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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This is the first in a series of articles on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members…
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievements of our members one year on from Reaching Financial Equality for Women, to ensure stronger economies that build on the strengths of women and girls.
Prioritizing women, deepening digital infrastructure, designing for users, and building trust drive usage of digital financial services
New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.
Lessons from our work with members in Ghana, India, Mexico, and the Philippines
This blog was originally published on BSR.org…
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
Scaling digitization of payments for small and micro merchants by convening key stakeholders to co-create solutions.
Blockchain Series: Blog 4
This blog was originally published on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business…
New data gathered from the Higg Index from 3,000 factories in 58 countries
By Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, UNCDF, Advisor, Better Than Cash Alliance
Government of Pakistan joins the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to create inclusive economic growth and a more efficient market structure…
This paper identifies and discusses principles and applications of Blockchain that enhance trust, transparency, and auditability in Social Business (SB) activities. It outlines the challenges related to creating a native cryptocurrency for SB, and barriers to infrastructure and technology adoption by different SB stakeholders.
Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal
By BTCA Communications Team…
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
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.
Better Than Cash Alliance organized a peer exchange learning series to highlight the central and state government initiatives and facilitate peer learning to accelerate service delivery and digital financial inclusion.