firsthand how technological innovations are revolutionizing approaches to global economic development. This is particularly true for electronic payments. Around 2.5 billi…
Payday can be an ordeal for women garment workers in Bangladesh. Often, they must wait in long lines, carry wads of cash through crowded streets, or encounter a mother-in-law demanding money…
The Alliance Learning Series is developed to promote a culture of active sharing of learnings with members and other key stakeholders.
New data gathered from the Higg Index from 3,000 factories in 58 countries