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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A water payment’s digitization project resulted in tripling water utility payments and reducing water collection waiting time from 3 hour to 10 minutes on average within a year, benefitting …
Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
This report examines new business models and government initiatives for energy access that rely upon digital payments.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance to bring financial inclusion to rural communities
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Interview with World Cocoa Foundation, Paul F. Macek, Vice President for Programs
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…
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…
Re-posted from the “Beyond the Transaction” Mastercard blog
Government of India joins the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to share success stories from the world’s largest financial inclusion programme…
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…
This blog was originally published on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business…
Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.
This blog post was originally published on Gallup.com
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In wealthy countries, most people conduct their financial activity in digital form; money and value is stored virtually and transferred instantaneously with a touch of a button.
Taking stock of the digital payments ecosystem with a 7-point action plan to expand the merchant acceptance network
This new case study features an examination of the nonprofit organization One Acre Fund (OAF) which teaches better crop management techniques and provides inputs on credit to smallholder farmers throughout East Africa.
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)