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The International Fund for Agricultural Development joins Better Than Cash Alliance to bring financial inclusion to rural communities

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is pleased to accept an invitation to join the Better than Cash Alliance (BTCA) in our shared commitment to bringing financial acce…
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UN Helping to Coordinate Payments to Thousands of Frontline Ebola Responders

The Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) is supporting the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) work with the authorities in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to coordinate payments for…
© Bossman Owusu/UNDP Ghana
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Towards a Stronger Digital Financial Ecosystem in Peru

The Better Than Cash Alliance supports a unique initiative of the Peruvian Banker’s Association (ASBANC) that brings together banks and major telecom operators…
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World Bank Report: Digital payments vital to economic growth

Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps…
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Paving the Way for Responsible Digital Finance

By Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, UNCDF, Advisor, Better Than Cash Alliance…
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Seeing the Benefits of Electronic Aid Delivery Up Close in Rwanda

Earlier this year, we shared the story of the World Food Programme (WFP) introducing cash transfers on mobile phones at the Gihembe refugee camp in northern Rwanda. …
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In Learning Exchange with Kenya, Nigerian and Malawian Banks Focus on Reaching Women With Cashless Solutions

Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
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World Bank Report: Digital Payments Vital to Economic Growth

Digital payments can promote broader development goals of the G20 countries, according to a new report by the World Bank Development Research Group.

© Deepti KC and Mudita Tiwari
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Is Cash the Enemy of Financial Inclusion?

The Better Than Cash Alliance, hosted by UNCDF, gathered with colleagues at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Council of Governors Annual Meeting last month in Urubamba, Peru….
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How Digital Finance Can Contribute to the G20 Agenda on Economic Growth

The Better Than Cash Alliance and the Gates Foundation propose digital financial services as a means for this growth to be broad-based and inclusive, especially for to women.
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BTCA Named as Implementing Partner of the G20’s GPFI

May 2014 newsletter, BTCA Named as Implementing Partner of the G20’s GPFI, Mercy Corps Deploys E-Voucher System for Crisis in the DRC, Women Micro-Entrepreneurs in Nigeria Save Using Mobile App, The Year of E-Money in the Philippines Concludes with a 20% Lift in Transactions, VIDEO: Successful E-Payments Programs Require Strong Communication Channels, Mobile Money is Quickly Taking Off in Côte d’Ivoire, Study Shows that G2P Digital Payments Have Impact, Pakistan: Millions of Unbanked Citizens to Gain Access to Financial Services, How to Design Electronic G2P Payments in Lower Income Countries, What Can We Learn From New Mobile Money Regulation in the DRC?

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Women’s World Banking Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

One Million Low-Income People to Reap Benefits of Digital Money…
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Women’s World Banking Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance To Further Empower Women

Women need confidential and easily accessible financial services as well as control over their finances, and electronic payments bring these features to financial products.
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What Can Experiences in Haiti, Kenya, the Philippines & Uganda Teach Us About G2P & D2P E-Payments?

March 2014 newsletter, What Can Experiences in Haiti, Kenya, the Philippines & Uganda Teach Us About G2P & D2P E-Payments?, Remote communities in Ghana bank on mobiles, Does gender impact access to mobile financial services?
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WFP's new e-card reduces Syrian refugees suffering

As part of its massive humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rolling out an innovative electronic voucher programme in Lebanon that wil…
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Why Women Remain an Untapped Potential in Mobile Money

It’s hard to imagine a more explosive, transformative, and empowering trend than the growth of the mobile phone sector in Africa. In 1998 there were fewer than 4 million phones on the contin…
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Kenya’s Shift to Electronic Payments, an Example of Courageous Government

Kenya is moving towards emerging market status and the government’s focused strategy of creating an electronic payments economy is contributing to its growth. During a reception hosted by th…
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Kenyan’s Ministry of Finance, explains the keys to a successful shift from cash to electronic payments.

The discussion focused on the critical elements of Kenya’s successful transition process, the challenges and benefits of the shift.
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Grameen Foundation Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

Grameen Foundation Joins Better Than Cash Alliance; Pledges to Address Poverty by Shifting to Electronic Payments…
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Unlocking the Potential-Women and Mobile Financial Services in Emerging Markets

This report offers insights on women’s needs for financial management tools and use of mobile financial services in Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Tanzania. It also contain…