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The Coca-Cola Company joins Better Than Cash Alliance to give more people access to electronic payments

Better Than Cash Alliance welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as its member…
© ©The Coca-Cola Company
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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…
© Michael Hamp/IFAD
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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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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….
© ©Colin Crowley, Creative Commons
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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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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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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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Government of Afghanistan Joins Better Than Cash Alliance

Government of Afghanistan Joins Better Than Cash Alliance — Pledges to Address Poverty and Grow Economy by Shifting to Electronic Payments…
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Better Than Cash Alliance Names Ruth Goodwin-Groen as Managing Director

Alliance Accelerates Work to Transition from Cash to Electronic Payments Worldwide…
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Ruth Goodwin-Groen Named as Managing Director

Alliance Accelerates Work to Transition from Cash to Electronic Payments Worldwide…
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Initiative Launched to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments for the Poor

Initiative Launched to Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Payments for the Poor…
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Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’

Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
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Is Cash the Enemy of the Poor?

In wealthy countries, most people conduct their financial activity in digital form; money and value is stored virtually and transferred instantaneously with a touch of a button, and the syst…
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Digital initiative aimed at helping world’s poor

Digital initiative aimed at helping world’s poor…