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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Analyzing impacts and potential of mobile money on (women’s) economic empowerment, financial inclusion and poverty reduction.
We invite you to use this compendium to make digital financial inclusion a priority.
Similar to the RDPGs, this Smart Campaign publication identifies standards for responsible digital financial services, especially credit. It aims to guide the practices of both fintechs and traditional financial service providers undergoing digital transformation.
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Across the global policy community, the jury is now in about the power of digital payments to drive financial inclusion, particularly for women and the poor; improve efficiency and transpare…
This blog was originally published on BSR.org…
Below are the questions we often get asked about our Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines:…
The paper presents use cases for digital financial services (DFS) along value chains across three broad categories- overcoming barriers to providing financial services, improving the efficiency of financial transactions, and improving market opportunities.
Payments on messaging and e-commerce platforms set to increase China’s GDP by $236 billion by 2025, unlocking new economic opportunities for people and small businesses…
The report charts the story of mobile money covering a decade of progress, industry lessons,impact and the future of the industry.
Although cashless payment instruments have been available in Mexico for some time, their rate of adoption was not remarkably fast, until the last 15 years. This chapter seeks to document this phenomenon and discuss some hypotheses on why the adoption rate is still low.
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
The report establishes how the mobile industry impacts the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and provides a set of commitments that will ensure that the SDGs are an enduring influence on our industry’s roadmap.
Did you ever wonder why there is not an International Men’s Day? There actually is such a day, by the way—it’s on November 19th, but there aren’t too many people marking it with a night off …
By BTCA Communications Team…
This survey examines the evolution of mobile money, its important role in widening financial inclusion, and the impact of regulation on the development of mobile money systems.
by Leora Klapper and Ruth Goodwin-Groen…
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.
Making cash history: How digital payments can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals…