Cash technology

Digital technology has the potential to transform the way in which cash programmes operate. Mobile payment platforms are already demonstrating how new technologies can have a great impact on efficiencies and convenience for people receiving cash assistance. This is just one example of the potential for the use of technology in this sector. 

© Pierre Grandidier / IFRC

For more information on specific areas of innovation in cash technology, see the following:

> Blockchain and DLT

> RedRose resources and Toolkit

26 January 2024

Guidance for Information Management in CVA Preparedness

Type:

Guidance

Organization:

IFRC

With more and more National Societies providing CVA as a modality for assistance, the need for robust IM tools and systems to deliver effective, timely, scalable, and quality CVA, and…

  • Cash technology
  • Information management

24 January 2024

Data sharing in humanitarian CVA: Technical validation exercise lessons learned

Type:

Report

Organization:

ECHO, IFRC, Norwegian Red Cross, NRC, Save the Children

This report highlights key lessons learned from conducting a technical validation exercise with humanitarian organizations providing cash programming in Uganda and South Sudan. Building on prior interviews and landscaping research…

  • Cash technology
  • DIGID

26 June 2023

The use of the RedRose data management platform for Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA)

Type:

Learning

Organization:

Cash Hub

This document describes the experience of five NSs (Gambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) who piloted the RedRose platform for Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). This learning review aims to…

  • Cash technology
  • Information management

22 May 2023

Vertical integration: Sharing data on a person with a payments or messaging provider to extend services

Type:

Report

Organization:

ECHO, IFRC, Norwegian Red Cross, NRC, Save the Children

The growth in CVA programming is enabled by the increasing adoption of mobile phones, which facilitate registration, information sharing, and payments for CVA. This use case focuses on sharing data…

  • Cash technology
  • DIGID
  • Information management

22 May 2023

Individual referral: Sharing data on a person with a partner, donor or government for follow-up services

Type:

Report

Organization:

ECHO, IFRC, Norwegian Red Cross, NRC, Save the Children

In many cases organizations collect and hold sensitive personal data on the people they are supporting. This may include names, addresses, phone numbers, biometric data, bank account information and an…

  • Cash technology
  • DIGID
  • Information management

22 May 2023

Organizational referral: Sharing data on which organisations can provide what kind of support to whom

Type:

Learning

Organization:

ECHO, IFRC, Norwegian Red Cross, NRC, Save the Children

Humanitarian Outcomes estimates that there were around 5,000 organizations in the humanitarian system in 2021. These figures are likely an underestimate, particularly if we include the role played by local…

  • Cash technology
  • DIGID
  • Information management

In partnership with:

British Red Cross