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Unlocking digital inclusion for women in Jordan

Jordan has improved financial inclusion, but women, youth, small businesses, and refugees still face major barriers to accessing digital financial services.

2024 Annual Report - Powering financial inclusion, economic growth, and digital transformation

Responsible digital payments: Powering financial inclusion, economic growth, and digital transformation

Expanding Opportunities for Egypt’s Women- and Youth-Led MSMEs Through Digital Trade

A new collaboration between the Better Than Cash Alliance (the Alliance), the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), and partners such as the African Union Women, Gender and Youth Directorate and AUDA-NEPAD is working to address persistent gaps in digital trade and financial inclusion.

Transforming Ethiopia’s Health Sector: Digitizing Payments for Improved Access and Efficiency

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health launched a nationwide Digital Health Payment Initiative in August 2024, aiming to revolutionize healthcare payments by making them more efficient, transparent, and inclusive through digital financial services.

G20 Brazil Policy Options for Bridging the Last Mile

The Better Than Cash Alliance released the G20 Policy Options to Improve Last Mile Access, offering actionable public policy recommendations to tackle systemic barriers to financial inclusion.

UNDP welcomes the Better Than Cash Alliance to accelerate financial inclusion through responsible digital payments

The Better Than Cash Alliance has transitioned from UNCDF to join UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub

The Trust Quotient: An ASEAN Policy Toolkit for Unlocking Responsible Digital Payments for Micro-Merchants

Real-world experiences from micro-merchants across ASEAN that highlight the factors that build or erode trust in DFS.

Global engagement in scaling instant payments: insights, strategies, and trust building

Over the past few months, the Alliance facilitated a series of peer exchanges, bringing together the architects of some of the world’s most dynamic digital payment platforms—systems that process billions of transactions monthly, such as India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Brazil’s rapidly evolving PIX.

Empowering Every Ability: Egypt's Pioneering Journey Towards Financial Inclusion

Central Bank of Egypt advances financial inclusion for persons with disabilities through targeted regulations, accessible services, and collaborative initiative

Our work on agriculture

Learn about how the Alliance advocates for responsible payment digitization in agriculture

Igniting women-led development with inclusive digital finance: G20 EMPOWER summit resounding appeal

G20 EMPOWER summit ignites the vital role of digital finance in achieving gender equality

“If we manage to extend these digital and secure payment means, I believe we will create a better, more protected society”

Learn about the Diploma in Financial Education of the National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Users of Financial Services (CONDUSEF) of Mexico.

Global Hub Launched to Eradicate Women’s Digital Financial Exclusion and Accelerate Women’s Business Ownership

New Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion Advocacy Hub to Champion Equal Access to Digital Financial Services for Women.

LEARNING SERIES >> How to scale up digital wages in line with the UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments

Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal

Creating transformational change for tea communities through responsible digital payments

An interview with the Ethical Tea Partnership: Jenny Costelloe, Executive Director & Liberal Seburikoko, Regional Director (Africa)

LEARNING SERIES >> Collaborating to scale the responsible digitization of humanitarian payments

There is an urgent need and powerful opportunity to further boost the outreach, efficiency, and efficacy of digital humanitarian payments through enhanced coordination between UN agencies.

LEARNING SERIES >> Our learnings from digitizing P2G payments in a customer-centric way

Successful digitization of P2G payments and its widespread adoption by users is achievable - but depends on the alignment of various important factors.

Digitizing Payments Responsibly in the Tea Sector – Ethical Tea Partnership joins Better Than Cash Alliance

Ethical Tea Partnership is a membership organization working with tea companies, development organizations and governments to improve the lives of tea workers, farmers and their environment.

LEARNING SERIES >> What will it take for small merchants to embrace digital payments?

Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.

Data privacy should not be compromised in using fintech: FM