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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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…
When a family member first told Mary that she could use her mobile phone to store her money, she felt that she had finally found a safe place to keep the earnings from her vegetable sales….
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Re-posted from the “Beyond the Transaction” Mastercard blog …
Reposted from the original Gates Foundation blog on Impatient Optimists. Until recently, achieving financial inclusion for the world’s unbanked poor was a pressing goal with perplexing obsta…
Two case studies from the Better Than Cash Alliance present innovations from Colombia’s digital payments ecosystem
UPU, the UN’s agency for postal services, has joined the Better Than Cash Alliance….
Digitizing the delivery of humanitarian aid has so much appeal. By taking cash out of the equation, electronic transfers (often called e-transfers or e-payments) promise a faster, more secur…
Building an inclusive financial ecosystem is critical to accelerating the shift away from cash in Colombia and Latin America…
Monrovia, LIBERIA - UNDP has helped the Liberian government pay thousands of Ebola workers. Over $1 million dollars in cash payments were distributed across the country in January alone….
Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member…
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…
Ghana joins Better Than Cash Alliance for greater financial transparency…
Le Ghana rejoint l’Alliance Better Than Cash pour une plus grande transparence financière…
Rwanda to accelerate digital payments by joining the Better Than Cash Alliance…
Le Rwanda accélère l’adoption des paiements numériques en rejoignant l’Alliance Better Than Cash…
Guest post by Alicia Rendon Contro, Grupo Bimbo…
Guest post by Marcos Bader…