Security

Op-Ed: As COVID-19 presents Africa with conflicting choices between relief for today and investing for tomorrow, here’s why it needs to consider digitization

It’s not just about fresh capital for Africa: it is about deployment

The International Labour Organization commits to expanding the use of responsible digital payments to advance decent work

New partnership will result in promoting digital payments as an important tool to increase security, financial inclusion and economic opportunities in the workplace. …

Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Identity: Prospects and Pitfalls Ahead

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Marks & Spencer Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance on International Women’s Day

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Cash Digitization: UN Collaboration, Coordination, and Harmonization Opportunities

New UN Better Than Cash Alliance’s Cash Digitization Study recommends strengthening cash assistance collaboration across UN agencies & partners, to improve coordination and harmonization.

Branchless Banking in Pakistan: Opportunities and Challenges

The paper examines strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats of branchless banking and recommends some strategies around the identified challenges with a focus on Pakistan.

Five Ways Digital Payments Are Coming to the Rescue in Emergencies

The ability to make and receive payments electronically has emerged, in recent years, as a technology hero during natural disasters and health pandemics. At a time when more people than ever…

World Humanitarian Summit Edition

Good news ahead of the World Humanitarian Summit 

Five Ways Digital Payments Are Coming to the Rescue in Emergencies

Saving Money, Saving Lives: A Case Study on the Benefits of Digitizing Payments to Ebola Response Workers in Sierra Leone

This case study sets out key lessons from Sierra Leone’s experience using digital payments to help combat Ebola.

Building a Gateway to Digital Payments in Afghanistan: The World Food Programme’s E-Voucher Initiative

In Afghanistan, the World Food Programme (WFP) turned to digital payments to deliver food aid and has experienced many benefits by transitioning to e-vouchers and mobile money.

New United Nations study finds digital payments to Ebola response workers saved lives and $10 million

By using digital payments to pay Ebola response workers, Sierra Leone massively cut payment times, avoiding large-scale strikes and ensuring a stable workforce to defeat Ebola. Sierra Leone…

Une nouvelle étude des Nations unies révèle que les paiements numériques versés aux équipes d'intervention contre Ebola ont permis de sauver des vies et d'économiser 10 millions de dollars

En utilisant les paiements numériques pour rémunérer les personnes employées dans la lutte contre Ebola, la Sierra Leone a énormément réduit les délais de paiement, évitant ainsi des grèves …

Making Electronic Payments Work for Humanitarian Response

This paper analyzes how existing Digital Financial Services initiatives can better align to support humanitarian response, and uses a framework for comprehensively considering e-payment preparedness. Central African Republic, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Philippines, Somalia, and Yemen have been evaluated as per the framework.

UNFPA joins the Better Than Cash Alliance to improve programme delivery

Today, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, joined The Better Than Cash Alliance, committing to boost the use of digital payments to improve programme delivery, by generating cost savi…

El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo será el primer banco regional de desarrollo en unirse a una alianza que promueve pagos digitales

La organización se une a una alianza organizada por la Naciones Unidas para unir gobiernos, empresas y organizaciones internacionales en el esfuerzo para avanzar pagos digitales…

Inter-American Development Bank becomes first regional development bank to join partnership to advance digital payments

The organization joins a UN-hosted alliance of governments, companies and international organizations to accelerate the move towards digitization of payments…