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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Interview with World Cocoa Foundation, Paul F. Macek, Vice President for Programs …
Joins UN-based Better than Cash Alliance to Promote Financial Inclusion and Greater Supply Chain Transparency and Efficiency…
The mobile money industry is now processing a billion dollars a day and generating direct revenues of over $2.4 billion. With 690 million registered accounts worldwide, mobile money has evol…
By Jean Pascal Mvondo, West Africa’s Digital Government Lead, Better Than Cash Alliance…
This paper traces the history of mobile banking in Pakistan, studies various models of mobile banking and assesses its current state.
This paper includes an extensive literature review on Mobile financial Services (MFS)and provides an overview of existing MFS landscape.
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…
Finance Ministers of the economies of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) endorsed the new Better Than Cash Alliance report on the role of digital payments in sustainable agriculture on 21st October, in Viet Nam.
Everything from the range of goods and services we buy to how we buy them has drastically shifted toward digital, bringing significant benefits to consumers, businesses and economies. As the…
Ghana has made significant gains, including almost 100 percent government payments to people and payments within the government now processed digitally.
With 37 percent of the value of all payments now made digitally, Ghana is on course to be a leader in the region, with great potential to expand economic opportunities for businesses…
This Diagnostic Report shows Ghana has taken important steps toward digitizing its economy, and has several of the building blocks of an inclusive digital ecosystem already in place.
Leading consumer goods company and sustainability champion Unilever has committed to transition away from cash throughout its value chain.
In a significant step towards integrating social benefits into business strategy, the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance announced its newest member: Unilever. …
Today, over half of the world population lives in cities. By 2050, this number will increase to two-thirds. In this context, this study looks at the net benefits associated with adopting digital payments at the city-level.