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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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.
Guest post by Shireen Santosham, GSMA Connected Women…
Bangladesh commits to further national financial inclusion by accelerating the transition to digital payments…
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2015 —Between 2011 and 2014, 700 million people became account holders at banks, other financial institutions, or mobile money service providers, and the number of “unb…
Government aims for economic growth and women’s empowerment through digital payments initiative…
PNG’s Ministries of Finance and Treasury endorse Better Than Cash Alliance membership…
The Universal Postal Union (UPU), the UN’s agency for postal services, has joined the Better Than Cash Alliance.
Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member…
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…
The Better Than Cash Alliance supports a unique initiative of the Peruvian Banker’s Association (ASBANC) that brings together banks and major telecom operators…
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps…
By Beth Porter, Policy Advisor, Financial Inclusion, UNCDF, Advisor, Better Than Cash Alliance…
Guest post by Allegra Palmer, Women’s World Banking…
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….
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?
One Million Low-Income People to Reap Benefits of Digital 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…
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…
The discussion focused on the critical elements of Kenya’s successful transition process, the challenges and benefits of the shift.
Grameen Foundation Joins Better Than Cash Alliance; Pledges to Address Poverty by Shifting to Electronic Payments…