Better Than Cash Alliance: Empowering People One Transaction at a Time

New report says electronic payments can lift millions out of poverty; Peru, Kenya, Colombia, and Republic of Philippines are first governments to make commitments

Million Transaction Milestone and Awards Final Prize in Incentive Program

Award shared by Voilà’s T-Cash and Digicel’s TchoTcho Mobile recognizes the dynamic progress in the usage of mobile money.

UCI Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion awarded $4.17 million

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant supports research on monetary practices in developing nations

Foundation and U.S. Government Give $2.5 Million Prize for Transforming Banking Sector in Haiti | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Mobile operator Digicel becomes first recipient of mobile money fund in Haiti

World Bank and the Foundation Team Up to Improve Financial Data Collection | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Gallup World Poll to survey over 150,000 people in 150 countries to gather information on financial access for the poor

Yale Receives Foundation Grant for Microfinance Research Initiative | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

NEW HAVEN, Conn.--Yale University has received a $7.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create the Microsavings & Payments Innovation Initiative (MPII), a research effort designed to understand and communicate the development potential of microsavings and money transfer services for the world’s poor and those without access to a formal bank account, and research better ways of delivering these services.

ShoreBank International Announces New Mobile Money Initiative | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

To build a highly scalable mobile money platform, allowing low income people in Bangladesh to store, transfer, and receive money safely thereby extending the reach of the financial system to unbanked individuals, households and entrepreneurs.

CGAP Drives Expansion of Mobile Banking to Reach the World’s Poorest People | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

WASHINGTON--Ground-breaking mobile and agent banking programs have enabled poor people from Kenya to the Philippines to access financial services for the first time. CGAP today announced a further 3 year commitment to take this innovative approach to millions more around the world.