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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The Better Than Cash Alliance continues to achieve momentum in raising awareness about the benefits of digitizing cash payments to people.
The devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have heightened the need for proven solutions to keep the Sustainable Development Goals within reach
Here are highlights on how our global partnership ignited progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals through shifting to digital payments.
Digital payments can promote broader development goals of the G20 countries, according to a new report by the World Bank Development Research Group.
These phones can be used to receive and transfer money through an electronic banking solution called mVISA, provided by the Bank of Kigali.
Women need confidential and easily accessible financial services as well as control over their finances, and electronic payments bring these features to financial products.
In a new compendium, we share some really exciting evidence on this from around the world.
A new Better Than Cash Alliance and World Bank paper outlines factors for the financial exclusion of the elderly and explores how digital financial technology can help governments better prepare for global aging challenges.
New Alliance report “Success Factors in Tax Digitalization” is another powerful demonstration of how digital payments can positively impact millions of lives.
The devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have heightened the need for proven solutions to keep the SDGs within reach.
The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean have been severely affected by COVID-19, with a regional GDP contraction of 6.7%** according to the World Bank.
The case studies reveal how each country developed their programme, current delivery & payment, and the costs and benefits of using e-payments.
700 million new accounts since 2011: The World Bank’s 2014 Global Findex findings
In a new report, the Better Than Cash Alliance shows how improved digitization and harmonization can help UN agencies and partners make an even greater impact.