Mexico

How one platform connects cities and boosts small businesses

How can platform approaches drive the digitization of cities? Learn how CIVICO and Accion are helping customers and small businesses, in Bogota, Mexico City, and Santiago, connect and transact.

Strengthening Mexico’s small merchants through digital payments

Grupo Bimbo identified digitization as a key element to help merchants remain competitive against modern retail stories in Mexico….

New United Nations Study Shines Spotlight on Peru’s Progress on Digital Finance

As McKinsey Global Institute reveals a potential $3.7 trillion GDP boost in emerging economies, the report outlines how Peru can continue to advance its digital finance agenda …

Todo lo bonito de las finanzas digitales

Mexico joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

Mexico’s route to financial inclusion begins with commitment to reduce use of cash

Mexico’s route to financial inclusion begins with commitment to reduce the use of cash

One of the largest economies in Latin America keeps growth momentum going by joining the United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to foster a financially inclusive economy…

El camino de México hacia la inclusión financiera empieza con el compromiso de reducir el uso del efectivo

Una de las economías más grandes de América Latina mantiene el ritmo de crecimiento al unirse a la Alianza Better Than Cash de las Naciones Unidas para fomentar una economía de inclusión fi…

Grupo Bimbo joins the Better Than Cash Alliance to help small businesses in Mexico boost profits

Through Red Qiubo, Grupo Bimbo provides small businesses with the necessary technology to accept digital payments in their operations.

Grupo Bimbo, world’s largest baking company, joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

In becoming a Better than Cash Alliance member, Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baking company, announced that it will strengthen its commitment to digitize traditional small shops in Mexico.

Toward a cash-free world with the Global Findex

Development Research Group When the Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) was formed almost three years ago, about half of the world’s adult population had some type of bank account. Last week th…

Digitization of payments in Mexico saves billions

The Mexican government is saving an estimated US$ 1.27 billion per year, or 3.3 percent of its total expenditure, on wages, pensions and social transfers. How? By digitizing and centralizing…

Digitization Helps Small Merchants Keep Jobs and Profits in Mexico

Guest post by Alicia Rendon Contro, Grupo Bimbo…

BTCA Supports a Stronger Digital Financial Ecosystem in Peru

The Alliance is supporting ASBANC to help launch the platform as soon as possible with the endorsement of the National Financial Inclusion Commission.

Shift to Electronic Payments Saves Mexican Government US$1.27 Billion Annually

Study concludes Mexico’s savings and other benefits and provides tangible lessons for other nations…

Mexico saves a billion dollars annually by going digital

This case study is the first of a series of Better Than Cash Alliance case studies examining the how and why of shifting to electronic payments.

New Study Identifies How Much Mexican Government Saves Annually After Shift to Electronic Payments

Study concludes Mexico’s savings and other benefits and provides tangible lessons for other nations…

Sustained Effort, Saving Billions: Lessons from the Mexican Government’s Shift to Electronic Payments

In the first of The Better Than Cash Alliance Case Study Series to be released, researchers identify the many billions that are estimated to be saved by the Mexican government each year.

Bansefi Visa Debit and Prepaid Cards Create “Oportunidades” for Mexico ’s Financially Underserved

The largest social program in Mexico, Oportunidades, distributes benefits to 6.5 million people. The government-owned Bank of National Savings and Financial Services (Bansefi) was looking fo…