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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Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
Guest post by Alicia Rendon Contro, Grupo Bimbo
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Interview with Gustavo Vega, President of the clearing house ACH Colombia
This is the third in a series of articles written by Maura Hart on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members.
Reposted from the original Gates Foundation blog on Impatient Optimists. Until recently, achieving financial inclusion for the world’s unbanked poor was a pressing goal with perplexing obstacles.
With 37 percent of the value of all payments now made digitally, Ghana is on course to be a leader in the region, with great potential to expand economic opportunities for businesses
Building an inclusive financial ecosystem is critical to accelerating the shift away from cash in Colombia and Latin America…
Media release by the Government of Senegal, the Better Than Cash Alliance and MM4P…
Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal
Transportation Series: Blog 1 (Introduction)
In looking at ways to bring financial services to the more than two billion people outside formal financial systems, often the focus has been on piecemeal efforts to improve specific element…
Prioritizing women, deepening digital infrastructure, designing for users, and building trust drive usage of digital financial services
This report outlines how mobile channels can support sanitation services delivery while building new engagement models and emphasizes the need of a collaborative approach to mobile technology integration, grant support for developing and piloting.
This report examines new business models and government initiatives for energy access that rely upon digital payments.
By BTCA Communications Team…
Insights from the 2023 HLPF expert roundtable
Transportation Series: Blog 3
The emergence of Nigeria as a regional economic powerhouse has presented a challenge for Nigerian policymakers: how to convert Nigeria’s growth at the macro level into greater financial inclusion, so that the rising economic tide can benefit more people.