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 report by the World Bank Development Research Group, the Better Than Cash Alliance, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Women’s World Banking to the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion.
The market- building approach discuses the virtous cycle tied to digital payment platforms proliferate, increase in value proposition, a broad customer base and yet more innovative services tailored to the needs of people previously unbanked.
A new animation and working paper, developed by the Alliance, seek to better explain what inclusive digital payment ecosystems are
The purpose of this working paper is to set out the key components and stakeholders in a digital payments ecosystem (DPE).
The Tanzanian President, Finance Ministers and high level delegates from Peru, Indonesia, Colombia, the Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Belgium, and South Africa are leading SDG progress by digitizing payments and accelerating financial inclusion.
The toolkit provides a comprehensive view of scale and nature of Mobile money opportunities; strategic considerations around interoperability and enabling third parties; further providing some insights and best practices around the same.
On behalf of the United Nations’ Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Controller, announced that the UN Secretariat had just jo…
by Tidar Wald, Government and Corporate Relations Specialist at Better Than Cash Alliance…
Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals…
Developed over 18 months as part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Financial Services for the Poor(FSP) initiative, this guide is the result of discussions and engagements with hundre…
The fifth annual Financial Access Survey released by the International Monetary Fund is the most comprehensive global source of data on financial access and usage - incorporating mobile mone…
This DCED Research and Evidence Update compiles recent books, journal articles and studies that offer credible findings on the effectiveness of private sector development (PSD), reviews of c…
ANTALYA, Turkey - How are phones and cards changing the ways the global poor access and manage their money, and what should governments and financial institutions do to ensure innovative pr…
Watch: Measuring progress on financial and digital inclusion
Kenya, a Better Than Cash Alliance Member, ranked first on [the Brookings Scorecard](http://www.broo…
Crossposted from the original post that appeared in The Economist Intelligence Unit…
This is the fourth in a series of articles written by Maura Hart on the achievements of several Better Than Cash Alliance members. These highlights capture the innovative work by governments, businesses and development organizations to fulfill their commitment to transition from cash to digital payments.