Maximising opportunities in private sector collaboration
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Tips to maximize opportunities when working with private sector partners such as financial service providers and merchants
Tools in this section are designed to help humanitarian/development teams build effective partnerships with financial service providers and engage with merchants on e-payments. It outlines strategies to help providers recognize disadvantaged communities as valuable clients and highlights success factors for the partnership (early engagement, clear communication, simplified contracting). Case studies further help illustrate the business case for serving unbanked and hard-to-reach communities.
Tools and Resources
Successful partnerships with the private sector
Tips to establish effective partnerships with financial service providers for safe and inclusive cash assistance. Financial service providers, such as banks, mobile money providers and fintechs, have become key partners for humanitarian/development organizations in delivering cash assistance. Even though some projects are already almost fully delivered by them, organizations seldom leverage the full potential of […]
How to encourage merchants to adopt e-payments systems?
Tips to drive merchant e-payment adoption. Merchant mobile payments are still not widely used despite the advantages that e-money payments bring, including recipients of digital cash assistance. This includes increased privacy and convenience of paying for goods and services directly through people’s own mobile money accounts or e-wallets. This tool explains why merchant e-payments matter […]