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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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 Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal
Prioritizing women, deepening digital infrastructure, designing for users, and building trust drive usage of digital financial services
Working with our members to help them collaborate with the private sector to build responsible digital payments ecosystems for the underserved and excluded.
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.
There is an urgent need and powerful opportunity to further boost the outreach, efficiency, and efficacy of digital humanitarian payments through enhanced coordination between UN agencies.
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
Building capacity within government agencies that champion digital payments
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Scaling digitization of payments for small and micro merchants by convening key stakeholders to co-create solutions.
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.
Director-General says joining the Better Than Cash Alliance is part of stimulating more innovation and financial inclusion for smallholders
This blog post was originally published in the Action 2030 Blog on unsdg.un.org.
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New data gathered from the Higg Index from 3,000 factories in 58 countries
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
Below are the questions we often get asked about our Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines:…